Pink tropical flowers on purple hankie

This volume concentrates on tropical flowers in which, whilst sharing many of the features seen in temperate flowers, exhibit phenomena which are purely tropical. First it deals with general structural and biological features of flowers and shows facets of their diversity. Next, it focuses on the flowers of selected tropical plants and emphasizes their structural and biological idiosyncrasies and evolutionary features.

The narrator's favorite Grandma lives through the park and down the hill. On the way to visit her, the little girl picks purple flowers -- Grandma's favorite. One day, when the girl knocks on Grandma's door, Grandma moves slowly and is too tired to play. That night, she passes away.

A labor and strike novel set in the California fruit country as see...