Re: Hortus Third
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hortus Third
- From: D* S*
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:03:51 -0400
Don --
No, Hortus Fourth hasn't yet been produced. I heard some rumors a while
back that the Bailey Hortorium was working on a new one but haven't heard
anything since. I wouldn't be surprised if, like many of the
encyclopaedias these days, Hortus Fourth ends up being on-line.
Personally, I still prefer to sit in an easy chair with a real book
rather than stare at a monitor (which I already do eight hours every day
at work), but there are some obvious advantages to an on-line reference.
Marge, from where do you get this notion that Hortus Third is out of
date? It's not the most current reference available, but "out of date?"
Not in the least. Some of the more current references are too eager to
follow popular trends rather than proper systematics (just because
someone publishes a revision doesn't make it gospel. It still has to go
through the scrutiny of the peer review process which sometimes lasts for
years). Most of the botanists I know still use Gray's Manual of Botany
(circa 1900) as their primary reference source.
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
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