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Review : Weedy wonders

7 December 1996

Want to know about grass? Discover “spikelets”, “florets” and “glumes” in
Agnes Chase’s First Book of Grasses reissued by Lynn G. Clark and Richard W.
Pohl (Smithsonian, £13.25/$16.95, ISBN 1 56098 656 5). Beautifully
illustrated and a handy companion—to a botanical garden, not an Amsterdam
coffee shop.

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