In Joël Penkman’s article “Small plants, big business” about the rise of plant poaching (Magazine, Life & Arts, January 25) my eye was caught by the name Robert Fortune, who Penkman tells us “brought ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

Led by Karanjia SDPO Subrat Kumar, officials discovered opium plants spread across 1.5 acres of land. The entire plantation was uprooted and burned on-site. “The estimated value of the destroyed ...