Taylors Dictionary for Gardeners - Hardcover

Tenenbaum, Frances

9780676570649: Taylors Dictionary for Gardeners

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ISBN 10: 067657064X ISBN 13: 9780676570649

Publisher: Storey Books, 1997

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From everyday gardening terms to essential botanical Latin, this illustrated book is truly a dictionary of horticultural literacy for gardeners of every level of interest and experience. With 2,000 entries and 275 illustrations, Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners defines and clearly explains the terminology of horticulture, including:The botanical names of common species, or how to read a plant label, Horticultural terms - the difference between genus,species, cultivar, and hybrid, Garden techniques, such as what it means to scarify seeds and distress roots, The anatomy and physiology of plants, including the everyday significance of apical dominance, Historical gardening terms and styles, from ha-ha to bedding out. The book also includes names and descriptions of garden tools and insect pests, brief biographies of famous gardeners, and listings of botanical gardens and institutions in the world of horticulture.

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About the Author

Frances Tenenbaum is the author of several garden books and the editor of the Taylor’s Guide series at Houghton Mifflin.

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Houghton continues to capitalize on the name of Norman Taylor, who first produced The Garden Dictionary in 1936, with later editions titled Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening. The Taylor name is now used for a series of more than 20 guides on different aspects of gardening--annuals, perennials, bulbs, roses, ground covers, fruits and berries, etc. This is the first dictionary in the series, and it appears to be a hodgepodge of definitions of botanical names of plants, garden tools, insects, diseases, famous gardeners, botanical gardens, and associations.

The definitions are usually no more than three sentences, and on most pages there is a line drawing of one of the entries. Some of the definitions are less than helpful. American Hemerocallis Society is defined as an "organization that publishes an extensive source list . . . ," but one needs to look under hemerocallis to discover that it is a society of daylily enthusiasts. The Fairchild Tropical Garden is said to have one of the world's largest collections of palms and cycads, but the dictionary has no definition for cycads. Definitions of botanical names give just the common name with no description of the plant or its habitat.

Libraries that have the fourth edition revised of Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening (1976) will find it far more useful than this new dictionary. For descriptions and photographs of plants only, The American Horticultural Society A^-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants [RBB Ja 1 & 15 98] is highly recommended.

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