The Pollinators of Eden John Boyd

The Pollinators of Eden, John Boyd, 212 pgs. With fiance Paul away and awaiting his return from The Planet of Flowers, Dr. Freda Caron was not quiet sure what to do with the talking tulip that  he sent with his assistant, Hal Polino. As a methodical scientist she starts her experiments, after finding out the tulip and Hal are both heterosexual