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Index
Cover
Dedication
Preface
Part I: Sexuality and Origins
1. Attracting Attention
2. Flowers and Their Ancestors
3. The Pollinators
Part II: Growing, Breeding, and Selling
4. Pleasure Gardens Ancient and Modern
5. Flowers for Eternity
6. Best of Show
7. Arriving by Jumbo Jet
Part III: Foods, Flavors, Scents
8. Eating Flowers
9. A Little Dab behind the Ear
Part IV: Flowers in Literature, Art, and Myth
10. The Secret Language of Flowers
11. Flowers on the Page
12. Flower Power: The Meaning of Flowers in Art
Part V: Flowers in the Service of Science and Medicine
13. The Flower and the Scientist
14. Good for What Ails Us: Healing Our Bodies and Minds
Acknowledgments
About Stephen Buchmann
Appendix 1: Flower Statistics
Appendix 2: Cooking with Flowers: Selected Recipes
Appendix 3: After Bringing Them Home: Caring for Your Cut Flowers
Appendix 4: Online Resources for Wildflower and Pollinator Conservation Organizations
Notes and Sources
Photo and Art Credits
Index
Copyright
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