{"product_id":"gardeners-latin-9781565127432","title":"Gardener's Latin","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the origins, lore and meanings of botanical names with this lexicon of “pithy explanations of words that confront every plant tag reader” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than a decade, gardeners have been turning to Bill Neal’s beautiful little book \u003ci\u003eGardener's Latin\u003c\/i\u003e. Neal understood that as Latin terms began appearing with increasing frequency on nursery tags and gardening catalogs, gardeners would need help. So he weeded through the Latin words that describe and distinguish among plants and flowers and compiled a volume of select, brief, clear definitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearning to navigate the jungles of botanical Latin will not only make you an expert in identification, but also teach you a great deal about the plants themselves. \u003ci\u003eGardener's Latin\u003c\/i\u003e leads you down the path from abbreviatus to zonatus, turning aside here and there to point out little-known horticultural facts and fables and the wisdom of gardeners from Virgil to Vita Sackville-West.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67935939723442,"sku":"9781565127432","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/gardeners-latin-9781565127432","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}