The reason for flowers : their history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives / Stephen Buchmann.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2015Description: x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781476755526 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781476755533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 635.9 23
- SB404.9 .B83 2015
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Includes bibliographical references.
Will trade food for sex -- First flowers and their ancestors -- The go-betweens -- Pleasure gardens ancient and modern -- Flowers for eternity, and appeasing the gods -- Best of show -- Arriving by jumbo jet -- From the kitchen to your plate -- 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?