Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend

Author : STEWART AMY

Hardback

Published : Saturday 19 June 2010

ISBN : 9781604691276

Price : €11.75

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Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants That K...

by STEWART AMY

Hardback

19 Jun 2010

GARDENING

€11.75

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Beware! The sordid lives of plants behaving badly.

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glinting red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbing plant that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate and otherwise offend. Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front) garden. Drawing on history, medicine, science and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, enlighten and alarm even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.

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