Re: Hortus Third
Dean -- I have come across many a plant that is either not included
in Hortus or has been renamed/reclassified since Hortus III. It can
be frustrating, but fortunately, I have other reference books (and
the Internet) which I find far more reliable than Hortus at this
point. Hortus might be fine for a practicing botanist but for those
of us who are working in horticultural related fields, it can be very
limiting.
My 2 cents.
Nan
>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 It's not the most current reference available, but "out of date?"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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Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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