Flowering Earth Author:Donald Culross Peattie "True that a plant may not think; neither will the profoundest of men ever put forth a flower. Of the use and the beauty of flowering there can be no shade of doubt," asserts Mr. Peattie, and in this beautifully imaginative book he has composed a paean to the green world that surrounds us. Tracing the evolution of plant life from the earliest m... more »icroorganisms spawned by the primeval sea to the rise of the modern floras, he demonstrates the oneness of life - the meaning of chlorophyll to the whole of civilization. Interwoven throughout the history of the plant kingdom is the author's story of botanical accomplishment - his adventures roaming the earth in pursuit of knowledge, and his noble conception of the web of life.« less