The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
- ISBN-10
- 1476755531
- ISBN-13
- 9781476755533
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-09
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Stephen Buchmann
Description
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.
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