Insidious Plants: Belladonna, Datura, Aconite, Mandrake and Other Criminals of the Plant World
Poisonous trees, killer flowers, paralyzing bushes, choking vines, leaves that can ignite a war — in Amy Stewart's book, you will find descriptions of about two hundred selected «villains» of the plant world. A beautifully illustrated collection of seemingly harmless...
plants, whose proximity and contact should be avoided if you do not plan to depart to your ancestors prematurely. You will be surprised to find some of them on your windowsill, in your garden, or in your vegetable patch. This chilling collection of botany, where medicine, history, chemistry, and physics are closely intertwined with legends and mysticism, will entertain, disturb, and enlighten even the most experienced gardeners and nature lovers, as well as those who barely passed botany and who have heard that plants are not as harmless as they seem.
Poisonous trees, killer flowers, paralyzing bushes, choking vines, leaves that can ignite a war — in Amy Stewart's book, you will find descriptions of about two hundred selected «villains» of the plant world. A beautifully illustrated collection of seemingly harmless plants, whose proximity and contact should be avoided if you do not plan to depart to your ancestors prematurely. You will be surprised to find some of them on your windowsill, in your garden, or in your vegetable patch. This chilling collection of botany, where medicine, history, chemistry, and physics are closely intertwined with legends and mysticism, will entertain, disturb, and enlighten even the most experienced gardeners and nature lovers, as well as those who barely passed botany and who have heard that plants are not as harmless as they seem.
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