Ramdan Hours:
Sun - Thu
9.30 AM - 2.30 PM
Iftar in --:--:--
🌙 Maghrib: --:--
Image from Google Jackets

Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners : a handbook on the origin and meaning of the botanical names of some cultivated plants / William T. Stearn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2002Description: x, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 088192556X (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Dictionary of plant names for gardeners
Uniform titles:
  • Dictionary of plant names for gardeners
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 580.3 21 S.W.S
LOC classification:
  • QK11 .S56 2002
Summary: 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.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.