"The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants" is actually the best of three other books: "Pollen," "Seeds" and "Fruit."
All of them are pictorial wonders that use the best of science, art and technology to depict the anatomy of plants and their proficient reproduction.
This lush and otherworldly picture book ($29.95, Firefly Books) illustrates in the smallest detail the inscrutable work of plants making more plants, and fruits making more fruit, flowers making more flowers.
Robert Kesseler using an electron microscope produced the images. Wolfgang Stuppy and Madeline Harley of London’s Royal Botanic Gardens write the accompanying text with wit and erudition.
This is truly a look into the secret life of plants.
(And I will send this luscious book to a lucky someone randomly selected from among the commenters to this post. Be sure to include your e-mail. I won't share it, but I will need it to contact the winner.)