The cabaret of plants : botany and the imagination /
by Mabey, Richard.
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2015Description: 374 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781861976628 (hbk.) :; 1861976623 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 580 MABSubject(s): Human-plant relationships | Popular Science | Popular Science and MathematicsSummary: In Richard Mabey's characteristically lyrical and informative tone, this book explores plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken that cliched but real human emotion of wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds, medicines, religious gathering-places and a water lily named after a queen.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 580 MAB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002919323X |
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| 579.6094 KIB Philip's guide to mushrooms and toadstools of Britain and northern Europe | 579.6094 PHI Mushrooms | 580 BAR How to be a bad botanist / | 580 MAB The cabaret of plants : botany and the imagination / | 580 ORM How the rose got its thorns : & other botanical stories / | 580.7342 WIL Plants: | 580.941 DIL One thousand shades of green : a year in search of Britain's wild plants / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Richard Mabey's characteristically lyrical and informative tone, this book explores plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken that cliched but real human emotion of wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds, medicines, religious gathering-places and a water lily named after a queen.
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