Surveys the many uses of plants, including food, drink, spices and herbs, creams and perfumes, medicine, wood and paper, clothes, and decoration for gardens and parks.
Discusses what ethnobotany is, the relationship between plants and cultures, the ways indigenous peoples use and perceive nature, and conservation issues.
In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton is so desperate to find Weed, who her father says deserted her when she was at death's door, that she asks for help from the evil Oleander.
Traces the history of four domesticated species, the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato, from the plant's point of view and discusses how they have been cultivated to fill human needs and desires.
In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton and the mysterious Weed uncover the horrible secrets of poisons growing in Thomas Luxton's apothecary garden.
