Flowers and Fruit Author:Colette For this volume, Robert Phelps has gathered Colette's best writings about her beloved vegetable kingdom. "For an Herbarium" is a delightful set of twenty-two short essays, each inspired by a different flower or herb. "A Nosegay" consists of previously uncollected pieces about, among other things, walks in the Bois de Boulogne, winters in Limosin... more », and flower shows in Paris. Finally, in "Flora and Pomona," the longest single piece, Colette mixes reminiscences about the gardens she knew and loved with musings about those she would never have. Flowers and Fruit is bursting with Colette's masterful evocations and boundless love.« less