A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners

Zusatztext Those looking for an excuse to break off from weeding or deadheading by a sudden desire to know why the Latin name for the foxglove is digitalis! or what delphiniums have to do with dolphins! will find themselves still reading an hour later! unable to break away from the fascinating mixture of history! literary allusion! anecdote and occasional gardening advice. The effect on the reader is sometimes that of being led round an English country garden by a charming plantsman Informationen zum Autor Peter Parker was born in Herefordshire and now lives and gardens in London's East End. He is the author of two books about the First World War, The Old Lie and The Last Veteran , biographies of J. R. Ackerley and Christopher Isherwood, and Housman Country: Into the Heart of England . He has written about plants and gardens for HORTUS and the Daily Telegraph , and is a former Chair of the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library Advisory Committee. He can be found online at www.peterparkerwriter.com, www.instagram.com/prnparker and www.twitter.com/PParkerWriting Klappentext How did the delphinium get its name? Which parts of the bodylend their names to auriculas and orchids? Who are the gentian, lobelia andheuchera named after? Why are nasturtiums and antirrhinums connected? What doesan everlasting pea have to do with Indian miniature paintings? A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners , beautifullyillustrated with old woodcuts, explains how and why plants have been named, andtakes the reader down some of the stranger byways of human endeavour andeccentricity. 'Those looking for an excuse to break off from weeding ordeadheading by a sudden desire to know why the Latin name for the foxglove isdigitalis, or what delphiniums have to do with dolphins, will find themselvesstill reading an hour later, unable to break away from the fascinating mixtureof history, literary allusion, anecdote and occasional gardening advice. Theeffect on the reader is sometimes that of being led round an English countrygarden by a charming plantsman' Times Literary Supplement 'An entertaining and invaluable resource' Sunday Times Zusammenfassung The book, beautifully illustrated with old woodcuts, explains how and why plants have been named, includes handy lists of identifying adjectives, and takes the reader down some of the stranger byways of human endeavour and eccentricity....

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The book, beautifully illustrated with old woodcuts, explains how and why plants have been named, includes handy lists of identifying adjectives, and takes the reader down some of the stranger byways of human endeavour and eccentricity.

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Peter Parker was born in Herefordshire and now lives and gardens in London's East End. He is the author of two books about the First World War, The Old Lie and The Last Veteran, biographies of J. R. Ackerley and Christopher Isherwood, and Housman Country: Into the Heart of England. He has written about plants and gardens for HORTUS and the Daily Telegraph, and is a former Chair of the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library Advisory Committee.

He can be found online at
www.peterparkerwriter.com,
www.instagram.com/prnparker and www.twitter.com/PParkerWriting

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How did the delphinium get its name? Which parts of the bodylend their names to auriculas and orchids? Who are the gentian, lobelia andheuchera named after? Why are nasturtiums and antirrhinums connected? What doesan everlasting pea have to do with Indian miniature paintings?

A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners, beautifullyillustrated with old woodcuts, explains how and why plants have been named, andtakes the reader down some of the stranger byways of human endeavour andeccentricity.

'Those looking for an excuse to break off from weeding ordeadheading by a sudden desire to know why the Latin name for the foxglove isdigitalis, or what delphiniums have to do with dolphins, will find themselvesstill reading an hour later, unable to break away from the fascinating mixtureof history, literary allusion, anecdote and occasional gardening advice. Theeffect on the reader is sometimes that of being led round an English countrygarden by a charming plantsman' Times Literary Supplement

'An entertaining and invaluable resource' Sunday Times