Product Key Features
Book TitleFirefly Dictionary of Plant Names : Common and Botanical
Number of Pages440 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDirectories, Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Reference
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Reference, Science, Gardening
AuthorHarold Bagust
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-272686
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsDictionary's virtue as a quick reference guide, along with its small size and waterproof jacket, make it a good companion., The best guide I've found to botanical and common names... small enough to carry to and from the garden centre, If the only thing one needs to discover is a plant's common or botanical name, Bagust's book is quite valuable., Well-organized, handy... This dictionary is a useful reference work; the list of epithets alone makes for interesting browsing., The dictionary's virtue as a quick reference guide, along with its small size and waterproof jacket, make it a good companion for all gardening adventures., Well-organized, handy... This dictionary is a useful reference work; the list of epithets alone makes for interesting browsing, just as to speculate on the derivations of names.
Compiled byBagust, Harold
Dewey Decimal580/.3
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments Epithets Common Names Alpines and rockery plants Aquatics Bulbs Cacti and succulents Carnivorous plants Ferns and fern allies Fungi Grasses, reeds, sedges, bamboos, vetches, etc. Herbs House plants Orchids Popular garden plants Trees, bushes, and shrubs Wild flowers Botanical Names Alpines and rockery plants Aquatics Bulbs Cacti and succulents Carnivorous plants Ferns and fern allies Fungi Grasses, reeds, sedges, bamboos, vetches, etc. Herbs House plants Orchids Popular garden plants Trees, bushes, and shrubs Wild flowers
SynopsisA pocket-sized cross-referenced dictionary of 30,000 terms for finding common or botanical equivalent names from North America, Europe, and the UK. It includes earlier versions of common names and explanations of Latin to identify groups., This is the only guide needed to find the name of a plant. Using whichever name is already known -- common or botanical -- readers will quickly find the name needed using the extensive cross-reference lists. From alpines to trees and shrubs, from houseplants to wild flowers, this essential gardening reference covers an amazing 30,000 terms over 448 pages, all in a compact, easy-to-carry size: Quickly find the common or botanical equivalents of plant names Easily convert common plant names to their botanical equivalents -- and vice versa Inclusive coverage of North American, European and UK common names, plus earlier versions of common names Explanations of Latin help to identify whole groups of plants at a glance Convenient pocket-sized format, with a wipe-clean flexibind cover, makes it easy to carry along on visits to the garden center or nursery
LC Classification NumberQK13.B25 2003