The Enthusiasts Book of Gardening Latin Proper Names and Terms Explained

If you marvel at the gardening experts on radio and television, who seem tonow the scientific names of a bewildering range of plants, or if the sameames leave you baffled at garden centres and nurseries, The Enthusiast'sook of Gardening Latin is the book for you. Written in a style which isnformed, but above all accessible, it explains the background to the systemf plant classification which is used internationally and show how thisystem enables every plant known to man to be readily identifiable throughhe use of its Latin name.