The Cabaret of Plants The Cabaret of Plants Botany and The Imagination Richard Mabey Profile2016Paperback384pp Illustrated195x127mm 9781861979582 Product Code: 509710 Details Challenging the view of plants as passive vegetation, Mabey approaches them as ’authors of their own lives’ and explores our relationship with them, f... DetailsBackDetailsChallenging the view of plants as passive vegetation, Mabey approaches them as ’authors of their own lives’ and explores our relationship with them, from prehistoric cave painting, through cultivation and exploration to the ‘astonishing revelations of 19th-century botany’. Among the intriguing plants whose lives he discusses are the baobab tree; ginseng, the panacea; the carnivorous tipitiwitchet; an Amazonian giant water lily whose leaves were the model for the Crystal Palace; and the intelligence of mimosa.Read MoreRead Less publ £10.99now £4.99 Qty Qty123 Add to Basket CategoriesBack by Popular DemandScience & NatureNatural HistoryTagsGardeningPlant life: general