These are mainly adjectival or descriptive of the plant’s colour, form or habit, but space only allows us to give to each of these a literal translation of the word with a brief indication as to what it alludes. Specific names are treated on similar lines. Generic names, being the more important, are accorded the fuller explanation, and most of the more familiar groups are afforded more liberal treatment than those not so well known. Instead of this, such words have been repeated throughout the work in all genera with which they are most closely associated. Regarding such specific names as must constantly recur – japonica, chinensis, wilsonii, vulgare, floribunda, and -v- STOCKDALE - PLANT NAMES.indd 5 12:20 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION the like – I have avoided the usual method of a single mention followed by cross references which is apt to waste the reader’s time and patience. A very large subject has demanded as much brevity as possible, the writer realising that a dictionary of this kind might defeat its own object were it too bulky. Names of plants which are hybrids, or which otherwise have a garden origin, have also been omitted. But since most of these varietal names occur as specific names they have not been generally included in the glossary. Plants of garden origin, or those which are mere variations from the true species, usually have a third, such as Campanula (generic), rotundifolia (specific), ‘Alba’ (varietal). This can only occur once that is, as a group name – but while the second, the specific name or species is only given to one plant of the same genus – as is a first name in a family – it may occur in many different genera. One of the two names given to each plant, the first, which may be likened to our surname, is the generic, or group, name. Linnaeus brought order out of chaos and indexed the vegetable world on a basis so sound and universally acceptable to the people of all nations that most of his names are in use today. But it was not until the great Swedish naturalist, Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), undertook the task of methodically naming and classifying the whole living world ‘from buffaloes to buttercups’ that the dual system became permanently established. Then Caspar Bauhin (1560–1624) devised a plan of adopting two names only for each plant. Centuries ago each plant was known by a long, descriptive sentence, which was unwieldy, to say the least. They are a direct hindrance to our progress as gardeners, and tend to complicate rather than to elucidate the difficulties of a vast and absorbing subject. As they stand, such names are to most of us something more than an awkward obstacle barring way to any real intimacy with elements of botany. Published by 5M Publishing Ltd, Benchmark House, 8 Smithy Wood Drive, Sheffield, S35 1QN, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1234 81 81 80 A Catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 9781910455067 The publishers would like to thank Peter Stewart for assisting in the publication of this book Frontispiece: Escholscholzia californica, by Victoria Begbie Book layout by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Printed and bound by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall STOCKDALE - PLANT NAMES.indd 4 12:20 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION My endeavour in preparing this glossary has been to offer the reader a simple translation and pronunciation of the names of such plants, trees and shrubs as are commonly grown in the average garden. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright holder. Collingridge, 1931 Third revised edition published by 5m Publishing Ltd, 2019 Copyright © A.T. PLANT NAMES SIMPLIFIED 3rd Edition STOCKDALE - PLANT NAMES.indd 1 12:20 STOCKDALE - PLANT NAMES.indd 2 12:20 PLANT NAMES SIMPLIFIED 3rd Edition Their Pronunciation, Derivation and Meaning STOCKDALE - PLANT NAMES.indd 3 12:20 First published by W. Table of contents : Cover Half Title Title Copyright PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION INTRODUCTION Dedication PLANT NAMES SIMPLIFIED Citation preview
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