The Romance of Plant Life

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Romance of Plant Life by George Francis Scott-Elliot. Read in English by Linda Johnson; Eva Staes; Colleen McMahon; BettyB; Kristine Bekere; Tom Geller; shibe; deongines; Devorah Allen 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 For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook 01-15 (175MB) M4B Audiobook 16-29 (154MB)

Directors & creators

George Francis Scott-Elliot

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;non-fiction; science; plants; biology; Teaching; jungle; flowers; vegetables; discovery; 1907; 2018

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