Book

Flowers / written by David Burnie ; consultant: Mike Grant.

Burnie, David, (author.). Grant, Mike, (consultant.).

Summary:

"Discover the flowers that grow in gardens, woods, grasslands, mountains, and deserts, or along streams and seashores. Find out how long a flower lives, and how it uses its smell as a signal for bees and other insects."-- Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 1465479104
ISBN: 9781465479105
Physical Description: 60 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: [Second] edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:

First American edition, 1993.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Looking at flowers -- Flowers in close-up -- Complicated flowers -- Flowers with a difference -- Plants that don't flower -- The life of a flower -- Bursting into flower -- Blooming colors -- All about pollen -- Animal visitors -- Perfumed flowers -- Floating in the wind -- Seed story -- Juicy fruits -- Flowers from bulbs -- Springing into life -- A flying start -- Garden flowers -- Making flowers last -- Woodland flowers -- Tropical flowers -- Grassland flowers -- Waterside flowers -- Mountain flowers -- Seashore flowers -- Desert flowers.