Fruits and Plains

The Horticultural Transformation of America

Philip J. Pauly

  • 2009 Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Literature Award, General Interest Category
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: Taking the History of American Horticulture Seriously
  1. Culture and Degeneracy: Failures in Jefferson's Garden
  2. The United States' First Invasive Species: The Hessian Fly as a National and International Issue
  3. The Development of American Culture, with Special Reference to Fruit
  4. Fixing the Accidents of American Natural History: Tree Culture and the Problem of the Prairie
  5. Immigrant Aid: Naturalizing Plants in the Nineteenth Century
  6. Mixed Borders: A Political History of Plant Quarantine
  7. Gardening American Landscapes: From Hyde Park to Curtis Prairie
  8. The Horticultural Construction of Florida
  9. Culturing Nature in the Twentieth Century
  10. America the Beautiful
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Cover: Fruits and Plains

Philip J. Pauly is Professor of History at Rutgers University.