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Best Reference Pick of 2015!
Every gardener is a scientist. 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.
The Dictionary of Science for Gardeners
is the first of its kind to provide practical scientific descriptions for gardening terms. Highlighting 16 branches of science that are of particular interest to gardeners, with entries from
abaptation
to
zoochory
, Michael Allaby explores more than 6,000 terms in one easy-to-use reference.