A Dictionary of Botanical terms

It is now nearly twenty years since an English dictionary of botanical terms was published and the development of botany during that time has brought into use many new terms and led to the abandonment of some of those which were formerly employed. The present work though larger than any of its predecessors is therefore wanting in certain terms which are found in the earlier botanical dictionaries. A few obsolete terms however which occur in standard botanical literature are retained and marked as such. The scope of this dictionary is nearly the same as that of its predecessors except that it is broader on the side of agriculture and horticulture as it aims to include all technical terms applied to plants both by botanists and others.