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Book

An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds

Call Number

  • 581.467 S5878 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Physical Description

216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • 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 & inspiration: gastronomy.

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Added Authors

Amy Whitesides