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Mabey, Richard, 1941-
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Weeds -- History.
Horticulture -- Sociological aspects.
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Mabey, Richard, 1941-
Weeds -- History.
Horticulture -- Sociological aspects.
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Weeds
: in
defense
of
nature
's
most
unloved
plants
/ Richard Mabey.
by
Mabey, Richard, 1941-
Ecco, c2010.
Call #:
632.5 M112we
Subjects
Weeds
-- History.
Horticulture -- Sociological aspects.
ISBN:
9780062065452 (alk. paper)
0062065459 (alk. paper)
Edition:
1st U.
S
. ed.
Description:
xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
First printed in Great Britain in 2010 by Profile Books Ltd. as
Weeds
: how vagabond
plants
gatecrashed civilisation and changed the way we think about
nature
.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-309) and index.
Contents:
Thoroughwort -- Adonis -- Knotgrass -- Waybread -- Self-heal -- Love-in-idleness -- Gallant-soldier -- Burdock -- Grelda -- French willow -- Triffid -- The Shoreditch orchid.
Summary:
Weaving together natural history, botanical science and insight from his own travels, a
nature
writer reveals the many hidden truths behind these scourges of lawns and gardens, and explores how
weeds
have been portrayed from the Bible all the way to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
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