From New York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell, an illustrated exploration of how gardening and plants inspired Emily Dickinson, one of the most beloved poets of all time.

Marta McDowell returns with a beautiful, gift-worthy account of how plants and gardening deepy inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the beloved children’s classic The Secret Garden.

A remarkable selection of American forest trees surveyed by Francois-Andre Michaux and Thomas Nuttall from The North American Sylva, held in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York…