10 wusc. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Gessmann’s Die Pflanzen im Zauberglauben,*! de Gubernatis’ La 
Mythologie des Plantes,*? Teirlinck’s Flora Diabolica,®*? his Flora 
Magica,** and his Plantenkultus,®*> and Thiselton-Dyer’s The Folk- 
lore of Plants;°* and for titles on geology, zoology, ethnology, and 
so on, Bourliére’s Eléments d’un Guide Bibliographique du 
Naturaliste.*? The most complete dictionary of botanical terms in 
any language is Font Quer’s Diccionario de Botanica;*? the most 
compact catalog of generic and family names and definition of 
ordinary descriptive terms is given in Willis’ Dictionary of 
Flowering Plants and Ferns.*® 
There is no work that covers the ornamental plants of the world 
as a whole, but those of temperate regions are described in the 
following books: Bailey’s Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture © 
51 GESSMANN, G. W. DIE PFLANZEN IM ZAUBERGLAUBEN. EIN KATECHISMUS DER ZAUBER- 
BOTANIK. MIT EINEM ABHANGE UBER PFLANZE-SYMBOLIK. 2 p.l., 252 p. 12 fig. 19.5 em. 
Wien [etc.], (1899).—General considerations; annotated list of 120 plants connected with 
witchcraft, alphabetically arranged by vernacular names, with botanical name, characteristics, 
uses, etec., and index; position of plants in astrology, magic salves and smoking materials, 
magical acceleration of growth, reincarnation of plants, etc.; bibliography; alphabetical list 
of German vernacular names of plants, with their symbolical significance (no botanical 
names). 
52 GUBERNATIS, ANGELO DE. LA MYTHOLOGIE DES PLANTES OU LES LEGENDES DU REGNE VEGETAL. 
2v. (xxxvi, 295; 2 p.l., 374 p.). 22.5 cm. Paris, 1878-82.—Vol. 1, Botanique générale: 
short or long annotations on such subjects as Achille, Adam (arbre d’), Antoine (herbes de 
saint-), bernacles (arbre aux), feuille, jalousie, lune, magiques (plantes), moly, sacrés 
(plantes et herbes), Ygegdrasill, etc., the whole arranged alphabetically; vol. 2, Botanique 
spéciale: alphabetical list of vernacular names in various languages, with account of myths 
and legends connected with them. No index of botanical names. 
53 TEIRLINCK, ISIDOOR. FLORA DIABOLICA. DE PLANT IN DE DEMONOLOGIE. 322 p. 24 cm. 
Antwerpen, [1924]. (Harvard College library.)—-Running account of diabolical and anti- 
diabolical plants, grouped by uses, ete., with Flemish and other vernacular names, botanical 
names, references, superstitions, etc.; systematic list of species, bibliography, index. 
53 TEIRLINCK, ISIDOOR. FLORA MAGICA. DE PLANT IN DE TOOVERWERELD. 388 p. 24 cm. 
Antwerpen, 1930. (Harvard College Library.)—Running account of plants associated with 
magic, grouped by uses, etc., with Flemish and other vernacular names, botanical names, 
references, superstitions, etc. 
55 TEIRLINCK, ISIDOOR. PLANTENKULTUS. EEN TWEEDE HOOFDSTUK VAN DE PLANTLORE. 425 
p. Antwerpen, 1904-12.—A treatise dealing with popular religious beliefs connected with 
plants, for example plant names which are derived from sacred names. (Not seen; title and 
annotation mostly from notice in Bot. Jahresber. Just 43 (1): ATT 5. T9225) 
56 THISELTON-DYER, T. F. THE FOLK-LORE OF PLANTS. 38 p. l1., 328 p. 19.5 em. London 
(also New York edition), 1889.—Popular beliefs, myths, fables, and uses of a large number 
of plants, grouped into chapters on plant worship, plants in witchcraft, plants in fairylore, 
dream plants, plants and the weather, doctrine of signatures, plants in folk-medicine, etc. 
57 BOURLIERE, FRANCOIS. ELEMENTS D’UN GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DU NATURALISTE. ix, 302 
p. 28.5 em. Macon, 1940.—Suppléments I et II. 303-368 p. Paris, 1941.—Unannotated, 
geographically and systematically arranged list of publications (6,357 titles including sup- 
plements) including general (world) and regional (including country) but very few local 
works on natural history in general, zoology, botany, geology, and ethnology; briefly an- 
notated, geographically arranged list (p. 835-353) of principal zoological expeditions, with 
indication of animal groups included. The botanical sections, at least, although helpful have 
numerous important omissions. 
583 FoNT QUER, Pio, and others. DICCIONARIO DE BOTANICA . .. SEGUIDO DE UN VOCABULARIO 
IDEOLOGICO EN EL QUE SE ORDENAN CONCEPTUALMENTE LAS VOCES DEL DICCIONARIO. xxxix, 1244 
p. illus. 23 em. Barcelona [etc.], 1953.—Etymology, ete.; dictionary of descriptive terms 
and family and higher group names (nearly all in Spanish orthography) in all branches of 
botany, with extensive classified list of terms in index; bibliography, including botanical 
dictionaries in other languages. 
59 WILLIS, J. C. A DICTIONARY OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 6. ed. rev. xii, 752, 
liv p. illus. 19 em. Cambridge, 1931. (Several reissues, the last in 1955. Ist ed. 1897.)— 
Alphabetical list of generic, family, and group names and botanical terms, with brief defini- 
tions of the terms; mention of the family name, number of species, general range, and fre- 
quent notes on uses, peculiarities of structure, and features of biology under the genera; 
characters of the families and of their principal divisions, uses, features of biology, etc., 
under the family entries. Pages 705-752 constitute a supplement; p. i-xlix a key to families 
based on Engler and Prantl; p. I-liv a synopsis of the Bentham and Hooker system. 
69 BaiLEy, L. H. THE STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE ... 6. xx, 3639 p. 4,056 
fig., 120 pl. (pt. col.).. 27 em. New York, London, 1914-1917. (Corrected reissue [very little 
changed] 1922, reissued as ‘‘new ed.” in 3 v. 1925; various reissues.)—Abbreviations of 
authors’ names, synopsis of plant kingdom (by K. M. Wiegand), key to families and genera, 
explanation of specific epithets; encyclopedic treatment of cultivated ornamental, fancy, and 
edible plants of United States and Canada (20,602 species), alphabetically arranged by genera, 
with keys, descriptions, notes on cultivation, etc.; by Bailey, with many collaborators. 
Includes general articles on horticultural subjects, biographies of leading horticulturists, ete. 
