Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America /

Pauly, Philip J.

Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. - xi, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-326) and index.

Culture and degeneracy: failures in Jefferson's garden -- The United States' first invasive species: the Hessian fly as a national and international issue -- The development of American culture, with special reference to fruit -- Fixing the accidents of American natural history: tree culture and the problem of the prairie -- Immigrant aid: naturalizing plants in the nineteenth century -- Mixed borders: a political history of plant quarantine -- Gardening American landscapes: from Hyde Park to Curtis Prairie -- The horticultural construction of Florida -- Culturing nature in the twentieth century -- America the beautiful.

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Horticulture--History.--United States

SB319 / .P38 2007

SB319 / .P38 2007

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