Plant Names Simplified: Their Pronunciation, Derivation & Meaning: Their Pronunciation, Derivation and Meaning |
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Arthur T. Johnson, H.A. Smith
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Pages: 126 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0900513047
Pub: Landsmans Bookshop Ltd
Pub date: 1972-11
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 65703
Reader Reviews:
Just the ticket (2/2 people found this helpful)
I've been using my copy of Plant Names Simplified since I was at horticultural college in 1994. It may not be the most comprehensive book but its main aim is to guide you on pronunciation, rather than to teach you latin (as some of the other reviews here infer). Nevertheless, it also tells you what the latin means (ie Convolvulus cnerorum = from convolvo, to entwine; from Greek kneoron, meaning obscure).
I've found it invaluable over the years. It's A5-sized and paperback, so is small enough to be taken on garden visits. Highly recommended.
A bit short of the mark (0/0 people found this helpful)
I thought this was the only book of its kind until I found out about sterns. This book has proved useful but also frustrating when half the words you look up aren't in it. Sterns Book is a much wiser buy if you really want a good reference.
A good beginners book (16/16 people found this helpful)
This a good beginners book and an excellent companion, but one can soon exhaust it. To go further and for serious horticulturalists then Botanical Latin by William T. Stearn [ISBN: 0881926272] is far more rewarding and if you can afford the extra expense and time, I would choose this.
Excellent little book (7/10 people found this helpful)
Worth having, and helps you to solve those arguments by telling you how to pronouce names too.
No Ranger should be without it (16/34 people found this helpful)
If you work in countryside recreation then this book is a must. It gives you knowledge of plants that will make the public think you are an expert. Just drop a few in a guided walk and see their faces.
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