346 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Pronouncing Dictionary—continued. 
Yuce’-ca 
yuc-cz-fol’.i-a 
yuc-cb-i'-dos 
Zab-uc-a’-jo 
Zac-in’-tha 
Zahn’ -i-i 
Zal-ac’-ca 
Zal-u-za'-ni-a 
Zal-u-zi-an’-ski-a 
Za’-mi-a* 
za-m\-s-fol’-i-um 
Za-mi-oc-ul’-cas 
za-mor-en’-sis 
Zan-nich-el’-li-a 
Zan-ted-esch’-¥-a 
Zanth-orh-i’-za 
Zanth-ox-yl’-é-20 
Zanth-ox’-yl-um 
zan-zib-a-ren’-sis 
Zap-a'-ni-a 
Za’-ra 
Za-vab-el’-li-a 
Zausch-ner’ -i-a 
Zav-i-a’-num 
Ze’-a 
Ze-bri’-na 
Zed-o-a'-ri-a 
Zeh-ner’-i-a 
ze-if-ol’-i-a 
Ze-nob’-i-a 
Zeph-yr-an’-thés 
Ze-rum’ -bet 
Zeux-i’-na 
Zex-me’-ni-a 
Zey’-her-i 
zey-lan’-ic-um 
zib-eth-i’-nus 
Zi’ -chy-a 
Zier’ -\-a 
Zie-te’-ni-a 
Zig-a-de’-nus 
Zil’-la 
Zi-map-a’-ni 
Zing’-ib-er 
Zing-ib-er’-t-2 
Zin'-ni-a 
Zi-zan’-i-a 
Ziz’ -i-a 
Zi-ziph’-or-a 
Zi’-zyph-us 
Zo-mic-ar’-pa 
Zo-mic-ar-pel’-la 
zo-na’-le 
zo-na’-ta 
Zo-og-lee’-a 
Zorn’ -i-a 
Zo-ste’-ra* 
zo-ste-re-fol’-i-a 
Zo-ste’-ré-2 
Zo-ste-ros’-tyl-is 
Zoys' -i-i 
Zuc-cagn’-i-a 
Zuc-car-i-ni-a’-na 
Zwing’-er-a 
Zyg-ad-e’-nus* 
Zyg’-is 
Zyg-og-lés’-sum 
Zyg-om’-en-és 
Zyg-om’-er-is 
Zyg-op-et’-al-um 
Zyg-oph-yl’-lé-z 
Zyg-oph-yl’-lum 
Zyg-os-ep’-al-um 
Zyg-os’-ta-tés 
Words derived from Latin and Greek (i.e., all except those in italics) to be pronounced as follows: & as in dp-art’; 
a as in psa@’-Imist; @ as in slén’-der; @ as in vée’-ined; i as in thn; i as in mach-7’-nist; 5 as in rét’-ten; 6 as 
in yo’-ter; ii as in pow’-er-f”l; a asin rv’-ler; ¥ as 1; Y asi; @, @, ei, as ai in pain; au as ow in house; 
g, c, and ch, always hard, as, for example, g in good, ¢ in muscular, and ch in Christian. (For the old 
method, see page 276.) 
* This word is discussed at the end of the Pronouncing Dictionary. 
The following Notes to the preceding alphabetical list deal, for the most part, with 
three classes of words. 
I. Attention is drawn to those names of plants which are most frequently mispronounced 
in ordinary conversation. It will be as well to guard the reader against the supposition that 
there exists at present, for botanical names, any recognised standard of pronunciation, from 
which he may imagine that this Dictionary often presumes to depart. The fact is, that there 
is no such established standard : in many cases the common text-books are utterly at variance ; 
and the usage, not only of good gardeners, but of educated botanists, is often hopelessly 
divergent. The aim of the present work, instead of being revolutionary, is eminently con- 
servative, in that it seeks to revive and preserve good old ways that have partially fallen into 
disuse. At the same time it must be admitted that it is thoroughly radical, inasmuch as it 
insists on going to the root of matters. The combination of these two characteristics would 
substitute for a capricious anarchy a system of pronunciation founded upon antiquity and 
rational principles. This is chiefly apparent in two kinds of names. 
In words of classical origin the ultimate criterion must be the manner in which such words 
were pronounced by the ancient Greeks and Romans. If they said, for example, Anemd’-né 
(avewovn), we must speak of Anemd’-né fulgens and Anemd’-né nemorosa ; since in using these 
expressions we are simply giving the Latin phrases equivalent to the English “ Shinmg Wind- 
flower ” and “ Wood Windflower.” It is necessary, however, to bear in mind that the word 
« Anemone”? has also passed into the English language, and in so doing shifted its accent and 
changed the sound of its vowels, as in so many similar instances. In this way, one might 
