Small Wonders: A Closer Look at Some Hard-to-See Flowers - Softcover

Rose, Frank S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732540209 ISBN 13: 9781732540200

Publisher: Hardy Perennial Press, 2018

Synopsis

Following his well-received books - Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona: A Field Guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains and Other Nearby Ranges, 2011, and Mountain Trees of Southern Arizona: A Field Guide, 2012, Frank S. Rose has now taken a closer look at over two hundred species of plants found in Southern Arizona. Using a powerful close-up camera, he has taken over 1,000 color images to allow the viewer to see flowers not normally seen, that regularly get trampled because the entire plant looks so plain from a human's eye level, or that get overlooked because the flowers are nearly invisible to the naked eye. Rose has taught us to see each of them in a new way. Each of these small wonders gets its own page, with views of the entire plant, to help with identification, and a zoom-in on the unexpected beauty. The book is part field guide and part slideshow of wonders seldom seen. Many of the flowering plants in Small Wonders are not included in the usual wildflower guides but are collected here in greater detail than ever before, revealing their truly astonishing hidden beauty. This is a book meant to please people with no particular training in botany as well as those who are well acquainted with the small wonders of the plant world.

About this title

About the Author

After a career in pastoral work and teaching in England, Canada and Pennsylvania, Frank moved to Tucson with his wife, Louise, in 1982. He served for 21 years as Pastor of Sunrise Chapel. He is a past President of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild and of the Tucson Ministerial Association. In July, 2003, Frank retired from pastoral work. He now devotes his time to writing, hiking, searching out wild flowers, and painting.

Review

"Small Wonders is an excellent addition to any plant enthusiast's collection of local field guides and floras and a reminder that there is more than meets the eye. As I read and studied the plant and flower photos I found myself thinking that this is like a wonderful little text book. So should folks keep it on the shelf for reference or take it into the field? Take it into the field my friends! It belongs on the front seat of the truck so you can open it and say, "Look, this is what the tiny flowers on that milkweed vine look like." This book will inspire you to grab the pocket magnifier that's sitting on top of your bureau before you head out the door and see for yourself what Frank Rose is reminding us throughout; we need to take a closer look...we are surrounded by small wonders. You need this book."

Petey Mesquitey

Nurseryman, Naturalist, and host of Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey on KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, Arizona.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hardy Perennial Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1732540209
• ISBN 13: 9781732540200
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 220