Pollination, native plants, ecology, climatology—these are just a few of the scientific concepts that play a key role in a successful garden. While the ideas are intuitive to many gardeners, they are often discussed in unfamiliar scientific terms. This Library Journal Best Reference Pick of 2015 explores more than 6,000 definitions across 16 branches of science that are of particular interest to gardeners, from Adaptation to Zoochory.
"[This book] should be on every potting shed shelf…. Michael Allaby's dictionary is its own sort of travelogue through the horticultural world."—New York Times