Re: Off to the Garden/mock orange

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange
• From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" 4*@nationalhearing.com
• Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:39:02 -0600
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhh!!!
Yes, I know who Lewis and Clark were, Mr. Historyman.  What I want to know
is why, when they were naming the state flower for Lewis, they called it
Syringa?  Why isn't Phildelphus lewisii called Meriweather?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>

> Kitty, I believe it was named after Lewis as in Lewis and Clark.
> Meriweather Lewis.
>
> David
> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James R. Fisher" <garrideb@well.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange
>
>
> > Kitty wrote:
> >> That is terribly confusing to non-Idahoans, Judy.  You are saying they
> >> use
> >> the botanical name for the genus of Lilacs as a common name for a Mock
> >> Orange?
> >> And... if they named it after a guy named Lewis, then why isn't it
called
> >> Lewis? (or Lewisia to make it even stranger)?  Was his name Syringa
> >> Lewis?
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Z5
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Some Idahoans do seem to be botanically challenged (Judy not included),
> > but here it is in full color, halfway down the page:
> > http://tinyurl.com/7lm6w
> > -jrf
> > -- 
> > Jim Fisher
> > Vienna, Virginia USA
> > 38.9 N 77.2 W
> > USDA Zone 7
> > Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]
> >
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