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An orchard invisible : a natural history of seeds
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- Creator
- Jonathan Silvertown ; with illustrations by Amy Whitesides
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226757803, 9786612240058, 9780226757735, 1282240056, 6612240059, 0226757730, 0226757803, 9780226757742, 9781282240056, 0226757749
- OCLC
- ocn262429482, ocn435911849
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 & inspiration: gastronomy