Evil plants and other botanical atrocities

The secret life of plants, that can't behave. The tree sends out poisonous daggers, The glittering red seed stops the heart, the bush causes paralysis, the liana is strangling, the letter incites war. Amy Stewart introduces you to more than two hundred horrific creations of nature, plants that kill, maim, poison or otherwise injure. The illustrations are also eloquent, accurate and frightening enough - apt portraits of the lesser and greater criminals that may be lurking in your back garden. A compelling book of history, medicine, science and legend, Horrible Botany will amuse, unsettle and enlighten even the most adventurous gardeners and nature lovers. Amy Stewart tends her own garden of poisonous herbs at her home in Northern California. She is a successful author of four books about the dangers and beauties of the natural world. The book was a New York Times bestseller.