Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1501715 in Books
• Published on: 1987-07
• Format: Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Customer Reviews

Truly a Unique Book about a Unique Family of Plants
Tobacco, Mandrake, Potato, Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant, Henbane, Jimpson Weed, Petunia, "Wonderberry", Deadly Nightshade, Woody Nightshade, "Devil's Trumpet", Brugmansia, Chilli Peppers - all are in the same family of plants - the potato/nightshade family. This book tells the story of many of these plants, and ties them all together. The author has a scientific/historical background, and succeeds in painting a fascinating, intriguing picture of these plants, in a way that few authors would be able to do. After reading this book, you may be wondering just what a garden with all of these plants together might look like - certainly a unique phenomenon!

Interesting Botanical Read
Author delves into Nightshade family of plants, looking at usefulness, history and botany. This is an interesting glance into the wacky world of Botany, in which plants manufacture compounds for their own reasons and then shape our world.