Plant Discoveries: A Botanist's Voyage Through Plant Exploration

By Sandra Knapp

Book Overview

The history of plants and flowers. Botanical paintings and fascinating essays are combined in Plant Discoveries to examine the fascinating history of plants and flowers. Over 20 plant families are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552978109
• ISBN13: 9781552978108
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.5" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

A Botanical Delight

This is a wonderful book. The pictures are beautiful and so is the writing. The text consists of literary-scientific essays about groups of plants familiar even to a botanical neophyte like myself. Gracefully written and fascinating, the essays alone would make an excellent book. They and the pictures together make for a truly extraordinary volume. I enjoyed this book enormously. It's a treat for both the eyes and the intellect.

Worth adding to one's collection

I believe Ms Knapp has found a subject she truly loves, and has put her love into words to accompany the beautiful illustrations. As regards the illustrations: art and science do compliment one another and this is proof. Although some illustrations are obviously more accurately rendered than others, they all contribute in some way (some more than others) to our knowledge of the kingdom of Plants, but also in some way to our knowledge of ourselves. I think it must have been so in the days of the explorers who collected and put pen to paper to create these rich troves of information. You may decide that you love plants too, after reading Ms Knapps very frank and captivatingly direct prose.