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The Reason for Flowers - Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives (Paperback)
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The Reason for Flowers - Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives (Paperback)
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"Fascinating...Buchmann's knowledge and enthusiasm jump off the
page." --The Wall Street Journal "An extraordinarily good book."
--Edward O. Wilson The lively and definitive story of the beauty,
sexuality, lore, economics, and ecology of the world 's flowers,
written by a devoted scientist and illustrated with his stunning
photographs.Flowers--and the fruits they often become--feed,
clothe, and inspire us. Indeed, they have done so for all of human
history. Yet although we use flowers to celebrate important
occasions, to express love, and to please our senses, we know
little about them, their functions in nature, or even how we depend
on them. In a volume that will delight gardeners, naturalists,
cooks, artists, or anyone interested in history or culture,
pollination ecologist Stephen Buchmann serves as an expert guide
through the fascinating world of flowers. He explains how other
species relate to flowers in ways crucial to the natural world.
Next he takes us on an engaging exploration of the roles flowers
play in the production of food, spices, medicines, and perfumes.
Flowering plants, Buchmann then shows, have long served as
inspirational themes in art and literature. Flowers have in fact so
thoroughly seduced us that we now buy some ten million a day,
driving breeders to create infinite varieties and unusual blooms.
In this cultural and natural investigation of floral history,
Stephen Buchmann's masterful narrative illuminates just why there
is, indeed, a reason for flowers.
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