Abstract
To most gardeners, I suppose, the name Jefferson suggests that most delicious of dessert plums that was raised by Judge Buel of Albany, New York, the year before Jefferson died. This is a fitting memorial to one who in addition to his activities as ambassador, governor, Secretary of State and President, was both an accomplished naturalist and devoted gardener. Barton, the botanist, who named the genus Jeffersonia in Thomas Jefferson's honour, stated In the various departments of science, but especially in Botany and Zoology, the information of this gentleman is equalled by few persons in the United States. Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, 1766–1824, with Relevant Extracts from his other Writings Annotated by Prof. Edwin Morris Betts. (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 22.) Pp. xv + 704 + 36 plates. (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1944.) 5 dollars.
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