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Plant Names Simplified: Their Pronunciation Derivation and Meaning | 
 enlarge | Authors: A.t. Johnson, H.a. Smith
Publisher: Old Pond Publishing Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7902
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 1905523823
EAN: 9781905523825
ASIN: 1905523823
Publication Date: May 14, 2008
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 Just the ticket July 17, 2008
Hold the pork pie jelly (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been using my copy of Plant Names Simplified since I was at horticultural college in 1994. It may not be the most comprehensive book but its main aim is to guide you on pronunciation, rather than to teach you latin (as some of the other reviews here infer). Nevertheless, it also tells you what the latin means (ie Convolvulus cnerorum = from convolvo, to entwine; from Greek kneoron, meaning obscure).
I've found it invaluable over the years. It's A5-sized and paperback, so is small enough to be taken on garden visits. Highly recommended.
 A bit short of the mark June 22, 2008
D. mccann (Scotland)
I thought this was the only book of its kind until I found out about sterns. This book has proved useful but also frustrating when half the words you look up aren't in it. Sterns Book is a much wiser buy if you really want a good reference.
 A good beginners book April 13, 2006
P. Young (uk)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This a good beginners book and an excellent companion, but one can soon exhaust it. To go further and for serious horticulturalists then Botanical Latin by William T. Stearn [ISBN: 0881926272] is far more rewarding and if you can afford the extra expense and time, I would choose this.
 Excellent little book January 8, 2005
Snazzy-baz (UK)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Worth having, and helps you to solve those arguments by telling you how to pronouce names too.
No Ranger should be without it July 10, 2001
Ian C. Hayes (Leicestershire, UK)
16 out of 34 found this review helpful
If you work in countryside recreation then this book is a must. It gives you knowledge of plants that will make the public think you are an expert. Just drop a few in a guided walk and see their faces.
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