Re: Botanical & Common Names

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• From: A* D* <a*@crwys.demon.co.uk>
• Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 22:16:19 +0100 (BST)
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I bought a little book in a sale which copes with the correspondence
between 'common' and 'botanical' names, so far it has answered
everything I have thrown at it. Yes, it knows what a four o'clock plant
is!. As an experiment, anybody who gets really stuck either way, try me
and see if I can answer it. No promises, and if I get really overwhelmed
I hope you will understand if you don't get a reply.

A thought occurred to me. In many cases, eg geranium, chrysanthemum,
rhododendron,the botanical name is the commonly used name, any so-called
common name is usually so contrived as to be meaningless to most people.
-- 
Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk

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