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RE: Botanical & Common Names

On Sat 18 Jul, Chavez, Tim A wrote:
> Alan, I am still looking for a book like that. Meanwhiles I have put
> your address on my list.  May I start today?
> Shasta Daisy (I have 3 kinds)
> Dragon's Blood Sedum
> Coreopsis (oops that one IS both common and latin)
> Tigridia ( I can't get hardiness info from anyone including the seller)
> Sparaxis ( I really want to know where this one fits in the Phylum)
> Woodland Phlox
> Evening Primrose (I have 3 kinds)
> Chameleon Plant (Is it Houtynia?)
> Elephant ears
> Sundrops
> Hyacinth Bean
> Chives
> Moonflower
> Fleabane (How many are there?)
> Horseradish
> Larkspur
> Corydalis (I want to know the common name, I think I have seen wild
> forms)
> 
> Tim Chavez
> Z6 Wichita, Kansas
> aka zap
> 
> 
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Allan Day[SMTP:allan@crwys.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent: 	Friday, July 17, 1998 4:16 PM
> > To: 	seeds-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject: 	Re: Botanical & Common Names
> > 
> > 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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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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