The Secret Life of Plants

The Secret Life of Plants
ISBN-10
0060915870
ISBN-13
9780060915872
Category
Nature
Pages
420
Language
English
Published
1989-03-08
Publisher
Harper Collins
Author
Peter Tompkins

Description

The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."--Newsweek

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