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Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones is a collection of works by Charles Harry Jones (1866-1959), a British gardener and photographer. Jones' main job was gardening, growing fruits and vegetables, and he also took photographs to record his work. This book was published by Sean Sexton, a famous writer and collector, who happened to find a suitcase at an antiques store that contained gelatin silver prints of vegetables and fruits photographed by Jones. Book. Contains fascinating portraits of tulips, sunflowers, onions, turnips, plums, pears, and more. The foreword is by Alice Waters, owner of the Californian restaurant Chez Panisse and said to be the mother of slow food and organic cooking. This is a wonderful book that reminds us of the richness of food and nature in the 20th century, which was overtaken by processed foods and consumerism.