About the book: 1951 / The book you are holding in your hands can rightfully be considered one of the most interesting publications dedicated to botany. Alexander Vasilyevich Tsinger, being a physicist by vocation, gravitated towards botany with all his soul. In this book of “ingenuous amateur conversations,” as the author himself called it, Zinger reveals to us the interesting world of plants in simple and accessible language. With each new page, plunging into the mysterious kingdom of flora, you begin to understand botany not just as a science, but as Science with a capital S. Reading this book will be an interesting and educational activity for people of any age..