中文简介：

本书讲述了家庭与盆栽植物的丰富历史，探讨了室内植物的经济、科学和文化意义。 人类喜欢养室内植物的癖好可以追溯到法老时代。本书探讨了室内植物背后的故事，以及它们如何从野生植物转变为“家庭成员”的。 作为一个价值数十亿美元的全球产业，室内植物提供人类与自然的互动，并有助于人类的健康、幸福和福祉。它们还支持自己的微型生态系统，是家庭生物群落的一部分。 本书富有精美插图，从歌曲（格雷西·菲尔兹（Gracie Fields）的《世界**的叶兰》）、文学（奥威尔（Orwell）的《让叶兰继续飘扬》）、电影（《异形奇花》中的奥黛丽二世）到时尚、技术、当代设计和绘画，探讨了植物的历史和文化影响。

英文简介：

Exploring the economics, science, and cultural significance of houseplants, a many-tendrilled history of our domestic, pot-bound companions. Our penchant for keeping houseplants is an ancient practice dating back to the Pharaohs. House Plants explores the stories behind the plants we bring home and how they were transformed from wild plants into members of our households. A billion-dollar global industry, house plants provide interaction with nature and contribute to our health, happiness, and well-being. They also support their own miniature ecosystems and are part of the home biome. Featuring many superb illustrations, House Plants explores both their botanical history and cultural impact, from song (Gracie Fields’s “Biggest Aspidistra in the World”), literature (Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying), and cinema (Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors) to fashion, technology, contemporary design, and painting.