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

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

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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.

From prehistory to the present day, Flora Mirabilis blossoms with legend and lore as it culls the most engrossing mysteries and adventures of plant exploration, science, and discovery and garlands them with astonishingly beautiful illustrations.

These lavish pages are abloom with the rich details and engaging allure of beloved flowers, stunning gardens, ancient trees, medicinal herbs, and valuable plants of all varieties from around the world.

Unique "plant profiles" chronicle the especially remarkable roles each plant has played in matters of economics, politics, and taste.

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