Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction xv
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Roots of Rhubarb 3
7. CHAPTER TWO. The Very True Rhubarb: The Seventeenth Century 18
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Russian Rhubarb Trade 46
9. CHAPTER FOUR. The East India Company and European Trade 79
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Collecting and Systematizing 96
11. CHAPTER SIX. Accommodating the Root: The Society of Arts and Other Promotions 112
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Rhubarb as Medicine: The Eighteenth Century 136
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Search Ends? 158
14. CHAPTER NINE. The Testing of Rhubarb 180
15. CHAPTER TEN. Tarts and Wine 213
16. CONCLUSION 240
17. Notes 249
18. Bibliography 321
19. Index 363