Re: MEMBERS = and effort on your part please
I will try and post common names along with scientific ones when I
mention a plant. But if I have not used common names in the past, it is
not because I feel I am so knowledgable. I look up the names in my
BOTANICA - that wonderful volume which is still available from Barnes &
Noble for about 30.00. I have found that using common names only can be
more confusing, since the names do vary so much. The daphne I recently
mentioned is called Daphne odora aureomarginata, or Daphne odora
marginata, or Winter Daphne or Sweet Daphne. I am not knowledgable
enough to know if there is some subtle difference between the "Sweet"
and the "Winter". (Or between marginata or aureomarginata, for that
matter.) And think of how confusing a simple name like "Chrysanthemum"
can be now. Some plants I dont even mention, because giving them a name
- particularly a common one - can be so difficult. If I wanted to ask
about some of them, I would have to begin by asking, "What is the
correct name?" And luckily, some expert on the list usually seem to
have an answer.
I think that Latin still is the universal language for gardening, and
when I have made an effort to use it, it is not because I am an expert,
but because I want to be one.
Anelle
