How Plants Get Their Names Author:L. H. Bailey L. H. Bailey, in this basic introduction to botanical nomenclature, reveals the confusion that results from misleading popular names of plants and points out the fun and the advantages of a sound, scientific approach. In a few short chapters, he covers virtually every aspect of the subject of how plants get their names and what those names signi... more »fy.
A rare combination of enthusiastic prose, well and clearly written, and scientific accuracy, this is an essential handbook for gardeners, amateur botanists and horticulturalists, as well as a superb introduction for beginning students to an important part of the botanical sciences.
This volume is an unaltered, unabridged republication of the original (1933) edition.« less