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About the product If you are flying by plane, it is likely that there will be flowers in the cargo hold of the liner. After all, they too have to cross continents to reach shops and shoppers. Sometimes even airports are built for the sake of flowers. Traveling around the world of the flower industry is as exciting as planting flowers, and no less enjoyable than receiving them as a gift. Especially if you do it in the company of Amy Stewart — a big lover of plants and the author of best-selling books about them. Her book will tell you about the amazing path that flowers take before they end up on the shelves — from the breeder’s idea to the very bouquet on your table or in the window of the nearest flower. Abstract Flowers are not only a nice gift or a hobby. For every rose or lily donated, there is a whole industry: before getting into a local flower, a flower often has to cross entire continents. In addition, not every flower we are used to is a creation of nature: many flowers are bred and improved by breeders. Amy Stewart, a nature lover and creator of fascinating books about plants, has been behind the scenes of this amazing industry. She talked with farmers, gardeners, biologists, carriers, florists — and collected the most interesting things about how flowers are created in this book. Thanks to her, behind each bouquet, a whole world opens up at the junction of nature, business and technology. …
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