Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Algonquin Books (1992), Edition: 1st, 144 pages
Description
For more than a decade, gardeners have been turning to a beautiful little hardcover book called Gardener's Latin, by Bill Neal. Neal understood that as Latin terms began appearing with increasing frequency on nursery tags and gardening catalogs, gardeners would need help. So he weeded through the Latin words that describe and distinguish among plants and flowers and compiled a volume of select, brief, clear definitions. Gardener's Latin leads us down the path from abbreviatus to zonatus, turning aside here and there along the way for little-known horticultural facts and fables and the wisdom of gardeners from Virgil to Vita Sackville-West.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Overgaard
memories with this book - wonder if i kept a journal then - postcard from Rachel re trip to Minnesota
Subjects
Language
Original language
Latin
Physical description
144 p.; 7.25 inches
ISBN
0945575947 / 9780945575948