Coffee Break Collection 019 - Plants and Flowers

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The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes long, or less -- perfect for coffee breaks, commutes and work outs. Essays, prose, fiction, non-fiction, poetry -- who knows what gems will be uncovered? Spring is the time we see plants and flowers, dormant over the cold winter months, burst into life; and they make their appearance here. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Short Stories, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Coffee Break Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 A-B-C of Vegetable Gardening by Eben E. Rexford Eben Eugene Rexford Etext BettyB
00:05:47
Play 02 A Beautiful Fruit Garden by Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll Etext BettyB
00:08:03
Play 03 The Beauty of the Pollen by S. Leonard Bastin Samuel Leonard Bastin Etext Garth Burton
00:08:10
Play 04 The Crocus's Song by Hannah Flagg Gould Hannah Flagg Gould Etext Lynne T
00:01:38
Play 05 The Differences of Sexes in Plants by Francis Bacon from Sylva Sylvarum Sir Francis Bacon Etext Craig Campbell
00:02:14
Play 06 Experiment Solitary Touching The Melioration of Tobacco, From Sylva Sylvarum; or, A natural history in Ten Centuries Francis Bacon Sir Francis Bacon Etext Craig Campbell
00:02:52
Play 07 'Farewell to Spring,' a chapter from Stories of Wild Flowers Children Love by Katherine Chandler Katherine Agnes Chandler Etext KevinS
00:07:45
Play 08 Fern Life by Willis Boyd Allen Willis Boyd Allen Etext Josh Kibbey
00:04:07 en
Play 09 The Flower by Alfred Tennyson Alfred, Lord Tennyson Etext Stefan Von Blon
00:02:00
Play 10 Flower in the Crannied Wall by Alfred Tennyson Alfred, Lord Tennyson Etext Stefan Von Blon
00:01:13
Play 11 The Garden by Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell Etext Patrick Wallace
00:04:18
Play 12 On Peonies by Arthur Gray Staples Arthur Gray Staples Etext KevinS
00:05:39 en
Play 13 Prayer of the Flowers by Lord Dunsany Lord Dunsany Etext Colleen McMahon
00:01:55
Play 14 Talks about Flowers by Mrs. M.D. Wellcome Mary Decker Wellcome Etext BettyB
00:09:56
Play 15 Do Vegetables Have Ideas of External Things? By Erasmus Darwin Erasmus Darwin Etext Craig Campbell
00:06:40