Sturtevants Edible Plants of the World. Edited by U.P.Hedrick, 1919. (pdf) "Dr. Sturtevant was one of that group of men who early espoused the
cause of agricultural science in the United States, a field in which he
became distinguished, his studies in economic botany being one of his
notable achievements. When he retired in 1887 as Director of this
Station, he left behind him a voluminous manuscript consisting of a
compilation of existing knowledge on the edible food plants of the
world, a piece of work involving a laborious and extended research in
botanical literature. For twenty years this manuscript remained
untouched, when Dr. U. P. Hedrick undertook its editing, a difficult and
arduous task, well performed, in order that so valuable a collection of
knowledge might become available to botanists and to students of food
economics.
It is especially appropriate that such a volume should be issued at this
time. Food problems are becoming more and more acute as the demand
for food increasingly overshadows the supply. Primitive peoples
depended upon food resources which are now neglected. Other sources
of possible human nutrition have doubtless remained untouched, and
the time may come when a comprehensive utilization of food plants will
be essential to human sustenance. It is believed, therefore, that the
information so ably brought together by Dr. Sturtevant cannot fail to
become increasingly useful."
(W. H. Jordan, 1919)
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