This book is a fascinating compilation of conversations between three women on the subject of botany. They cover a wide range of topics including plant classifi

“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.” —The New York Times “A wry, informed pastoral.” —The N

In this fascinating study, Samantha George explores the cultivation of the female mind and the feminised discourse of botanical literature in eighteenth-century