Weeds
Subtitle: in defense of nature's most unloved plants
By: Richard Mabey
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780062065452
Subjects: Horticulture; Sociological aspects; Weeds; History
Description: 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."
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Thoroughwort; title: Adonis; title: Knotgrass; title: Waybread; title: Self-heal; title: Love-in-idleness; title: Gallant-soldier; title: Burdock; title: Grelda; title: French willow; title: Triffid; title: The Shoreditch orchid.