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--Apple-Mail-67--917342180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I cannot resist commenting on the common name given, which is correct in one sense but, in my own mind, politically incorrect in another. I personally draw the line on use of the word "false" in common names that suggest that the "real ones" grow in human gardens rather than in wild gardens. Thus my "wild lily-of-the-valley" and my wild Solomon's seal are only the wild relatives of the similarly named plants in our domestic gardens. I have my own rules, which are sensible to me if not to botanists, for botanical and other nomenclature. What's in a name? Sometimes a lot. Cheers! from non-botanist Jim in Wolfville. P.S. I first learned this particular plant of coastal headlands as an abundant woodland plant in central Alberta in the 1960s. P.P.S. One of the reasons why I and many naturalists favour "Newcombe's Wildflower Guide" for "nuking" plants with flowers is that his field-tested old book includes a lot of garden escapes, and thus sometimes both "false" and "real" plants! Begin forwarded message: > From: Rich <richardpeckham@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 4, 2013 5:25:03 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Starry False Solomon's Seal > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Yesterday I found Starry False Solomon's Seal [p44 Mary Primrose > and Marion Zinck] beginning to flower in the east-side back-beach > meadow of Conrod's Beach, Lawrencetown. - Rich --Apple-Mail-67--917342180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I cannot resist commenting on the common name given, which is correct = in one sense but, in my own mind, politically incorrect in another. = I personally draw the line on use of the word "false" in common = names that suggest that the "real ones" grow in human gardens rather = than in wild gardens. Thus my "wild lily-of-the-valley" and my = wild Solomon's seal are only the wild relatives of the similarly named = plants in our domestic gardens.<div><br></div><div>I have my own rules, = which are sensible to me if not to botanists, for botanical and other = nomenclature. What's in a name? Sometimes a = lot.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers! from non-botanist Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. I first learned this = particular plant of coastal headlands as an abundant woodland plant in = central Alberta in the 1960s. </div><div><br></div><div>P.P.S. = One of the reasons why I and many naturalists favour "Newcombe's = Wildflower Guide" for "nuking" plants with flowers is that his = field-tested old book includes a lot of garden escapes, and thus = sometimes both "false" and "real" plants!<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Rich <<a = href=3D"mailto:richardpeckham@eastlink.ca">richardpeckham@eastlink.ca</a>&= gt;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 4, 2013 5:25:03 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Starry False Solomon's = Seal</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Yesterday I found Starry False Solomon's Seal = [p44 Mary Primrose and Marion Zinck] beginning to flower in the = east-side back-beach meadow of Conrod's Beach, Lawrencetown. - = Rich</font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-67--917342180--
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