Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America

List of Illustrations

Illustrations 19 A nineteenth-century lawn 34 Ailanthus glandulosus 37 A female gypsy moth 54 Datura stramonium 62 Cannabis sativa 63 Cannabis indica 72 A eucalyptus tree 83 Lord Jeffrey Amherst 100 An Osage orange 104 Russian thistle 111 Chiefs of the Osage and Assineboin Indian tribes 121 A gourd used as a purple martin nest 125 A wild carrot 131 A common, or broad-leafed, plantain 144 German cockroaches and an Oriental cockroach 145 An American cockroach, or palmetto bug 149 A black rat 150 A brown rat 155 Two mice 163 A carp, along with a mirror-carp, goldfish, and barbel 166 A European starling and a Sardinian starling 174 An armadillo 179 Potato bugs and potato bug larva This page intentionally left blank ...