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Botanical Latin
A classic primer for learning grammar, syntax, punctuation, and vocabulary, as well as fascinating information on Latinate geographical names and color terms.
Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
Hooker's Finest Fruits
William Hooker was both an artist and a gardener. Commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society to paint and describe the most attractive and interesting varieties of fruit being cultivated at the time. One hundred of the best have been brought together here in one volume.
A Bicentenary History of the Linnean Society of London
Commemorates the bicentenary of the world's oldest active biological society (founded in 1788). A chronological record of activities meetings, publications, events from foundation onwards. Annotation copyright Book News Inc. Portland, Or.
Flower Artists of Kew
Today's botanical artists continue a long tradition of excellence going back over many centuries. The best of their work is of great accuracy and beauty and comparable with that of the more celebrated artists of the past. This book presents a selection of botanical paintings by 19 contemporary artists who have worked at Kew. The plants depicted range from familiar wild flowers to exotic orchids and the paintings include single specimens, groups of plants and detailed analytical studies. Mary Grierson, one of the world's leading botanical painters, advised on the selection of the illustrations. Each plate is accompanied by a description of the plant and the task it presented to the artist, by the eminent botanical scholar Dr William T.Stearn, who has also contributed an introduction to the work of present-day artists and its relation to those of earlier periods. There is also a short biography of each of the artists represented.
The Genus Epimedium and Other Herbaceous Berberidaceae
This Kew classic is anaugmented edition ofWilliam Stearn’s classicmonograph onEpimedium published in1938. Retaining theunmistakable stamp ofscholarship andaccessibility thatcharacterised all his work,it is an essential botanical reference and a practicalhandbook for gardeners. Part I is a detailedtaxonomic treatment of Epimedium andVancouveria including cultivars, plus chapters onhabit, classification, morphology, cultivation andgeographical distribution; Part II coversCaulophyllum, Ranzania, Jeffersonia, Leontice andother herbaceous Berberidaceae; and Part III isJulian Shaw’s revision of Podophyllum. With 27botanical paintings, 31 line drawings and 77 colourphotographs.
The Greek Plant World in Myth, Art, and Literature
Draws on primary sources such as Homer, Herodotus, and Plato, and on many later works on botany, history, philology, and archaeology to explore how the ancient Greeks perceived and used plants. Considers the landscape, cults and myths, medicine and magic, dyes and textiles, food, and other uses. Highly illustrated, mostly in color. First published in German in 1982 and translated from the third edition. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Plant Names Explained
Precise naming of plants is essential to be able to identify them accurately and most gardeners have at least some knowledge of 'botanical Latin'. But a plant's full botanical name does much more than give it a unique label. The name can often tell you where the plant originated, who discovered it, what colour it is, and much else besides. What's more, the name is universally recognizable, and can be used and understood anywhere in the world. So wherever you are you can identify specific plants. Plant Names Explained is an essential and fascinating guide to the subject. What may seem at first a dry but necessary convention is revealed to be a way of opening up the intriguing world of plants and plantsmen. Based on William T Stearn's Botanical Latin, the classic work on the subject, Plant Names Explained is much more than an indispensable practical guide and superb reference book - it is an engrossing read. Published in partnership with Hillier, Britain's most respected nurserymen.
Linnaeus
William Stearn's appendix on Linnean classification provides a concise survey of the basics necessary for understanding Linnaeus's work."--BOOK JACKET.
