Front Cover of Marvels of Plant Life by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke ISBN:9781528724708
Front Cover of Marvels of Plant Life by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke ISBN:9781528724708
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Marvels of Plant Life

Curiosities of Vegetation

Originally published in the late-nineteenth century, M. C. Cooke presents a series of vivid accounts detailing parasitic species, carnivorous plants, and other botanical phenomena

Price range: £7.99 through £26.99

Price range: £7.99 through £26.99

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Author

Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

Imprint

A Thousand Fields

Categories

Biology & Life Sciences

Botany & Horticulture

Natural History

Nature & Natural World

Science, Maths & Medicine

ISBN

9781528724708, 9781528774635, 9781528756273

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Pages

354

Publication Date

12 August 2025

Weight 413.6832 kg
Dimensions 5.5 × 8.5 in

Book Description

Originally published in the late-nineteenth century, M. C. Cooke presents a series of vivid accounts detailing parasitic species, carnivorous plants, and other botanical phenomena.

This unique volume offers a captivating exploration of the more unusual and extraordinary species found within the plant kingdom. Drawing on a wealth of botanical observation, this unique volume explores and challenges the conventional expectations of how plants live, feed, and survive.

A work that continues to inspire curiosity about the extraordinary diversity of plant life, Marvels of Plant Life will appeal to general readers with a fascination for the wonders of the natural world, as well as to educators seeking compelling case studies for plant phenomena in the classroom.

Editorial Reviews

“This book of Dr. Cooke’s is a delightful study in plant-life—well informed and informing, written in a style alike graceful and popular, and admirably illustrated.”British Quarterly Review, 1882

 

Chapter Highlights

  • Chapter I. Introduction
  • Chapter II. The Sundews
  • Chapter III. Venus’s Fly-Trap
  • Chapter IV. Side-Saddle Flowers
  • Chapter V. Pitcher-Plants
  • Chapter VI. Minor Carnivora
  • Chapter VII. Gyration of Plants
  • Chapter VIII. Heliotropes, or Sunflowers
  • Chapter IX. Twiners and Climbers
  • Chapter X. Sensitive Plants
  • Chapter XI. Sleep of Plants
  • Chapter XII. Meteoric Flowers
  • Chapter XIII. Hygroscopism
  • Chapter XIV. Dispersion
  • Chapter XV. Mimicry
  • Chapter XVI. Giants
  • Chapter XVII. Temperature
  • Chapter XVIII. Luminosity
  • Chapter XIX. Mystic Plants
  • Chapter XX. Flowers of History

Marvels of Plant Life

Curiosities of Vegetation

Price range: £7.99 through £26.99

Originally published in the late-nineteenth century, M. C. Cooke presents a series of vivid accounts detailing parasitic species, carnivorous plants, and other botanical phenomena

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