Gardener's Latin: A Lexicon
- ISBN-10
- 0709051069
- ISBN-13
- 9780709051060
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Author
- Bill Neal
Description
Today's gardeners encounter Latin terms whenever they enter garden centres or pick up mail-order catalogues. They must still, of course, decide whether dahlias or peonies will best complete that floral border. But new questions in an increasingly technical vocabulary are sprouting up among perennial concerns and demanding attention from devoted gardeners.
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- 2003-03-21
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