Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored

by Lorraine Harrison

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Since Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners stand to benefit from learning a bit of Latin and its conventions in the field. Without it, they might buy a Hellebores foetidus and be unprepared for its fetid smell, or a Potentilla reptans with the expectation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:022600919X

ISBN13:9780226009193

Release Date:September 2012

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.64 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"

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Gardening Gardening & Landscaping Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Taxonomic Classification

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