CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2023-02-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000897737

This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from M to Q.

News, Business and Public Information

News, Business and Public Information
Author: Arthur der Weduwen
Publisher: Library of the Written Word
Total Pages: 667
Release: 2020
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789004420823

The history of newspaper advertising began in the seventeenth-century Low Countries. The newspaper publishers of the Dutch Republic were the first to embrace advertisements, decades before their peers in other news markets in Europe. In this survey, Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree have brought together the first 6,000 advertisements placed in Dutch and Flemish newspapers between 1620 and 1675. Provided here in an English translation, and accompanied by seven indices, this work provides for the first time a complete overview of the development of newspaper advertising and its impact on the Dutch book trade, economy and society. In these evocative announcements, ranging from advertisement for library auctions, the publication of new books, pamphlets and maps to notices of crime, postal schedules or missing pets, the seventeenth century is brought to life. This survey offers a unique perspective on daily life, personal relationships and societal change in the Dutch Golden Age.

Ulster County, New York Probate Records

Ulster County, New York Probate Records
Author: Gustave Anjou
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Dutch Americans
ISBN: 0806346213

The core of the book consists of the contents of nearly 100 Bibles arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the book's owner, and, thereunder, in progressions of marriages, births, and deaths. In all, more than 1,000 mostly 18th- and 19th-century inhabitants of Suffolk and Nansemond are here rescued from obscurity and further made accessible in the index to Bible records at the back.

Dictionary of Plant Names

Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Allen J. Coombes
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1994
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780881922943

Publisher description: The Dictionary of Plant Names is a guide that not only cross references common names to their Latin counterparts, but also details the origins, meanings, and pronunciation of each name. Each genus name is followed by the suggested pronunciation, the family in which it is placed, and the derivation of the name (Latin, Greek, or other). Then the main garden use of the plants in the genus, e.g. herbaceous perennials, trees, etc., is listed. Many interesting facts come to light in the origin of the Latinate name, for example that Kalmia is named after Pehr Kalm, a Finnish student of Linnaeus. Each genus concludes with the common name and place of origin of the whole species, if applicable. Species are listed alphabetically under the genus with the same categories of information.