01349cam a2200277 4500 2357469729 TxAuBib 20110720120000.0 110310s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011010483 9780062065452 alk. paper 0062065459 alk. paper (OCoLC)670475479 DNAL/DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP WIQ B@L GL4 IEP TxAuBib Mabey, Richard, 1941- Weeds [BOOK] : in defense of nature's most unloved plants / Richard Mabey. 1st U.S. ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2010. xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. First printed in Great Britain in 2010 by Profile Books Ltd. as Weeds: how vagabond plants gatecrashed civilisation and changed the way we think about nature. Includes bibliographical references and index. Weaving together natural history, botanical science and insight from his own travels, a nature writer reveals the many hidden truths behind these scourges of lawns and gardens, and explores how weeds have been portrayed from the Bible all the way to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers.". 20110720. Weeds History. Horticulture Sociological aspects.