Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored tote Are you an avid birder

Are you an avid birder

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With thirty-nine plant profiles and detailed color photographs

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Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored tote Are you an avid birderSince 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