Review "In his exploration of their past, present, and potential future uses, Park S. Nobel-an internationally renowned expert on the subject-explores how agaves and cacti have served...as ornamental horticulture, as a key ingredient of tequila, as hallucinogens in religious rites, and as medicines....Succulent plant enthusiasts, amateur botanists, interested laypersons, researchers, and professionals alike will want to read this authoritative introduction to these plants." --Biology Digest "This book should interest growers, anthropologists, and general biologists by bringing together recent physiological and ecological information in a convenient and readable form." --Choice "I recommend Remarkable Agaves and Cacti to persons who want an overview of the economic botany, ecophysiology, and productivity of agaves and cacti..." --Jerry M. Baskin, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Bulletin "This book, which is aimed at anyone from amateur botanist and succulent enthusiasts to researchers and professionals, ...deals at length with the biology, particularly the physiology, of the plants."--Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts, CAB Abstracts "'Remarkable means worthy of notice, uncommon, even extraordinary,' says the author with respect to the cacti and agaves he treats. He aptly describes his own book as well . . . . Those who wish to delve more deeply will get smiles from librarians and useful responses from computerized card catalogs."--Economic Botany "The book should i