PREFACE 



The work of the Great rests upon the accumulated 

 labor of an obscure host of patient and painstaking 

 workers. — Yoffa. 



Readers of foreign botanical literature have for a long 

 time felt the need of an accurate translation of technical 

 terms which are not commonly found in our dictionaries. 

 In the following compilation the editors have attempted 

 to supply this need. The foundation of the work rests 

 on Schneider's Illustriertes Handiwrterbuch der Botanik. 

 Many terms, however, have been taken from other 

 dictionaries, as well as textbooks and current Uterature. 



French and German terms of Latin or Greek origin 

 have been omitted whenever the EngUsh equivalent 

 would practically have been only a repetition. For 

 such terms as are included in this dictionary the exact 

 English equivalents have been sought. 



In numerous instances, however, the lack of such 

 has made it necessary to furnish an explanation of the 

 foreign term rather than a translation. 



The list of plant names includes important economic 

 plants, farm weeds, and the Latin equivalents for the 

 larger plant groups. 



The editors, so far from attempting a complete 

 compilation of French and German botanical terms, 

 have aimed only at the production of a practical hand- 



