Synopsis The flowers of angiosperms have fascinated both humanists and naturalists for as long. Flowers are the source of love, affection, emotions, inspiration on one hand, while it is the prime source of fruits and seeds that make up the bulk of the world’s food supply has given near-religious significance to flowering in many cultures. This book provides a simplified description of the flowering at the molecular, biochemical, organelle, cell and organ levels of organization in plants, which contribute to the complex processes. The text is intended for post-graduate study and for non-specialists in other disciplines who wish to understand flowering mechanism and control. References are mainly from the secondary or review literature, from which detailed arguments and the primary literature may be obtained. Several recent textbooks have considered more specialized aspects of flowering and there are many excellent reviews; this book is intended to point the reads to them.