Re: plant names

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Apologies. Just had a procedure done this morning and still feeling a little out do it.

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On Feb 25, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Helen Yoest <helen@gardeningwithconfidence.com> wrote:

> I agree with the "rules" here (with Peter's correction.) Another fine point I want to mention is that a period at the end of a sentence, following a cultivar name, is after the single quote....Acer japonicum 'Bloodgood'.
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> On Feb 25, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Peter Loewer wrote:
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>> Denise: The culivar name is not in quotation marks but single quotes and it 
>> never has an internal comma or any other punctuation. Peter
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>> From: "Edible flowers" <edibleflowers1@aol.com>
>> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 1:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GWL] plant names
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>>> You should write it Japanese maple or Acer japonicum "Bloodgood"
>>> Genus is capitalized and species is lower case. Cultivar is in quotation 
>>> marks and first letter is capitalized.
>>> Denise
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>>> On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp 
>>> <hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>>> I have a question about common names. Think print, in newspapers and 
>>>> magazines, most of which have an aversion to too much fancy stuff in 
>>>> text:
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>>>> Should common names be capitalized, such as Lilac or Sweet Potato Vine? I 
>>>> say no, because these are not proper names.
>>>> 
>>>> Next, what if you are writing about Hosta or other plants, where the 
>>>> scientific and a common name are the same. Should all hosta, petunia, 
>>>> impatiens, etc., references as a common names be cap or cap and Italics 
>>>> or can they be lower case?
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>>>> 
>>>> jems
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