TY - BOOK AU - Mabey,Richard TI - The cabaret of plants: botany and the imagination SN - 9781861976628 (hbk.) : AV - QK46.5.H85 U1 - 580 MAB 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Profile Books KW - Human-plant relationships KW - Popular Science KW - eflch KW - Popular Science and Mathematics KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -