RHS Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored: More than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They Contain

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Ellis which has helped me with plant- and garden-related terms, such as astemonous (lacking stamens), stooling (mound layering), or resupinate (upside down, usually flowers that are turned on their stems like impatiens). Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted. Fascinating feature spreads retell the adventures of important plant hunters such as Sir Joseph Banks and Alexander von Humboldt, and explain how their discoveries affect the way our gardens look today.

A bonus is the pages in between the list… a few plants are profiled, with notes on how they got their name or certain associations and uses. In the first, History, he points out that botanical Latin can be entertaining rather than off-putting, and recites historical stories of how plants got their names.The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the UK's largest gardening charity, dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Individual plants are also profiled throughout, showing how their names can illuminate their hidden histories. For instance, isn’t it worth something to know that Alyssum (now Lobularia) was at one time used to treat madness?

Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. The Royal Horticultural Society is one of the world’s leading horticultural organizations and the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting gardening. With these books as the background to Parker’s shortened, modern version of a dictionary, we can be confident of his reliability. RHS Latin for Gardeners by Lorrraine Harrison expores and explains Latin terms used in gardening and for plant names. He gives examples of multiple names that existed for many plants and were used until the binomial nomenclature was adopted in the 18th century.

Parker’s Little Book of Latin is not intended to be a dictionary with a comprehensive alphabetical index. A struggle to read but broken up nicely by example images, features on naming themes, and features on notable botanists.