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The reason for flowers : their history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives / Stephen Buchmann.

By: Buchmann, Stephen L [author.].
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2015Description: x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781476755533 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): FlowersGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
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?
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On Shelf SB404.9 .B83 2015 (Browse shelf) Available AU0000000009786
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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?

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