A portable Latin for gardeners : more than 1,500 essential plant names and the secrets they contain /
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- How to use this book
- A brief guide to plant names
- Color : light colors ; bright colors ; dark colors and multicolors
- Plant form : habit ; spreading growth ; size ; shape
- Features of plants : flowers ; leaves ; fruit ; stems and shoots ; texture and thorns ; taste and smell ; additional features
- Comparisons : animals ; man-made objects ; natural objects ; appearance of other plants ; leaves of other plants
- Places and people : Europe ; Asia ; North and South America ; other areas of the world ; plant habitats ; people
- Ideas, associations, and properties : animal associations ; useful properties ; good qualities ; bad qualities ; relationships ; aspects of time ; further concepts ; other names as names
- A-Z index
- Credits.