Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners : a handbook on the origin and meaning of the botanical names of some cultivated plants /
Stearn, William T. 1911-2001.
Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners : a handbook on the origin and meaning of the botanical names of some cultivated plants / Dictionary of plant names for gardeners William T. Stearn. - x, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Originally published: London : Cassell, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references.
In this book Stearn gives the meaning and origin of some 6000 botanical names, selecting those most likely to be encountered by gardeners and horticulturists. No other single source provides so much etymological information for the gardener, the result of years of scholarship and original research by the distinguished author. Also listed are 3000 of the most widely accepted vernacular names, cross-indexed to their correct scientific names, an invaluable reference for gardeners, writers, and historians. Plant classification and binomial nomenclature are explained, and there are notes on the structure and pronunciation of botanical Latin. No other single source provides so much etymological information for the gardener.
088192556X (pbk.)
2002020469
Plants--Nomenclature.
Plant names, Popular--Dictionaries.
English language--Latin, Medieval and modern.--Dictionaries
QK11 / .S56 2002
580.3 / S.W.S
Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners : a handbook on the origin and meaning of the botanical names of some cultivated plants / Dictionary of plant names for gardeners William T. Stearn. - x, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Originally published: London : Cassell, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references.
In this book Stearn gives the meaning and origin of some 6000 botanical names, selecting those most likely to be encountered by gardeners and horticulturists. No other single source provides so much etymological information for the gardener, the result of years of scholarship and original research by the distinguished author. Also listed are 3000 of the most widely accepted vernacular names, cross-indexed to their correct scientific names, an invaluable reference for gardeners, writers, and historians. Plant classification and binomial nomenclature are explained, and there are notes on the structure and pronunciation of botanical Latin. No other single source provides so much etymological information for the gardener.
088192556X (pbk.)
2002020469
Plants--Nomenclature.
Plant names, Popular--Dictionaries.
English language--Latin, Medieval and modern.--Dictionaries
QK11 / .S56 2002
580.3 / S.W.S