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Exploring the economics, science, and cultural significance of houseplants, a many-tendrilled history of our domestic, pot-bound companions.<\/b>
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Our penchant for keeping houseplants is an ancient practice dating back to the Pharaohs. House Plants<\/i> explores the stories behind the plants we bring home and how they were transformed from wild plants into members of our households.
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A billion-dollar global industry, house plants provide interaction with nature and contribute to our health, happiness, and well-being. They also support their own miniature ecosystems and are part of the home biome.
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Featuring many superb illustrations, House Plants<\/i> explores both their botanical history and cultural impact, from song (Gracie Fields’s “Biggest Aspidistra in the World“<\/i>), literature (Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying<\/i>), and cinema (Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors<\/i>) to fashion, technology, contemporary design, and painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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