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Re: Botanical pronunciation

Looks like I will be putting Stern's 'Botanical Latin' on my Christmas 
list!

Susan George
McCrae Australia

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>At 03:21 PM 10/25/1998 PST, you wrote:
>>Thanks Richard for the advice on 'agastache' - it was much 
appreciated.
>>
>>Botanical pronunciation is one of my ongoing nightmares - I am 
learning 
>>but I am sure that I don't always get it 'right'!! 
>>
>>Does anybody have any basic 'foolproof' rules for guidance?
>>
>>Susan George
>>McCrae, Australia
>
>Susan:
>
>The first thing I  do when  I receive a post likw yours is make a 
beeline
>for William T. Stern's Botanical Latin, now published by Timber Press.  
I
>can hardly think of a more valuable botanic reference, or at least, a 
more
>frequently used one.  
>
>Discovering the Greek or Latin stem meanings has often helped me to 
infer
>useful info about a plant, or create a mental image I can use to link 
the
>name to theplant I experience.
>
>Rich Dufresne
>
>


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