Book ID: 91655
STUART, David
Dangerous Garden. The Quest for Plants to Change Our Lives. 2004. 100 illustr. 208 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Over the ages humans have sought out plants across the globe for many uses: to heal wounds, cure disease, soothe troubled minds, kindle loveor evoke curious dreams. Gardener and botanist David Stuart tells thestory of that search, and how the world of plants has interacted with the world of humans in the quest. But this is not only a story of soothing balms and heroic cures. Many plants have a dark side to balance the light and most of the really powerful and effective plants are double-edged. They can heal or kill, calm us or enslave us, curedepression or roar us off to meet strange gods and monsters.