title: Understanding Flowers & Flowering Second Edition
author: Beverley Glover
description: <br>"Now updated, with new insights, it is an even better book. Virtually every page gives fascinating insights, from the genetic control of flower induction and the development of gametophytes, to ideas of how and why flowers have different shapes, colours and fragrances. This is a fascinating read." --<em>BES Bulletin</em>
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  >  _For Kayla._
  
  >  _And for Jesse._
  
  OH, LAITH.
  
  I don’t know shit about flowers. I was a soldier who dreamed of her breasts in
  evening blossom, though. We left our pants on and for hours our torsos touched
  like two jean-handled torches. The truth, Laith. The truth is that Nimreen and
  I could have named our kids Amir and Sara. You could have taught them names
  for raisin stars.
  
  But when I last saw Nimreen,