RE: Correct plant names

**S*@worldpub.net**

In my opinion, the University of Minnesota Plant database is the most
comprehensive source. You need a subscription to the web-site to access its
information.

Sarah Kinbar
Associate Editor
Garden Design Magazine
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-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Pierot [s*@hvi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:07 AM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] Correct plant names

Is there a "Plant Finder: book for U.S. sources similar to the one published
by the RHS?
Suzanne Pierot
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Rice" <garden@tiscali.co.uk>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: [GWL] Correct plant names

> I think it's interesting that my recommendation of a British book as
> the last word on correct plant names drew so few responses from the
> (predominantly American) membership of this list. I'd be very
> interested to know what garden writers actually use to ensure that
> their plant names are correct. Or is no one especially interested in
> the subject?
>
> As evidence of the importance of this issue, a recent Timber Press
> book has just been reviewed in The Garden (the Journal of the Royal
> Horticultural Society), now the best selling garden magazine in
> Britain. "The standard of nomenclature in the book is poor... In many
> instances the proper distinctions between variety, subspecies,
> cultivar and hybrid have not been made," says the expert reviewer.
> "Some of the names are not in current usage..." In a serious and
> supposedly authoritative book, this not really acceptable and the
> review shows that authors will be found out.
>
> Getting the names right is absolutely basic. How do other members of
> this list go about ensuring nomenclatural acccuracy?
>
> Graham Rice
>
> http://GrahamRice.com
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