A Garden of Marvels : : how we Discovered That Flowers Have Sex, Leaves eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
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"In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, the author of Paradise Under Glass gives us a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: xviii, 395 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062048998
0062048996
9780062049018
0062049011
SUBJECTS
Kassinger, Ruth, -- 1954- -- Anecdotes.
Women gardeners -- Anecdotes.
Botanists -- Anecdotes.
Botany -- Humor.