Download or read book The Enthusiasts Book of Gardening Latin written by Bookwise International and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you marvel at the gardening experts on radio and television, who seem tonow the scientific names of a bewildering range of plants, or if the sameames leave you baffled at garden centres and nurseries, The Enthusiast'sook of Gardening Latin is the book for you. Written in a style which isnformed, but above all accessible, it explains the background to the systemf plant classification which is used internationally and show how thisystem enables every plant known to man to be readily identifiable throughhe use of its Latin name.
Download or read book Latin for Gardeners written by Lorraine Harrison and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Latin became the standard language for plant naming in the eighteenth century, it has been intrinsically linked with botany. And while mastery of the classical language may not be a prerequisite for tending perennials, all gardeners stand to benefit from learning a bit of Latin and its conventions in the field. Without it, they might buy a Hellebores foetidus and be unprepared for its fetid smell, or a Potentilla reptans with the expectation that it will stand straight as a sentinel rather than creep along the ground. An essential addition to the gardener’s library, this colorful, fully illustrated book details the history of naming plants, provides an overview of Latin naming conventions, and offers guidelines for pronunciation. Readers will learn to identify Latin terms that indicate the provenance of a given plant and provide clues to its color, shape, fragrance, taste, behavior, functions, and more. Full of expert instruction and practical guidance, Latin for Gardeners will allow novices and green thumbs alike to better appreciate the seemingly esoteric names behind the plants they work with, and to expertly converse with fellow enthusiasts. Soon they will realize that having a basic understanding of Latin before trips to the nursery or botanic garden is like possessing some knowledge of French before traveling to Paris; it enriches the whole experience.
Download or read book Gardener s Latin written by Richard Bird and published by Collins & Brown. This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To garden seriously, you can't escape plant nomenclature, but once you understand what certain key words mean, species names are demystified.
Download or read book The Roman Book of Gardening written by John Henderson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Henderson brings together Latin texts which teach and celebrate herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose - the only current book on the practice of Roman gardening.
Download or read book Botanical Latin written by William Thomas Stearn and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work explains the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the roots and origins of Latin and latinised geographical names, colour terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, and the formation of names and epithets.
Download or read book A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners written by Peter Parker and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gardening For Beginners Book written by Alastair R Agutter and published by Alastair R Agutter. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very big welcome to Gardening for Beginners, a book I was inspired to write from having a real passion since my childhood for gardening. On the book cover you see the words "go green" and having a creative mind, I have provided many great ideas on utilizing old household items that can be transformed and used in the garden. As a result doing your bit recycling and helping the environment. Gardening for Beginners Book is a fabulous gift for friends, family and loved ones of any age seeking to take up the free and healthy pastime of Horticulture. As we become more aware of our environment and wild life, with this book you can take the plunge of creating a mini eco-system around your home for a healthier lifestyle and creating a blaze of colour. Blooming Marvellous! The book comes with many great gardening ideas including the growing of your own organic vegetables for healthier eating and giving new life to items around your home that can be recycled and given a new lease of life as part of the garden landscape. Also a new lease of life for yourself, with healthy free exercise, ensuring a more healthier lifestyle and remaining in good health, both physically and mentally. Gardening for Beginners has been 2 years in the making by Alastair R Agutter Best Selling author of specialist books and found within this publication only encouragement with step by step guides and many great ideas for making your home into a little piece of Eden. CONTENTS Introduction Chapter One – Garden Tools Chapter Two – Garden Equipment Chapter Three – Garden Soils Chapter Four – Garden Soil Preparation Chapter Five – Container Recycling Chapter Six – Hanging Baskets Chapter Seven – Garden Pots and Tubs Chapter Eight – Plant Conditions Chapter Nine – Growing Strawberries Chapter Ten – Healthy Roses Chapter Eleven – Growing Organic Vegetables Chapter Twelve – Garden Plants in Sunny Areas Chapter Thirteen – Garden Plants in Shaded Areas Chapter Fourteen – Propagating Plant Cuttings Chapter Fifteen – Growing and Pruning Fruit Trees Chapter Sixteen - Gardening Good Life and Ideas Reference
Download or read book Gardener s Latin written by Bill Neal and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2003-03-21 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.“/DIV>
Download or read book Landscape Architecture written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The RHS Book of Garden Verse written by and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the RHS comes this compendium of poetry about gardens and garden plants, themes that have provided inspiration for poets since the dawn of time. The poems span many centuries and include the work of such great writers as Wordsworth, Spenser and Shakespeare.
Download or read book Gardener s Latin written by Bill Neal and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1993-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Gardening in the Tropics written by Richard Eric Holttum and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardening in the Tropicsoffers invaluable advice on how to establish a luxuriant tropical garden. This authoritative guide lists more than 500 varieties of tropical plants. In addition, it provides up-to-date information on pests, diseases and other technical subjects. This definitive book will certainly meet the needs of all gardeners in the Malayan region and in other parts of the wet tropics. Informed content from distinguished Professors on Malayan botany. A complete guide to gardening in the tropics from planning and designing a garden to soil treatment and pest control. Well organized, user-friendly one stop source for plant information and reference Invaluable photographs for selecting appropriate plants for your tropical garden. Richard Eric Holttum(1885 - 1990) became interested in plants from an early age. After his studies at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the University Prize in Botany, he came to the Straits Settlements and was appointed Assistant Director of the Gardens Department. He subsequently became Director of the Botanic Gardens and remained so until 1949. In that year, he was appointed Professor of Botany at the new University of Singapore, retiring in 1954. While he was in Singapore and later, when he went back to England after retirements, Professor Holttum devoted detailed study to orchids, bamboos and ferns, and wrote several authoritative treatises on them. In 1951 he was awarded the degree of Sc. D. by the University of Cambridge in recognition of his published works on Malayan botany. Ivan Enochread Botany and Agricultural Botany at the University College of Wales, Aberyswyth. In 1950 he was appointed to the Department of Botany at the University of Malaya in Singapore under Professor Holttum. In 1960 Professor Enoch took up an appointment at the Faculty of Agriculture in Kuala Lumpur teaching Agricultural Botany. For several years he was invited to act as one of the judges at the annual M.A.H.A. show and also joined the Selangor Gardening Society, of which he was a committee member for some time. He now lives in West Yokrshire and continues his work on seeds.
Download or read book On the Cultivation of Gardens written by Walahfrid Strabo and published by Ithuriel's Spear. This book was released on 2009 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Writing. Gardening. Widely regarded as the first gardening book in European history, and currently the only translation available in English, this book was written in the ninth century by Walafrid Strabo, Abbot of the Carolingian monastery at Reichenau Island. It tells us what our medieval gardener is growing in his garden, explains the benefits and medicinal properties of the plants, and gives an idea of how they are to be looked after. James Mitchell introduces and translates this classic from the original Latin hexameters, and S.F. Bay Area gardening columnist Richard Schwarzenberger provides a foreword.
Download or read book Garden Magazine and Home Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Roman Book of Gardening written by John Henderson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a vivid selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries. In an anthology of new translations by John Henderson, Virgil's Georgics stand alongside neglected works by Columella, Pliny and Palladius, bringing to life the techniques and obstacles, delights and exasperations of the Roman gardener. For all the cultural differences, modern gardening enthusiasts will recognize much of the familiar heaving and chopping that the writers describe but may be surprised at other aspects of horticulture that have changed significantly over the centuries. This is a contribution to our understanding of gardening history, Roman culture and Latin literature.--From publisher description.
Download or read book Temperate Garden Plant Families written by Peter Goldblatt and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to identify the most important temperate plant families Based on the most up-to-date research, Temperate Garden Plant Families spans the spectrum from Acanthaceae (the acanthus family) to Zingiberaceae (the ginger family), and reflects the current scientific consensus about the family status of the most popular garden genera. Introductory information includes an overview of family classification, plant nomenclature, and plant morphology. The comprehensive A–Z of plants includes profiles that include information on the number of species and genera, plant form, flowers, fruit, and a short description. Each profile is illustrated with color photographs and botanical illustrations. Botanists, horticulturists, gardeners, and students will all welcome this authoritative yet accessible reference.
Download or read book RHS Practical Latin for Gardeners written by James Armitage and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RHS Practical Latin for Gardeners is a unique guide to plant binomials based on the bestselling RHS Latin for Gardeners. It contains 1,500 of the most useful and most widespread Latin names, organized into thematic chapters including Colour, Size, Form and Habitat. Each chapter is further subdivided into smaller groups, such as large plants and small plants. This allows gardeners to make new connections and discoveries in a way standard alphabetical lists don't permit. 'Behind the Name' feature boxes further increase the book's practical value, and a wide range of botanical watercolours ensure that it is beautiful as well as functional. This book includes a definition and pronunciation guide for each word, as well as a 16-page alphabetical index, so that it can still be used as a conventional dictionary of Latin names. And its handy, pocket-sized format makes it the perfect gift.
