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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities |  | Author: Amy Stewart
Creator: Briony Morrow-Cribbs
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 4699
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 223
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1565126831
Dewey Decimal Number: 581.65
EAN: 9781565126831
ASIN: 1565126831
Publication Date: May 21, 2009
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Product Description
A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You’ll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother).
Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.
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 A very cool book... March 19, 2010
Chris Fussell
This is a very intersting book; my son, who loves plants/gardens/etc. enjoyed some of the stories.
I would say it's a definite 'buy' for anyone that thinks the title sounds interesting.
Awesome! March 18, 2010
S. Castner (Cat. City, CA)
This book is amazing! I love plants and I love to garden. This sheds some light on so many plants that I love and some that I didn't even know about. It is well worth the read.
Very entertaining March 2, 2010
LDA
This book is fun! The author has selected some famous dangerous plants and written a summary of the reputation and some facts for each. There's a little history, a little folklore, a little botany, and a little humor. It would be good for someone with a casual interest in plants or poisonous plants, and I enjoyed it as an overview. If someone is looking for a more detailed discussion of a plant's characteristics and growth habits or toxicological properties, this book should be supplemented with something else.
Not what I expected ... February 25, 2010
Book Femme (Scranton, PA USA)
When I first got this book, I was expecting a straightforward natural/narrative history, but this is in fact a botanical resource organized with encyclopedic-type entries and pithy scientific and cultural facts about the various plant families Stewart writes on. You don't find out about the plant that killed Lincoln's mother until the VERY end, but this was worthwhile reading, particularly to research some of the nefarious activities of the plant kingdom.
Very glad I came across this book February 19, 2010
Nathaniel A. Foldan
I was searching for a different book in the same general area and saw this one. I started reading it and could immediately tell the quality of it. Everything from the binding, text, and pictures, to the descriptions and short stories are perfect for this book. It was great fun reading about all the harmful, deadly, nasty, and extremely interesting plants that are out there. Finding out that ants bang their heads against Rattan palms in order to make the tree shake to scare away intruders was one of the many things I learned about and wanted to share with others. It's nice to have more information about the botanical world, and what to look out for if I ever come across any of these plants.
This was my first Amy Stewart book and I'm looking forward to reading her others.
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