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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dover Pubns
Publication date
June 1, 1963
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780486207964
ISBN-10
048620796X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$8.95
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Trees of the Northern United States and Canada | Botany for Gardeners | Botany in a Day | Latin for Gardeners | Plant Names Explained | The New Sunset Western Garden Book | The Sibley Guide to Trees | Manual of Woody Landscape Plants | Plant Identification Terminology
Summaries and Reviews
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Did you know that the Jerusalem cherry does not grow in or near Jerusalem? That the Spanish cedar is a native of the West Indies? That the French mulberry is neither French nor a mulberry? L. H. Bailey, in this basic introduction to botanical nomenclature, reveals the confusion that results from misleading popular names of plants and points out the fun and the advantages of a sound scientific approach. In a few short chapters, he covers virtually every aspect of the subject of how plants get their names and what those names signify.
After an opening chapter that discloses the surprising wealth of information that can be learned from a plantâs botanical name, the author discusses the work of Carl Linnaeus (1707-78), the great Swedish naturalist who is âthe father of botany.â There is a brief history of the chaotic state of the science before it was effectively systematized, with outlines of pre-Linnaean classification schemes, followed by a full analysis of the Linnaean definitions of genus and species, the basis of modern binomial nomenclature. The following chapter, on plant identification, contains a discussion of herbariums and their value to the modern botanist, as well as valuable suggestions for amateur horticulturalists on preparing herbariums and packaging specimens to be mailed for identification purposes. Two successive chapters cover the many rules of nomenclature and focus upon some current problems in the field. Blackberries, potatoes, roses, and the amaryllis are analyzed as four illustrations of areas in which much work remains to be done.
The final section of the book is certain to prove very useful to a variety of readers. The author defines scores of common Latin stems and word-endings used in botanical nomenclature and presents a few important rules of pronunciation. Most important of all, he includes a full, 20-page list of generic terms most likely to be met in horticultural literature and 42 pages of common Latin words and their English botanical applications and meanings.
A rare combination of enthusiastic prose, well and clearly written, and scientific accuracy, this is an essential handbook for gardeners, amateur botanists, and horticulturalists as well as a superb introduction for beginning students to an important part of the botanical sciences.
âCarefully presented treatise.â â America.
âWritten with knowledge and authority, charm and eloquence and poetic imagination on the varied aspects of the authorâs specialty.â â New York Times.
After an opening chapter that discloses the surprising wealth of information that can be learned from a plantâs botanical name, the author discusses the work of Carl Linnaeus (1707-78), the great Swedish naturalist who is âthe father of botany.â There is a brief history of the chaotic state of the science before it was effectively systematized, with outlines of pre-Linnaean classification schemes, followed by a full analysis of the Linnaean definitions of genus and species, the basis of modern binomial nomenclature. The following chapter, on plant identification, contains a discussion of herbariums and their value to the modern botanist, as well as valuable suggestions for amateur horticulturalists on preparing herbariums and packaging specimens to be mailed for identification purposes. Two successive chapters cover the many rules of nomenclature and focus upon some current problems in the field. Blackberries, potatoes, roses, and the amaryllis are analyzed as four illustrations of areas in which much work remains to be done.
The final section of the book is certain to prove very useful to a variety of readers. The author defines scores of common Latin stems and word-endings used in botanical nomenclature and presents a few important rules of pronunciation. Most important of all, he includes a full, 20-page list of generic terms most likely to be met in horticultural literature and 42 pages of common Latin words and their English botanical applications and meanings.
A rare combination of enthusiastic prose, well and clearly written, and scientific accuracy, this is an essential handbook for gardeners, amateur botanists, and horticulturalists as well as a superb introduction for beginning students to an important part of the botanical sciences.
âCarefully presented treatise.â â America.
âWritten with knowledge and authority, charm and eloquence and poetic imagination on the varied aspects of the authorâs specialty.â â New York Times.
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9780486207964 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $8.95
About: Did you know that the Jerusalem cherry does not grow in or near Jerusalem?
About: Did you know that the Jerusalem cherry does not grow in or near Jerusalem?
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