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.
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Flowers -- History.
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Flowers in literature.
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Flowers -- Nomenclature (Popular)
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Flowers -- Folklore.
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ISBN |
99963602820 |
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9781476755526 |
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1476755523 |
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9781476755533 |
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1476755531 |
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