Re: Paxistima canbyi

**D* G* <d*@gmail.com>**

Peter - thanks for the compliment - that somebody would indeed think the
post was true -  :-)  I guess I'll have to paint my tongue-in-cheek comments
with a much broader brush.  Heaven help us all if JF follows me on this
trend.
And thanks for the "real" source of the name.  :-)

Doug

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Peter Loewer <
thewildgardener@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Doug: The problem with fun entries like yours concerning Pachistima is that
> many people will believe it to be true! The plant in question was named for
> its discoverer, William Marriott Canby (1831-1904), the genus if from the
> Greek pachys for having a thick stigma, and my best reference (Flora of West
> Virginia, June 1958) says the common name is derived from rats reported to
> strip off the leaves for winter feeding. Best, Peter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Green" <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" <
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Paxistima canbyi
>
> >I hadn't wanted to bring this up -assuming wiser heads than mine would
> > prevail but seeing as JF has weighed in here.  Let me simply tell you
> what I
> > know of Paxistima canbyi.
> > I understand it was named by the Roman general Canby (circa 125AD) who
> upon
> > defeating the Gauls (for almost the last time the Romans did this) stated
> > (English translation) "Peace in our time"  or Pax is tima   He was doing
> > that while overlooking his armies (many of the soldiers were dead -
> having
> > consumed daffodils for pain relief) but all the troops saw was him
> standing
> > next to a shrub and they assumed he was talking about the shrub (Roman
> > soldiers were hard of hearing because of the metal helmets they wore and
> > after a battle where their heads were targets, their ears were usually
> quite
> > useless).
> >
> > So the shrub became Peace in our time or Pax-is-tima.  I believe it was
> one
> > of the herbalists who added the General's name and we now know it as
> > Paxistima canbyi.
> >
> > I'm delighted to have clarified the muddification of this elucidative
> > conversation.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:19 AM, <frielster@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>  So planting P. c. is PC because it provides wildlife habitat?
> >>
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> >> Subject: Re: [GWL] Paxistima canbyi
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> >> Hi, John -- A person who contacted me off-list found a reference,
> >> cited below, which says the name comes from rats stripping the
> >> branches from the plant to make a nest. As I told her, that's a
> >> better image than the one I had, which is the plant stripped the hide
> >> off of rats.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.naturepreserves.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/34B6DB8D-C871-4EE5-B624-BBDD9BCE6F9C/0/Natky60_Fall2008.pdf
> >> ,
> >>
> >> jems
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