Author: David Longman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856546433
Category : House plants
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The All Colour Dictionary of House Plant Care
Author: David Longman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856546433
Category : House plants
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856546433
Category : House plants
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Books
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Color Dictionary of Flowers and Plants for Home and Garden
Author: Roy Hay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The House Plant Encyclopedia
Author: Ingrid Jantra
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552090275
Category : House plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides a photograph, description, advice on placement, care, and propagation, and watering and food needs for nearly one thousand plants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552090275
Category : House plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides a photograph, description, advice on placement, care, and propagation, and watering and food needs for nearly one thousand plants.
The Gardeners Dictionary
Author: Philip Miller
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Guide to the Specialist Nurseries and Garden Suppliers of Britain and Ireland
Author: Sarah Cotton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870673068
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781870673068
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Garden Guide
Author: John Harrison Dick
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Whitaker's Books in Print
Author:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
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ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
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AB Bookman's Weekly
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Dictionary of Plant Lore
Author: D.C. Watts
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080546021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080546021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians