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Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored
Lorraine Harrison
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| #99478 in Books | 2012-10-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x7.00l,1.55 | File type: PDF | 224 pages||25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.| Not plant names, but adjective minutiae|By Fashion Texas|The book has some interesting details about the Latin terms in gardening. The articles on plantsmen are intriguing.
I was disappointed that only descriptive terms are included, not plant names themselves. For example, Papaver rhoeas is illustrated on page 177. The term, rhoeas, is defined as ancient Greek, na||
"Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated."
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 that i...
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