Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: The British Connection -- Podophyllum peltatum / Mayapple -- A Furor for Plants from England -- 2: The English Garden Influence at Williamsburg -- Rudbeckia hirta / Black-Eyed Susan -- 3: Early Wealthy Americans and Their English Landscapes -- The Trumpet Vine Returns to American Gardens -- Weigela florida / Old-Fashioned Weigela -- 4: A Short History of the Nineteenth-Century Seed and Nursery Industries in America -- Our Native Rhododendron, Not Welcome at Home -- Pinus strobus / Eastern White Pine -- 5: Garden Writing from the Seed Companies and Nurseries -- American Nurserymen Recognized as Writers -- Ipomoea lobata / Mina lobata / Firecracker Vine -- 6: The Impact of Social Changes on the Seed and Nursery Industries -- Clematis recta / Ground Virginsbower -- 7: Major Themes in the Catalogs -- Canna -- The 'Manchester' Strawberry, the Greatest on Earth -- Native Plants Return Home -- Baptisia australis / Blue False Indigo -- Peter Henderson -- 8: Gardening and the Middle Class -- Garden as Status Symbol -- Helping Find Suburban Properties -- House Plants -- An English Flower Garden -- Solenostemon scutellarioides / Coleus -- 9: The Grandest Rose of the Century -- Rosa 'Excelsa' / 'Excelsa' Rose -- 10: Landscape Design According to the Catalogs -- English Garden Writers Inspire American Gardeners -- Alternanthera dentata 'Purple Knight' / 'Purple Knight' alternanthera -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.