About the Author: Judith Sumner is a botanist specialized in ethnobotany, flowering plants, plant adaptations, and garden history. In 2007, she was awarded the Gertrude B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature by the Herb Society of America.

Image description: The illustration on the cover features a central illustration of people harvesting plants. In the foreground, two women in long dresses and wide-brimmed hats gather plants into large woven baskets, while men work in the background among neat rows of crops and with a horse. The title is printed above the illustration, and the subtitle and author’s name are printed below the illustration. This all is framed by a border of large pink flowers.