The corrected edition. "This comprehensive portable dictionary describes flowering plants--conifers and their allies, and ferns and their allies--with their common names and uses. It sets out to fill the gap formerly filled by the early editions of Willis's Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, and is based largely along the lines of that work, although with more references and common names, the whole being arranged according to Cronquist's system.".

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Title

The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Higher Plants. ( the corrected 1996 edition)

Publisher

West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521340608

ISBN 13

9780521340601

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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This comprehensive portable dictionary describes flowering plants--conifers and their allies, and ferns and their allies--with their common names and uses. It sets out to fill the gap formerly filled by the early editions of Willis's Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, and is based largely along the lines of that work, although with more references and common names, the whole being arranged according to Cronquist's system.

Review

"This update of a classic handbook should be on the shelf of every botanical, horticultural or agricultural library along with the previous editions which it complements." Botany "I find this book more than useful. I find it essential. If you deal with or in plants, in whatever form, you will want to have this book." HerbalGram ."..If the search for a particular plant species is unsuccessful using other resources, this book will assist in locating terms to broaden out the search to an entire plant family, " RQ "The Plan-book is now widely established as a classic botanical work and an essential reference for any person, professional or amateur...The Plant-book is to be recommended as an essntial and modern reference for anyone interested in botany." New Zealand Jrnl of Botany reference

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