title: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
author:  Michael Pollan 
description: Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication.
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  # A Narrative of The Expedition to Botany Bay
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Watkin Tench
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  
  CHAPTER I
  
  
  CHAPTER II.
  
  
  CHAPTER III.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV.
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX.
  
  
  CHAPTER X.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  CHAPTER XII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII.
  
  
  
  
  
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  This etext was produced by Col Choat. colc@sanderson.net.au
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### INTRODUCTION
  
  
  
  
  
    
  In offering this little tract to the public, it is equally the
  
  
  writer's wish to conduce to their amusement and information.
  
  
    
  The expedition on which he is engaged has excited much curiosity,
  
  
  and given birth to many speculations, respecting the consequences to
  
  
  arise from it. While men continue to think freely, they will judge
  
  
  variously. Some have been sanguine enough to foresee the most
  
  
  beneficial effects to the 