- 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
- Index


Fruits and Plains
The Horticultural Transformation of America
Product Details
HARDCOVER
$62.00 • £53.95 • €56.95
ISBN 9780674026636
Publication Date: 02/28/2008
Awards & Accolades
- 2009 Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Literature Award, General Interest Category