Re: botanical - common names
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] botanical - common names
- From: J* S*
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:49:49 -0500
Marge,
This is a fantastic resource list! Do you have it on a web page so that I
could pass a single URL around to folks? (I can always put your list on a
page in my site, if you like.)
Common names are often misleading, and the Latin botanical names are not
100% carved in stone either, so we often find things in catalogs under
obsolete or just plain wrong names.
The bottom line is, we have to be on our toes all the time, to be sure we
are talking about a particular plant. There is nothing more frustrating to
me as a gardener than to have someone rave about this plant they have, but
don't know a name for.
Jim Shields
Westfield, Indiana
At 06:05 AM 3/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I can empathize with those who haven't gotten the hang of botanical
>names...takes a while and a bit of effort...but it's worth it in the
>long run.
>
>Problem with common names, as has been pointed out, is that they
>differ so widely. Not only in the US, but in other countries (even
>the UK who have English as the language) they are often completely
>different. Some plants don't even have a common name in any
>language...
>
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>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
>Editor: Gardening in Shade
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