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Potted History How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes

Catherine Horwood

There is no shortage of books on how to look after houseplants but no one has shown us how and when and why these plants came to be in our homes. Catherine Horwood’s combination of social history, plant history and the history of interior design explains why, as Flanders and Swann sung in the 1950s,...

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It was written by historian Katherine Horwood, and in the book, she wrote that houseplants had become another burden to take care of by the end of the 20th century.

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in her book a potted history the historian Katherine Horwood writes that by the end of the 20th century houseplants had become quote just another burden yet One more thing to look after once work was...

— Episode: Say Aloe to My Little Frond

Episode: Say Aloe to My Little Frond

It was written by historian Katherine Horwood, and in the book, she wrote that houseplants had become another burden to take care of by the end of the 20th century.

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in her book a potted history the historian Katherine Horwood writes that by the end of the 20th century houseplants had become quote just another burden yet One more thing to look after once work was finished the house cleaned the dog fed and the children put to bed

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