Romance of Plant Life

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Nature

Authors: George Francis Scott-Elliot In Year : 1907

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Romance of Plant Life

Chapter I - The Activity of Vegetables
Chapter II - On Savages, Doctors, and Plants
Chapter III - A Tree's Perilous Life
Chapter IV - On Forests
Chapter V - Flowers
Chapter VI - On Underground Life
Chapter VII - High Mountains, Arctic Snows
Chapter VIII - Scrub
Chapter XI - On Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Tobacco
Chapter X - On Deserts
Chapter XI - The Story of the Fields
Chapter XII - On Plants which Add to Continents
Chapter XIII - Rocks, Stones, and Scenery
Chapter XIV - On Vegetable Demons
Chapter XV - On Nettles, Sensitive Plants, etc.
Chapter XVI - On Flowers of the Water
Chapter XVII - On Grasslands
Chapter XVIII - Poisons
Chapter XIX - On Fruits
Chapter XX - Wandering Fruits and Seeds
Chapter XXI - Story of the Crops
Chapter XXII - Plants and Ants
Chapter XXIII - The Peril of Insects
Chapter XXIV - Rubber, Hemp and Opium
Chapter XXV - On Climbing Plants
Chapter XXVI - Plants which Prey on Plants
Chapter XXVII - Plants Attacking Animals
Chapter XXVIII - Mosses and Moors
Chapter XXIX - Names and Superstitions

Romance needs not always indicate a love story. In the series "The Library of Romance", authors look at the romantic side of science. The different books cover all different disciplines, including chemistry, astronomy, engineering, and, as in this case, biology.

In this volume, G.F. Scott Elliot walks us through the romantic side of plant life. How do plants move towards the light, what are the dangers to little saplings, how can parts of plants be used for medicine, and why are some of them delicious and others poisonous? Listen to this book to find out. - Summary by Carolin