Andreas Voss Botanist - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Andreas Voss Botanist
- Andreas Voss (12 March 1857 – 9 April 1924) was a German botanist and horticulturist. From 1878 to 1882 he worked as a gardener at the agricultural school in Hildesheim.
- From 1890 onward, he worked as an independent author.
- He was editor of the horticultural publication Der Deutsche Gartenrat. He was the author of a popular botanical dictionary for gardeners, titled Botanisches Hilfs- und Wörterbuch (6th edition, 1922).
- He also edited the third edition of Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei (1896).
- Other noted works by Voss include: Gründzüge der Gartenkultur; Wachstumsbedingungen, Bodenbereitung, Anzucht, Schnitt und Schutz, 1894 – Foundations of garden culture; growth conditions, soil preparation, breeding, cutting and protection. Wörterbuch der deutschen pflanzennamen, wild, nutz- und zierpflanzen des freilandes und der gewächshäuser, 1922 – Dictionary of German plant names, wild, useful and ornamental plants of the field and the greenhouses.The botanical genus Vossianthus (synonym Sparrmannia) was named after him by Otto Kuntze.
