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Edgar Anderson
Our Price$11.95New!(Table of Contents)
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ISBN: 0486441938
Page Count: 272
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
A distinguished botanist examines the long history of human and plant interactions in this innovative ecological survey. His reader-friendly narrative recounts the tangled and continuing history of weeds and cultivated plants around the world, from garden-variety flowers and vegetables to sources for poisons and drugs. 16 black-and-white illustrations.

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