Re: ANyone know where I can get this book?

**"Carol Wallace, Ph.D." g*@mindspring.com**

An excellent point, Graham - and I do intend to mention to the editor I'm
working with that the book is out of date and that other more up-to-date
and more accurate publications are available. This editor says the company
made the decision to go with the RHS Index before her time and have stuck
with it mainly because it has plants they can't find in Hortus and other
such books. But that seems weak to me, if what they are finding isn't
current.

I will definitely add the RHS Plant Finder to my own library, just to make
certain my own book has the correct nomenclature. So thanks for the tip. In
fact, I will pass that along, as well!
Carol
Virtually Gardening
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> [Original Message]
> From: Graham Rice <garden@tiscali.co.uk>
> To: <gardenwriter@mindspring.com>; Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden
Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 6/28/2003 3:31:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] ANyone know where I can get this book?
>
> First an aopolgy... I thought you meant the John Brookes Index of 
> Plants and Flowers (1987!), rather than the Mark Griffiths book of 
> 1994.
>
> Anyway, the Mark Griffiths book itself is ten years old and a great 
> many plant names have changed since then. The most up-to-date 
> reference on accurate plant names is undoubtedly The RHS Plant 
> Finder. Published annually in spring, the plant nomenclature is 
> supervised by a committee which has, by its own account, vowed to err 
> on the conservative side in approving changes.
>
> The 2003/2004 edition lists about 70,000 different plants (and 
> relevant synonyms) and can be ordered from amazon.co.uk for £14.03 
> (about $22.50) including shipping to the US by air mail.
>
> The RHS Plant Finder book does not include plants that are no longer 
> available in Britain, and its cross reference to plant names which 
> have been superceded for some time is limited - it's already 960 
> pages. However, the FREE online version includes a great deal more 
> information; it can be found at 
> http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder.asp.
>
> I have to say that for a publisher to willfully eschew the most 
> up-to-date reference on correct plant names in favour of a ten year 
> old book seems perverse. However, The RHS Plant Finder does not 
> include many tropicals grown in warmer zones in the US (they're not 
> grown in Britain) and the Mark Griffiths Index (or a recent US book - 
> is there such a thing?) would be a good choice for back-up. However, 
> the four volume RHS Dictionary from 1992, on which the Mark Griffiths 
> Index is based, sells on amazon.co.uk for the relatively modest sum 
> of £149 (c$238) + shipping.
>
> Publishers, and writers, are, I think, failing their readership if 
> they continue to publicise and popularise long out-of-date names 
> although I admit that it's a tough battle when we cannot convince 
> nurseries and label manufacturers to use any scientific name (valid 
> or otherwise) to accurately describe their plants.
>
> Graham Rice
>
> http://GrahamRice.com
>
>
>
> >The publisher made the decision to go with the names as presented in 
that
> >book as their final authority.  I feel like pointing out that they won't
> >get many freelance editors if those editors need to find an out of print
> >book to qualify. But for the moment that is their policy and so what I
must
> >go by.
> >Carol
> >
> >Virtually Gardening
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> >
> >
> >>  [Original Message]
> >>  From: Graham Rice <garden@tiscali.co.uk>
> >
> >>  Subject: Re: [GWL] ANyone know where I can get this book?
> >>
> >>  Is there any reason why you especially need that particular book? The
> >>  plant names are certainly out of date and I also find that the
> >>  hardiness ratings are unreliable (but then it is written by a Brit!)
> >>
> >>  Graham Rice
> >>
> >>  http://GrahamRice.com
> >>
> >>  >I can have a nice little editing job if only I can come up with a
copy of
> >  > >the RHS Index of Garden Plants - which unfortunately is out of
print.
> >Even
> >>  >the RHS doesn't have any copies and I have tried all the used book
> >searches
> >>  >with no luck. But I know sometimes garden writers manage to
accumulate
> >more
> >>  >than one copy of a book - and if anyone has a spare of this one I'll
be
> >>  >happy to buy it.
> >>  >Carol
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