Reviews
"With a marvelous sense of humor and an eye for the oddity, Leighton has achieved the next to impossible--a book that will appeal to anyone with a scholarly interest in gardening, botany, or history."--Publishers Weekly "A formidable piece of work."--Yankee "A most entertaining account of the plants and gardens of a fascinating era, based on the letters, journals, invoices, and books of men and women (among them George Washington, Manasseh Cutler, and Jane Colden) who were interested in the discovering, the growing, and the exchanging of plants of the New and Old World. Particularly useful are the alphabetic listing of the plants mentioned in the text and the extensive bibliography which includes, after each title, the name of the library, either in this country or abroad, where each item may be found. . . . Highly recommended."--Library Journal "Surely the definitive book on the subject, satisfying both the scholar and the gardener, and the discriminating reader who is neither."--Choice, With a marvelous sense of humor and an eye for the oddity, Leighton has achieved the next to impossible--a book that will appeal to anyone with a scholarly interest in gardening, botany, or history., "With a marvelous sense of humor and an eye for the oddity, Leighton has achieved the next to impossible--a book that will appeal to anyone with a scholarly interest in gardening, botany, or history."-- Publishers Weekly "A formidable piece of work."-- Yankee "A most entertaining account of the plants and gardens of a fascinating era, based on the letters, journals, invoices, and books of men and women (among them George Washington, Manasseh Cutler, and Jane Colden) who were interested in the discovering, the growing, and the exchanging of plants of the New and Old World. Particularly useful are the alphabetic listing of the plants mentioned in the text and the extensive bibliography which includes, after each title, the name of the library, either in this country or abroad, where each item may be found. . . . Highly recommended."-- Library Journal "Surely the definitive book on the subject, satisfying both the scholar and the gardener, and the discriminating reader who is neither."-- Choice, A most entertaining account of the plants and gardens of a fascinating era, based on the letters, journals, invoices, and books of men and women (among them George Washington, Manasseh Cutler, and Jane Colden) who were interested in the discovering, the growing, and the exchanging of plants of the New and Old World. Particularly useful are the alphabetic listing of the plants mentioned in the text and the extensive bibliography which includes, after each title, the name of the library, either in this country or abroad, where each item may be found.... Highly recommended., "With a marvelous sense of humor and an eye for the oddity, Leighton has achieved the next to impossible--a book that will appeal to anyone with a scholarly interest in gardening, botany, or history."--Publishers Weekly"A formidable piece of work."--Yankee"A most entertaining account of the plants and gardens of a fascinating era, based on the letters, journals, invoices, and books of men and women (among them George Washington, Manasseh Cutler, and Jane Colden) who were interested in the discovering, the growing, and the exchanging of plants of the New and Old World. Particularly useful are the alphabetic listing of the plants mentioned in the text and the extensive bibliography which includes, after each title, the name of the library, either in this country or abroad, where each item may be found. . . . Highly recommended."--Library Journal"Surely the definitive book on the subject, satisfying both the scholar and the gardener, and the discriminating reader who is neither."--Choice, Surely the definitive book on the subject, satisfying both the scholar and the gardener, and the discriminating reader who is neither.
