Book ID: 19923
VAUCHER, Hughes
Elsevier's dictionary of trees and shrubs: in Latin, English,French,German and Italian.1986.XIV,413 p.gr8vo.Bound.
This multilingual dictionary comprises approximately 2300 Latin names subdivided into 140 families, 510 genera, 1650 species and varieties, together with their common denominations in English, French, German and Italian. The vast majority of the trees and shrubs cited are to be foundin the temperate zones of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Only a small number of trees typical of subtropical or tropical climates havebeen included.