This volume of essays by the late botanist Edgar Anderson celebrates places and landscapes both urban and rural. With a trained eye, a certain reflective quality of attention, deeply rooted observation, and a knowledgeable mind, he creates in an elegant prose a series of fascinating essays which breathe of a life which follows the land with a spirit of wonder and concern.
Plants, Man and Life, first published in 1952, is an engaging look at important food and medicinal plants and their development by humans - from their origin in the wild to their cultivation in today's farms. The story of our cultivated plants is told by Anderson in a clear and reader-friendly manner, and Plants, Man and Life remains a classic, seminal work in the field of agriculture, botany, ecology. Included are 16 pages of illustrations. Edgar Anderson (1897-1969) was a prominent American botanist and geneticist who studied at Harvard University and was later affiliated with Washington University, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Arnold Arboretum.
This collection focuses on republishing classic literature from the early 1900s and earlier, which has become rare and costly. The aim is to provide affordable, high-quality modern editions that preserve the original text and artwork, making these timeless works accessible to a new generation of readers.