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Title: Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Oliver, George Watson, 1858-1923 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891- joint author
Subjects: Gardening Greenhouses
Publisher: New York, A. T. De La Mare co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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me of a plant is made up of two parts—the generic name orname common to the group, and the specific name or particularspecies of that genus. The specific name is often descriptive ofa characteristic of the plant, ex., Salvia azurea; Salvia is the genus,and azurea is descriptive of it; in other words, Salvia azurea is theBlue Salvia. Many times the species name is given to honor someperson, ex., Aconitmn Wilsonii; the name of the species IVilsonii ismerely the Latin form of Wilson. Some species are named from thegeographical location in which they are found, ex.. Primula chinensis,Fragaria virginiana. The species name, when an adjective, usuallyagrees with the genus name in gender. Thus the adjective albushas the masculine form albus with a genus such as Dictamnus, albus;the feminine form Carya alba, and the neuter form Geum album.Most trees are feminine whatever their termination; therefore, thename of the White Oak is Quercus alba, even though the termination 34 SCIENTIFIC NAMES 35
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Aquilegias,—See page 172 These charming perennials, also known as Columbine, are easily grown in the gardenwhere they cross one with another so that natural hybrids are often most interesting. 36 PLANT CULTURE of the genus-name is i(s. Species-names derived from persons endin i, asFischeri, but if the persons name ends in a hard consonantthe ending is ii—Scottii, Wilsonii, Davisii, Veitchii. Often thepersons name is in the possessive as Iris Douglassmna. Certainold genus names or proper names when used as species-names arecapitalized, for example, Begonia Rex, Inula Helenium. Otherspecies names are not capitalized. The list which follows is adapted from Baileys Cyclopedia ofHorticulture. For a more complete list the reader should consultthat work. The list includes mostly descriptive species-names. Species Names of Plants abortivus, parts failing to develop acaidis, stemless acuminatus, long-pointed, tapering acutilobus, sharply lobed (Estivalis, summer affiftiSy related to anothe

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