PICTURE THIS
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 PLANTS
By Jonathan Drori (Laurence King £20)
With beautiful illustrations from Lucille Clerc, this captivating book traverses the globe via plants: nettles in England, mangoes in India and tulips in the Netherlands (pictured)
Tomato — fruit or vegetable?
Strictly speaking, Jonathan Drori argues, the seeds make it a fruit but in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was a vegetable.
With beautiful illustrations from Lucille Clerc, this captivating book traverses the globe via plants: nettles in England, mangoes in India and tulips in the Netherlands. It’s jam-packed with fun trivia.
In 1948, for example, an ‘Artichoke Queen’ was crowned in Castroville, California. Her name was Norma Jeane Mortenson — or, as she became better known, Marilyn Monroe.