Author: Mark Griffiths
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 9780881922462
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dictionary Of Garden Plants
Author: Lance Hattatt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405445795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405445795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Color Dictionary of Flowers and Plants for Home and Garden
Author: Roy Hay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Plants and Their Names
Author: Roger Hyam
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198661894
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Lists more than sixteen thousand scientific and vernacular plant names, and describes name origins and the characteristics of plants
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198661894
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Lists more than sixteen thousand scientific and vernacular plant names, and describes name origins and the characteristics of plants
Colour Dictionary of Garden Plants
Author: Peter McHoy
Publisher: Hamlyn
ISBN: 9780863073564
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher: Hamlyn
ISBN: 9780863073564
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening
Author: Michael Pollock
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780756614805
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
A horticultural reference provides detailed information on more than eighteen thousand different plants, along with advice on growing methods, gardening techniques, pests, plant diseases, equipment, and terminology.
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780756614805
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
A horticultural reference provides detailed information on more than eighteen thousand different plants, along with advice on growing methods, gardening techniques, pests, plant diseases, equipment, and terminology.
Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Author: William Thomas Stearn
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304364695
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304364695
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
The Gardeners Dictionary
Author: Philip Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Visual Dictionary of Plants & Gardening - Plants & Gardening
Author: Ariane Archambault
Publisher: Québec Amerique
ISBN: 2764408862
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Publisher: Québec Amerique
ISBN: 2764408862
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The Dictionary of Garden Plants
Dictionary of Plant Lore
Author: D.C. Watts
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080546021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage. * Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080546021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage. * Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians