Practical Botany is an unusual approach: It is a book about plants, written by botanists for the non-botanist. Practical Botany is a must for those concerned with gardening and horticulture, and those who are simply interested in botanical natural history. There is a burgeoning interest in the enjoyment of plants and it is refreshing to see a book of this sort written by experts. Practical Botany would be useful in a non-traditional undergraduate course for non-science majors, and would help to communicate enthusiasm for botany to the non-botany students.