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Plant names-now tidied up

Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998
From: Allan Day <allan@crwys.demon.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Botanical & Common Names
To: Tim.Chavez@Wichita.BOEING.com & others?

On Sat 18 Jul, Chavez, Tim A wrote:
 Allan, I am still looking for a book like that. Meanwhiles I have put
 your address on my list.  May I start today?
Here is Tim's list with my answers (now tidied up!)
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Q. Shasta Daisy (I have 3 kinds)
A.Bot name=Leucanthemum x superbum

Q. Dragon's Blood :A. not in book

Q.Sedum Coreopsis (oops that one IS both common and latin)
A.given as 2 separate  genera, nothing together

Q.Tigridia ( I can't get hardiness info from anyone including the seller)
A.Semi-hardu bulbous herbs, flowers spotted like American tiger,
classification Iridiacae

Q.Sparaxis ( I really want to know where this one fits in the
 Phylum)
A,What's a Phylum?: c.n.=Wandflower. Gk sparaso, to tear ;Sp. tricolor =Harlequin flower

Q.Woodland Phlox(bot):A. no 'common' equiv.

Q.Evening Primrose (I have 3 kinds):A.Oneothera(f.Gk);evening=biennis(c.2ft)

Q.Chameleon Plant (Is it Houtynia?)
A.houttuynia cordata Named after Dutchman Martyn Houttuyn

Q.Elephant ears  :A.=Caladium

Q.Sundrops  A.=Oenethera fruticosa

Q.Hyacinth Bean :a.no entry

Q.Chivesm:A.=Allium schoenoprasum

Q.Moonflower A.- not listed.

Q.Fleabane (How many are there?)
A.Erigeron- 10 listed

Q.Horseradish
A.=Armoracia rusticana

Q.Larkspur
A.=type of Consolida

Q.Corydalis (I want to know the common name, I think I have seen wild forms)
A.No c.n;eg lutea,solida,cashmeriana etc. Lutea is feral in most places.

 Tim Chavez
> Z6 Wichita, Kansas
> aka 
Tim, you certainly want your moneysworth!

As for the book I suggest you read the following in case you missed it first time round
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On Fri 17 Jul, MARILYN DUBE' wrote:
> I have been following this discussion with interest and some good laughs.
> Some posters have a delightful sense of humor :).  May I suggest an
> inexpensive resource for help in translating the language of plants?  The
> "Dictionary of Plant Names, Botanical Names and Their Common Name
> Equivalents", Timber Press.  A small (195 pgs) hard cover (but the size of a
> paper back book) bargain ($10.95).  Try Barnes and Noble or Amazon, it might
> be even cheaper.  
> Marilyn Dube'
> NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
> Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
> Portland, Oregon,  Zone 8b
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my reply:-
I too have a book,A-Z of plant names, Allen J Coombes, Chancellor
Press/Hamlyn, 2.99UKP.(sale price) would you believe it is a hard cover (but he size
of a paper back book) and it has, yes you've guessed it, 195pages!
It was first published in 1985 by Newnes Books (UK) under the title The
Collingridge Dictionary of Plant Names.
**It is Copyright Reed International Books Ltd 1985,1994**

That ought to enable you to get a copy whatever the current issue is called

-- 
Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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