The reason for flowers

their history culture biology and how they change our lives

The reason for flowers

their history culture biology and how they change our lives
Stephen Buchmann
Book - 2015

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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37413315918963 Aged to lost Non-fiction 635.9 BUCHMAN
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Buchmann, Stephen L. (Autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Scribner, 2015.
Edición:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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505 0 |a Sexuality and origins. Attracting attention ; Flowers and their ancestors ; The pollinators -- Growing, breeding, and selling. Pleasure gardens, ancient and modern ; Flowers for eternity ; Best of show ; Arriving by jumbo jet -- Foods, flavors, scents. Eating flowers ; A little dab behind the ear -- Flowers in literature, art, and myth. The secret language of flowers ; Flowers on the page ; Flower power : the meaning of flowers in art -- Flowers in the service of science and medicine. The flower and the scientist ; Good for what ails us : healing our bodies and minds -- Appendix 1. Flower statistics -- Appendix 2. Cooking with flowers : selected recipes -- Appendix 3. After bringing them home : caring for your cut flowers -- Appendix 4. Online resources for wildflower and pollinator conservation organizations. 
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