The World was My Garden: Travels of a Plant Explorer

Aaronsohn Agriculture Alexander Graham Bell amazing American Arboretum arrived avocado Baddeck Bagdad bamboo Barbour Barbour Lathrop barley beautiful became believe Bell boat Botanic Garden botanist Brooksville California called chayote cherry trees China Chinese coconut collection crops cultivation date palms David Fairchild delightful Department disease Doctor Dorsett Egypt experiments Fairchild fascinating felt flavor Florida flowers forest Frank Meyer friends fruit fungus Glenn Curtiss grew grove growers growing grown hundred insects interesting island Japan Japanese Java knew laboratory land later Lathrop living mango mangosteen Marian Meyer Miami microscope morning native never Office orchard photographs plant introduction plantations Professor proved realized region returned rice river seedlings seeds seemed sent soil soon South species spent steamer Swingle termites thousand tion told took town trip tropical tung oil varieties vegetable Washington wheat young