TY  - BOOK
AU  - Silvertown,Jonathan W.
AU  - Whitesides,Amy
TI  - An orchard invisible: a natural history of seeds 
SN  - 9780226757735 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - QK661 .S558 2009
U1  - 581.4/67 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chicago, London
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Seeds
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Botany
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index; An orchard invisible: seeds -- First forms minute: evolution -- Even beans do it: sex -- Before the seed: pollination -- According to their own kinds: inheritance -- O rose, thou art sick!: enemies -- The biggest coconut I ever see: size -- Ten thousand acorns: number -- Luscious clusters of the vine: fruit -- Winged seeds: dispersal -- Circumstance unknown: fate -- Fierce energy: germination -- Sorrow's mysteries: poisons -- Ah, sun-flower!: oil -- John Barleycorn: beer -- Realm of illusion: coffee -- Nourishment and inspiration: gastronomy
ER  -