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Author Buchmann, Stephen L., author.

Title The reason for flowers : their history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives / Stephen Buchmann.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2015.
©2015

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Nonfiction  635.9 BUC    CHECK SHELVES
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-321) and index.
Contents Attracting attention -- Flowers and their ancestors -- The pollinators -- Pleasure gardens, ancient and modern -- Flowers for eternity -- Best of show -- ; Arriving by jumbo jet -- Eating flowers -- A little dab behind the ear -- The secret language of flowers -- Flowers on the page -- Flower power : the meaning of flowers in art -- The flower and the scientist -- Good for what ails us : healing our bodies and minds.
Summary An exploration of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, and perfumes reveals their origins, myriad shapes, colors, textures and scents, bizarre sex lives, and how humans-- and the natural world-- relate and depend upon them.
Subject Flowers.
Flowers -- History.
Flowers in literature.
Flowers -- Nomenclature (Popular)
Flowers -- Folklore.
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