The Romance of Plant Life: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Romance of Plant Life, credited to George Francis Scott-Elliot, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Romance of Plant Life by George Francis Scott-Elliot. Read in English by Linda Johnson; Eva Staes; Colleen McMahon; BettyB; Kristine Bekere; Tom Geller; shibe; deongines; Devorah Allen Romance needs not always indicate a love story. In the series "The Library of Romance", authors look at the romantic side of science. The different books cover all different disciplines, including chemistry, astronomy, engineering, and, as in this case, biology. In this volume, G.F. Scott Elliot walks us through the romantic side of plant life. How do plants move towards the light, what are the dangers to little saplings, how can parts of plants be used for medicine, and why are some of them delicious and others poisonous? Listen to this book to find out. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Romance of Plant Life
• Author credits: George Francis Scott-Elliot
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 11:55:59

Catalogue topics

• non-fiction
• science
• plants
• biology
• Teaching
• jungle
• flowers
• vegetables

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - Chapter I - The Activity of Vegetables — 28:58
2. 02 - Chapter II - On Savages, Doctors, and Plants — 24:13
3. 03 - Chapter III - A Tree's Perilous Life — 32:00
4. 04 - Chapter IV - On Forests — 29:03
5. 05 - Chapter V - Flowers — 25:35
6. 06 - Chapter VI - On Underground Life — 25:59
7. 07 - Chapter VII - High Mountains, Arctic Snows — 22:58
8. 08 - Chapter VIII - Scrub — 29:28
9. 09 - Chapter XI - On Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Tobacco — 21:18
10. 10 - Chapter X - On Deserts — 27:49
11. 11 - Chapter XI - The Story of the Fields — 30:37
12. 12 - Chapter XII - On Plants which Add to Continents — 19:18
13. 13 - Chapter XIII - Rocks, Stones, and Scenery — 22:06
14. 14 - Chapter XIV - On Vegetable Demons — 23:53
15. 15 - Chapter XV - On Nettles, Sensitive Plants, etc. — 18:36
16. 16 - Chapter XVI - On Flowers of the Water — 26:53
17. 17 - Chapter XVII - On Grasslands — 22:41
18. 18 - Chapter XVIII - Poisons — 26:32
19. 19 - Chapter XIX - On Fruits — 23:36
20. 20 - Chapter XX - Wandering Fruits and Seeds — 26:34
21. 21 - Chapter XXI - Story of the Crops — 26:54
22. 22 - Chapter XXII - Plants and Ants — 21:35
23. 23 - Chapter XXIII - The Peril of Insects — 24:59
24. 24 - Chapter XXIV - Rubber, Hemp and Opium — 26:41

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