Re: Hortus III

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hortus III
• From: Cathy Carpenter c*@insightbb.com
• Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:19:21 -0600
• In-reply-to: 20060218193607.GA5819@mallorn.com
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So, if I was to purchase one reference of this type, what would it be?

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Feb 18, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

>>  Does anyone on this list actually ever USE their copy of Hortus  
>> III? I find
>> it aggravating and am trying to decide if it's worth hauling  
>> another 1000
>> miles.
>
> Hi Andrea,
>
>    I think it's interesting from a historical perspective, but  
> since it
>    hasn't been changed since 1976 (if I remember correctly) it's sadly
>    out of date.
>
>    The standard used to be Cronquist (published around 1987) and is  
> now
>    shifting towards the Royal Horticultural Society and their RHS  
> Plant
>    Finder.
>
>    So if you don't have anything else, keep it.  If you do, there's no
>    point unless you want to trace old nomenclature.
>
> Chris
>
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