![]() ![]() Some will not surprise you, most people know that poison ivy causes a rash, that smoking tobacco can kill you, and that nettles sting. ![]() This bad behavior ranges in classification from Painful, Illegal, Dangerous and Intoxicating to Deadly. Unfortunately, the smaller cartoonish drawings by Jonathon Rosen, which might have been cute and entertaining in another book, are overshadowed here, looking a little like a dandelion gone to seed placed next to a rose.Īmy Stewart documents the bad behavior of naughty botanicals in her “Wicked Plants”. There's even something for those people who might not care to read the warnings of what that innocent looking plant in your garden might really be - the illustrations, copper etchings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs are lushiously detailed. The author, Amy Stewart, has obviously done a great deal of research to find the most interesting true stories of plants that kill, maim, and just plain make us itch. (Maybe someone will start a series of whodunnits that take place in a greenhouse!) It's also a great help for writers of murder mysteries in search of a new and interesting way to kill off their characters. This book is not only an entertaining read and resource book for gardeners and lovers of exotic plants. ![]()
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