{"id":16749,"date":"2025-08-11T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16749"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:00:08","slug":"citrus-a-world-history","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/citrus-a-world-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Citrus: A World History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 20 years, Rebecca Alexander was a mainstay of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library staff.\u00a0 Rebecca retired at the end of June 2025, but before she went, I asked about her favorite books in the Miller Library collection.\u00a0 I was not surprised that the list of books \u201cthat have made <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16742 wp-img alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/050002636X.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"190\" \/>a lasting impression\u201d she provided was extensive and quite varied.\u00a0 Many are in her personal collection.<\/p>\n<p>David Mabberley, who was the director of the UW Botanic Gardens from 2005-2008, is better known globally for his many research books on plants and botanists.\u00a0 Rebecca finds \u201cCitrus: A World History\u201d to be a \u201cbeautifully produced book, replete with illustrations, and of course botanical erudition.\u201d\u00a0 As suggested by the subtitle, this is not a typical botanical treatment but rather an often amusing global history of the cultural importance of these fruits.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by: Brian Thompson on May 23, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Summer 2025 issue of the <em>Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 20 years, Rebecca Alexander was a mainstay of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library staff.\u00a0 Rebecca retired at the end of June 2025, but before she went, I asked about her favorite books in the Miller Library collection.\u00a0 I was not surprised that the list of books \u201cthat have made a lasting impression\u201d she provided was extensive and quite varied.\u00a0 Many are in her personal collection. David Mabberley, who was the director of the UW Botanic Gardens from 2005-2008, is&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/citrus-a-world-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Citrus: A World History<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[],"class_list":["post-16749","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/16749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=16749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}