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Why Do Violets Shrink? - Answers to 250 Thorny Questions on the World of Plants (Hardcover, New)
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Why Do Violets Shrink? - Answers to 250 Thorny Questions on the World of Plants (Hardcover, New)
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Loot Price R402
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Do you dare delve into the thorny undergrowth? Why do jasmine
flowers make you more sexually alluring? When is an apple not an
apple? Are trees the tallest plants? What could I grow on Mars?
This book answers hundreds of intriguing questions about flowers,
plants, and trees for which you thought you'd never find an
answer--such as why are some plants edible and some poisonous? And
why are there large teardrops on the petal grooves inside a Crown
Imperial flower? There are answers to suit those with mythic poetic
traits and plenty to satisfy seriously scientific minds. The lives
and loves of plants and trees attract scrupulous observation, while
we also learn about plants and trees that feature in record
books--the tallest, widest, longest, heaviest, smallest, deepest.
Then there is the choosing of names--smart binomial nomenclature
that celebrates their shape, color, breeder, or discoverer; or
common names that echo their rural habits or coarsely interpreted
characteristics. Authoritative and entertaining, this book,
containing around 250 questions and answers by garden specialist
Caroline Holmes, is for everyone who has ever been curious about
things that grow.
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