Archive for July, 2006

Books

Three beginning botany books arrived in the mail this week. Two of them are general books about how to identify plants and one is a glossary.

Of the two books on identifying plants, one emphasizes from the very beginning that identifying plants is hard work, very hard work and it takes patience and practice. The other book emphasizes that identifying plants can be much easier than you think, and it takes practice.

From what I’ve read so far in each, and from the practice I’ve begun with each, I believe they’re both right.

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