Re: Off to the Garden/mock orange

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange
• From: Cathy Carpenter c*@insightbb.com
• Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:23:57 -0500
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My dictionary says of syringa: the mock orange. from the greek  
surinx, shepherd's pipe (from the use of its hollow stems to make the  
pipes).
I'm back from the east coast and trying to get through 500+ messages!

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jun 6, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing  
Center wrote:

> Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhh 
> hhhhhh
> 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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