Exploring Flowers

Why do plants have flowers? Readers will discover how flowers can develop into fruits, vegetables, or seeds for producing more plants.

Capture stunning macro floral images with this gorgeous guide by acclaimed photographer Harold Davis. You'll learn about different types of flowers, macro equipment basics, and the intricacies of shoo

In Anatomy of a Rose, Sharman Apt Russell eloquently unveils the "inner life" of flowers, showing them to be more individual, more enterprising, and more responsive than we ever imagined. From their d

Discover how to identify flowers, where to find them, and other details about more than 100 flowers from around the world. Compact in size yet brimming with information, An Anthology of Flowers explores a vast variety of blooms, from exotic blossoms to iconic favorites. Learn to easily identify different species using detailed annotations, vivid illustrations, and unique descriptions of each flower. Featuring colorful photographs and vibrant illustrations, this book is a treasure trove for budding botanists, nature enthusiasts, and curious readers seeking an informative flower identification book. Whether you're out exploring or flipping through its pages at home, An Anthology of Flowers is sure to bring the natural world to life.

The eighth book in our In Arcadia series is a beautiful collection of essays and stories exploring the myths and legends behind some of the most popular British flowers, including lavender, forgetme-

Genetic and molecular studies have recently come to dominate botanical research at the expense of more traditional morphological approaches. This broad introduction to modern flower systematics demonstrates the great potential that floral morphology has to complement molecular data in phylogenetic and evolutionary investigations. Contributions from experts in floral morphology and evolution take the reader through examples of how flowers have diversified in a large variety of lineages of extant and fossil flowering plants. They explore angiosperm origins and the early evolution of flowers and analyse the significance of morphological characters for phylogenetic reconstructions on the tree of life. The importance of integrating morphology into modern botanical research is highlighted through case studies exploring specific plant groups where morphological investigations are having a major impact. Examples include the clarification of phylogenetic relationships and understanding the sign

The recent discovery of diverse fossil flowers and floral organs in Cretaceous strata has revealed astonishing details about the structural and systematic diversity of early angiosperms. Exploring the rich fossil record that has accumulated over the last three decades, this is a unique study of the evolutionary history of flowering plants from their earliest phases in obscurity to their dominance in modern vegetation. The discussion provides comprehensive biological and geological background information, before moving on to summarise the fossil record in detail. Including previously unpublished results based on research into Early and Late Cretaceous fossil floras from Europe and North America, the authors draw on direct palaeontological evidence of the pattern of angiosperm evolution through time. Synthesising palaeobotanical data with information from living plants, this unique book explores the latest research in the field, highlighting connections with phylogenetic systematics, str

植物看似不會動，不代表他們天性善良、毫無心機 ◎吳大猷科普獎佳作作品 ◎凌拂（自然作家）、黃生（台師大生命科學系教授）專文推薦 ◎自然作家李偉文專文導讀 爭奇鬥豔的花花世界 花朵有著五花八門的形狀、顏色與氣味，唯一共同的目標就是完成授粉傳宗接代。但花朵如何以形狀、顏色與氣味虛張聲勢，挑逗那些傳粉的拜訪者，又如何知道哪時該釋放花粉以獲得最大的效益？除了人類能夠感知的結構、顏色與氣味之外，植物其實還有更多與其他動物溝通的手段，有些花甚至可以嚴格調控自己的溫度，在夜裡散發溫暖。 暗潮洶湧的生存競爭 自然寫作作家蘿賽在本書中寫道：「因為植物不會動，我們就以為他們比動物善良，這真是天大的誤會。」事實上千變萬化的花朵藏著的是植物情慾與心機：在植物生存與傳宗接代的競爭中，強迫中獎、惡意模仿、欺瞞詐騙隨處可見。作者在本書中生動揭露了在花朵誘人吸引力的背後，勾心鬥角、暗潮洶湧的一面。 治癒身心的花朵 本書綜合植物學和科學史，以優美的手法介紹形形色色的花種，同時還深入探討關於花香與花的知覺等最新研究。更重要的是花的治病療效；早期人類用花來緩解從憂鬱到生產陣痛等種種身體不適現象，現在更應用到兒童白血病和致病的伊波拉病毒的防治工作上。我們甚至還可以用植物來清理遭有毒金屬汙染的土地，或吸收放射性元素等。 這本富有詩意的沉思錄，結合了優美的文筆和科學家的清晰邏輯，整合所有全世界植物學家的研究成果，帶我們重新認識一個既熟悉又另類的世界。

Presence is an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. In wide-ranging conversations held over a year and a half, organizational learning pioneers Peter Senge, C. O

An approachable, interactive workbook with loads of tips, techniques, and ideas, 15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started is a fun and approachable way to learning the art of pencil drawing.Learn how to draw with easy, stress-free lessons designed to build a solid foundation for drawing in just 15 minutes.Starting with pencil techniques and warm-up exercises,15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started guides you in exploring the basics of drawing with graphite pencil―from how to hold a pencil and varying pressure to practicing basic strokes and techniques, including hatching, crosshatching, stippling, creating texture, blending, and more. Prompts and open spaces invite you to practice your newfound skills directly inside the book and to record your progress.Once you’ve mastered the basics, you are then guided through more than 30 step-by-step projects across a range of subjects, including flowers, animals, buildings, and everyday items. Each project starts with a basic shape, with each step building

Introduce little ones to the great outdoors with this beautifully illustrated treasury exploring the wonders of nature in four glorious seasons.From vibrant springtime flowers to sweet fruits on summe

Who will we meet on the farm today? Have fun spotting clues to the delightful animals, then find them hiding under peek-through flaps. Toddlers will love exploring a farm through the day, and learning all about adult and baby animals in this beautifully illustrated, read-aloud board book. The intriguing cover has a cutaway sun to feel, and inside there large flaps with peek-through holes revealing adorable animals.There are lots more exciting things to spot around the farm on every page, from insects and flowers to a big-wheeled tractor and a scarecrow. The playful, rhyming text encourages little ones to guess who's hiding. And when they lift the big flaps, they find cows in the field, a family of goats playing in their pen, pigs and piglets ready for lunch, chickens in the coop, and more!Flip Flap Find! Farm is a captivating picture book to share.A perfect gift for little animal lovers, it will spark a toddler's curiosity, stimulate their imagination, language, and literacy, and build

Celebrate the wonder of the world in this reassuring picture book about the joy, love, and beauty found in each and every day. From the treasure of flowers to the mystery of insects, this lyrical book encourages children to explore the natural world around them and to be grateful for all that surrounds them. With jewel-like artwork, every page is a treasure for children just born or exploring the world full of possibilities we all share.

The Natural Home is a place where natural materials and motifs are the key elements of a decorating style that is a joy to live with and a joy to behold.Influential art director and stylist Hans Blomquist starts off by exploring the essence of his style. Firstly, Plants and Flowers celebrates the beauty of nature, botanical prints and pictures, and the cycles of the natural world. Display reveals Hans’ passion for creating vignettes that showcase treasured pieces, while Color presents his favorite earthy palette, which provides the perfect muted backdrop for hits of brighter natural hues. In Texture, he revels in the textures and patinas of natural materials—scuffed wood, frayed rope, beaten metal, and bare stone. Finally, Hans shows how to use Fabrics to bring warmth and softness to any interior. In the second part of the book, The Natural Homes, through a series of case studies, Hans explores houses and apartments that showcase the beautiful simplicity and elegance of the natural loo

Tom likes to dream of being all sorts of things, from sea creatures and monsters to flowers and trees. But he soon learns that being something else is not really that much fun after all. Exploring the

In his 1987 work Paratexts, the theorist Gérard Genette established physical form as crucial to the production of meaning. Here, experts in early modern book history, materiality and rhetorical culture present a series of compelling explorations of the architecture of early modern books. The essays challenge and extend Genette's taxonomy, exploring the paratext as both a material and a conceptual category. Renaissance Paratexts takes a fresh look at neglected sites, from imprints to endings, and from running titles to printers' flowers. Contributors' accounts of the making and circulation of books open up questions of the marking of gender, the politics of translation, geographies of the text and the interplay between reading and seeing. As much a history of misreading as of interpretation, the collection provides novel perspectives on the technologies of reading and exposes the complexity of the playful, proliferating and self-aware paratexts of English Renaissance books.

Little children will love exploring the wonders of their garden or park in this lively sticker book.Bright, colourful pictures show scenes including “Fantastic flowers”, “Scrumptious fruit” and “By th

A totally unique field guide to cool yet common critters, trees and flowers, this portable companion is guaranteed to get kids excited about exploring nature.This portable, durable guide is a unique,

In his 1987 work Paratexts, the theorist Gérard Genette established physical form as crucial to the production of meaning. Here, experts in early modern book history, materiality and rhetorical culture present a series of compelling explorations of the architecture of early modern books. The essays challenge and extend Genette's taxonomy, exploring the paratext as both a material and a conceptual category. Renaissance Paratexts takes a fresh look at neglected sites, from imprints to endings, and from running titles to printers' flowers. Contributors' accounts of the making and circulation of books open up questions of the marking of gender, the politics of translation, geographies of the text and the interplay between reading and seeing. As much a history of misreading as of interpretation, the collection provides novel perspectives on the technologies of reading and exposes the complexity of the playful, proliferating and self-aware paratexts of English Renaissance books.

For centuries, poets have been ensnared - as one of their number, Andrew Marvell put it - by the beauty of flowers. Then, from the middle of the eighteenth century onward, that enjoyment was enriched by a surge of popular interest in botany. Besides exploring the relationship between poetic and scientific responses to the green world within the context of humanity's changing concepts of its own place in the ecosphere, Molly Mahood considers the part that flowering plants played in the daily lives and therefore in the literary work of a number of writers who could all be called poet-botanists: Erasmus Darwin, George Crabbe, John Clare, John Ruskin and D. H. Lawrence. A concluding chapter looks closely at the meanings, old or new, that plants retained or obtained in the violent twentieth century.

For centuries, poets have been ensnared - as one of their number, Andrew Marvell put it - by the beauty of flowers. Then, from the middle of the eighteenth century onward, that enjoyment was enriched by a surge of popular interest in botany. Besides exploring the relationship between poetic and scientific responses to the green world within the context of humanity's changing concepts of its own place in the ecosphere, Molly Mahood considers the part that flowering plants played in the daily lives and therefore in the literary work of a number of writers who could all be called poet-botanists: Erasmus Darwin, George Crabbe, John Clare, John Ruskin and D. H. Lawrence. A concluding chapter looks closely at the meanings, old or new, that plants retained or obtained in the violent twentieth century.

Zinnia loves playing in the garden and tending to her flowers, but one day she decides to secretly follow some children into the wilder marshes nearby! She has a wonderful time exploring and meeting n

自然科普寫作經典，貓頭鷹25周年巨獻，15周年香氛紀念版花朵會低語、歡笑、爭寵；它們比你想像的更複雜多變，也更懂得生活的溫存與智慧……本書綜合了植物學和科學史，以優美的手法生動揭露，花朵在誘人吸引力的背後如何演化、存活、治療；如何以形狀、顏色與氣味虛張聲勢，挑逗那些傳粉的拜訪者；如何選擇最好的位置接受陽光的滋養；又如何知道哪時該釋放花粉以獲得最大的效益。作者不但為我們介紹形形色色的花種，同時還深入

Feathers loved to fly, exploring the magnificent work of art exhibited before his eyes from high in the sky. The flowers of all colors, the green grass spread over the hills and meadows, the bright bl

Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish, the arrangement of petals in flowers. Where does this order and regularity come from? It creates itself. The patterns we see come from self-organization. Whether living or non-living, scientists have found that there is a pattern-forming tendency inherent in the basic structure and processes of nature, so that from a few simple themes, and the repetition of simple rules, endless beautiful variations can arise. Part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at how shapes form. From soap bubbles to honeycombs, delicate shell patterns, and even the developing body parts of a complex animal like ourselves, he uncovers patterns in growth and form in all corners of the natural world, explains how these patterns are self-made, and why similar shapes and structures may be found in very different settings, orchestrated by no

花會低語、歡笑，甚至爭寵；它們比你想像的更複雜多變，也更聰明慧黠……且傾聽，玫瑰正呢喃，教你認識花朵的祕密生命。 本書綜合植物學與科學史，生動揭露花朵誘人外貌的背後，有著何等精巧的設計，因應演化、存活、治療。如何以形狀、顏色、氣味虛張聲勢，挑逗肩負傳粉任務的來訪者；如何選擇最好的位置接受陽光的滋養；又如何知道何時該釋放花粉以獲得最大效益。 作者不但介紹形形色色的花種，同時深入探討花香與花的知覺