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An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds / Jonathan Silvertown ; with illustrations by Amy Whitesides.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780226757735 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226757730 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 581.4/67 22
LOC classification:
  • QK661 .S558 2009
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 and inspiration: gastronomy.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QK661 .S558 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001076412

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index.

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 and inspiration: gastronomy.

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