A Gardener's Latin
- ISBN-10
- 0688167799
- ISBN-13
- 9780688167790
- Category
- Gardening / General
- Pages
- 80
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hearst Books
- Author
- Richard Bird
Description
Presents a history of plant names with information on meaning and classification
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- 2015-08-01
- 144 pages
- Paperback
- Rizzoli Publications
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