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Re: Paxistima canbyi
Doug's story reminds me of my mother's story of how one town in New
Jersey got its name. A train used to go through the town, and one day
a little girl had to go potty really badly. So the conductor stopped
the train and let her and her mom find the facilities. They must have
taken a long time finding the right bush, because after 10 minutes or
so, the conductor bellowed, "Done, Ellen?" And thus was Dunellen
named.
At 12:19 PM -0500 2/25/09, Peter Loewer 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.
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>>>http://www.naturepreserves.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/34B6DB8D-C871-4EE5-B624-BBDD9BCE6F9C/0/Natky60_Fall2008.pdf
>>> ,
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>>> jems
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>> --
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