Ordering the Myriad Things: From Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China

by Nicholas K Menzies and Nicholas K. Menzies

Book Overview

Longlisted for the 2024 SHNH Natural History Book Prize

An exploration of plant wisdom, from the Southern Mountain Tea Flower to the Dawn Redwood

China's vast and ancient body of documented knowledge about plants includes horticultural manuals and monographs, comprehensive encyclopedias, geographies, and specialized anthologies of verse and prose written by keen observers of nature. Until the late nineteenth century, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295749466
• ISBN13: 9780295749464
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher