Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty

by Catherine H. Howell

Book Overview

Flora Mirabilis is a sumptuously designed showcase of superb illustrations paired with fascinating stories of botanical exploration and trade through the ages. A collaboration between National Geographic and the world-renowned Missouri Botanical Garden, this book will prove an evergreen source of delight, not just for gardeners and flower aficionados, but for anyone interested in the plant world, human civilization, and their intertwined histories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426205090
• ISBN13: 9781426205095
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 10.3"