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Re: Herb of the Year for 2003

There is one, entitled "Plant Names Simplified" by A.T. Johnson and H.A. Smith, but it gives British pronunciations, and they sometimes vary from American English. Also, the pronunciations seem to be only the first words in a botanical name, not the subsequent words. How does one pronounce "officinalis," for instance? Margaret Lauterbach

This might well be a great project for the GWL, to issue some sort of
fact-sheet (book?) on how to pronounce botanical names. I've been at this
many years now and often I still butcher the pronunciation. I too have
looked for a good guide to this and haven't found it. Just a thought.

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