Re: Off to the Garden/mock orange

Meriweather Lewis was a girl?  Well, with a name like that, who could tell?
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange


> "And... if they named it after a guy named Lewis, then why isn't it
> called..."
>
> You have disparaged one of my absolute heroes.  "A guy named Lewis"
indeed!
>
> When I read the above sentence I really didn't know if you knew who was
> referenced as Lewis.  One doesn't refer to Meriweather Lewis as "A guy
> named..."  That's like saying that the first President of the United
States
> was George Somethingorother.
>
> David
>
> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange
>
>
> > 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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