Re: Latin Names
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- Subject: Re: Latin Names
- From: D* M*
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:01:49 -0800
I believe some of you who were members of the seed list will remember this
poem. I love it but am not trying to insult those of you who use common
names.
..............................THOSE LATIN NAMES......by Frank J. McGregor
There are plants named for men
And plants named for places,
Plants named for countries
And plants named for races.
Whatever they're named for,botanical men
Prefer to write them in Latin,as when
Old Pliny first listed the flora of Rome.
Thus they are known in Paris or London,
Abroad or at home,to Chinese and Spanish,
To German and Finn, without chance of error
For buyer or seller, when in the ways of botanical men,
Digitalis, Lactuca, and names of like hue,
Are simple as figures to men of all lands
Who deal in the flora of worlds old and new,
While foxglove and lettuce, so well known to you,
May mean nothing or anything in old Timbuktu:
But name them in Latin and they you may make
A bet you'll get them without a mistake.
Cin Maujean
Eugene OR
-----Original Message-----
From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
To: 'Maria Nauman' <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: Latin Names
>Hi Maria,
>
>> 1). Can anyone recommend an internet site on which I can
>> click quickly to
>> match up the Latin plant names frequently used on this list
>> with the more
>> common moniker, with which I usually am more familiar?
>
>I know this is tough at first, but however you choose to proceed, I really
>encourage you to become familiar with the Latin names. It will save you
>much grief in the long run when you're looking for plants/information.
>Common names in different areas of the country are usually different, let
>alone not consistent with their "real" names. I started with a Western
>Garden Book, kind of a "bible" to begin with. It gives listings by
>botanical name, but has a reference guide with common names. Sorry to
sound
>like the scolding teacher here.
>
>> 2). Someone mentioned feeding moonflower seedlings once
>> they're transferred
>> outside. What do you feed them?
>
>I never fed my moonflower seedlings, per se, but always dig into most holes
>a scoop of compost and bone meal (to promote root growth).
>
>> 3). Seems like I should work "organic matter" into the soil
>> of my three-year
>> old garden. It is populated with perennials. As I do not have
>> a compost heap
>> (nor the space for one), any recommendations?
>
>You can buy compost in bags at garden centers or usually (we're on opposite
>sides of the continent here, so I can't say for sure) you'll have several
>local places you can have compost delivered by the truckload (or pick up
>yourself.) Most won't deliver less than one unit (7 cu. yards) and that's
A
>LOT. I use that and more every year. Just spread it over your beds in
fall
>or early spring several inches thick. The worms and rain will do the rest
>for you.
>
>But I recently received a Jackson &
>> Perkins catalog --
>> there's more in it than roses. Thoughts on quality and prices anyone?
>
>J&P -- I'm an experienced gardener and I had lots of trouble getting their
>perennials to break dormancy. If you want to mail order perennials there
>are many, many better companies to choose from.
>
>PS -a tip - you must be on digest form? When you replied to this mail it
>included ALL the previous posts -- makes for a very long, post.
>
>> Susan Saxton, zone 6b
>> For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the
>> flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all
>> who look upon them to do likewise.
>> Celia Thaxter
>
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