From the Book - First edition.
The big. Supersize leaf: Bolivian water lily ; Fan-tastic and gigantic: Traveler's palm ; A long way up: Giant sequoia
The bad. In the dead of the night: Deadly nightshade ; Plant with a bang: Sandbox tree
Root cause...of death: White snakeroot
The smelly. Stop and smell the ginkgo: Ginkgo ; A pain in the nose: Eastern skunk cabbage ; Of corpse it smells bad: dead horse arum
The exceptionally strange. Come a little closer: Venus fly trap ; A stone...or plant?: Living stones
If it looks like a duck...: Flying-duck orchid.