December 1, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



67 



PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY 



COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY FLORISTS' PUBLIIHINQ COMPANY, CHICAOO. 



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Frequent inquiry as to the correct pro- 

 nunciation of plant names has lea us 

 to compile the following list of names, 

 selecting those in most common use in 

 the trade, and including botanical terms 

 most frequently met with in articles upon 

 plant culture. 



As many names of plants are derived 

 from Greeic roots, we feel sure the follow- 

 ing brief list of Greek root words, cover- 

 ing only those most readily recognized 

 in names in.con;imon use, will be helpful. 



Ampelos — A vine. 

 Anthemon — A flower. 

 Anthera — An anther. 

 Axgyioa — Silver. 

 Bios — Life. 

 Botrys — A cluster. 

 Brachys — Short. 

 Oalos — Beautiful . 

 Oephale — A head. 

 OhamsB — Dwarf. 

 Chlamys — A cloak. 

 Ohloros — Green. 

 Chroma — Color. 

 Ohrysos — Gold. 

 Oodon — A bell. 

 Oyanos — Dark blue. 

 Oyathos — A cup. 

 Dactylos — A finger. 

 Deca — Ten. 

 Derma — Skin. 

 Didymos — Twin. 

 Dolichos — Long. 

 Dory — A spear. 

 Dracon — A dragon. 

 Echinos — A hedgehog. 

 Erythros — Red. 

 Gala— Milk. 

 Olossa — A tongue. 

 Glottis — A mouth. 

 Gonos — Offspring. 

 G3me — A woman. 

 Hedys — Sweet. 

 Helios — The sun. 

 Hemera — Day. 

 Hemi— Half. 

 Hesperos — Even in g. 

 Hymen — Marriage . 

 Hyper — Above. 

 Hypo — ^ Beneath. 

 Lycos — A wolf. 

 Macros — Long. 

 Micros — Little. 

 Monos — One. 

 Myrios — Countless. 

 Nephros — A kidney. 

 Odontos — ^A tooth. 

 Omithos — A bird. 

 Oxys— Sharp. 

 Pachys— Thick. 

 Pedilon — A shoe. 

 Peri — Round. 

 Petalon — A petal. 

 PhUos— Fond. 

 Phlebos — A vein. 

 PhyUon— A leaf. 

 Phyton— A plant. 

 Platys— Broad. 

 Pogon — A beard. 

 Polys— Many. 

 Podos— A foot. 

 Pteris— A fern. 

 Psrros— Fire. 

 Bhinos— The nose. 



I Rhiaa— A root. 



Rhodon — A rose. 



Rops — A shrub. 

 Sciados — An umbrella. 

 Sideros — Iron. 

 Siphon — A tube. 

 Solen — A pipe. 

 Soros— A heap. 

 Spira — A coil. 

 Sporo — A seed. 

 Stemma — A wreath. 

 Stichos — A row. 

 Stoma — The mouth. 

 Stylos — A column. 

 Trichos — Hair. 



With this help to an understanding of 

 the construction of plant names derived 

 from Greek roots, we will proceed to pro- 

 nunciation. This is a matter upon which 

 the best authorities are apt to disagree, 

 in spite of the great amount of study 

 that has been devoted to the subject. 

 Though the greater part of our list of 

 plant names has been derived from Greek 

 and Latin, many other languages have 

 been drawn upon, including those spoken 

 by barbarous peoples, and no present 

 day scholar can be positive as to the 

 correct pronunciation of many names. 



But all we of the trade desire is to 

 know the pronunciation adopted by the 

 best authorities, that we may have uni- 

 formity among ourselves. Our principal 

 authorities in the compilation or this fist 

 have been The Century Dictionary and 

 the Pronouncing Dictionary in Nicholson's 

 Dictionary of Gardening. Otfier dic- 

 tionaries have been consulted, but the 

 two mentioned have, in practically 

 every case, determined the pronunciation 

 adopted in this list.^ Ca 



Where these two happened to radically 

 disagree, preference has generally been 

 given to the pronunciation adopted by 

 Tfie Century. 



It may be well to add that of the two 

 systems presented by Nicholson's Diction- 

 ary, we have drawn from the " Old 

 Style." The " New Style" may be of 

 interest to students, but it will never be 

 current in tra^ circles. 



In our list we have used the following 



KEY TO PRONUNCIATION, 



a as in fat e as in met 6 as iu note 



a as in fate e as in mete o as in move 



a as in far e as in her ft as in nor 



a as iu fall i as in pin u as in tub 



a as in fare i as in pine u as in mute 



a as in Persia o as in not u as in pull 



The syllables to be accented are marked 

 thus '. 



Abelia— (ab-el'i-a) . 

 Abies — (ab'i-ez). 

 Abroma — (ab-ro'ma). 

 Abruptum — (ab-rup'tuni). 

 Abrus — (a'brus). 

 Abutilon — (a-bu'ti-lon). 

 Acacia— (a-ka'shia). 

 Acal3rpha — (ak-al'i-fa). 

 Acanthus — (a-kan'thus). 

 Acclimate — (a-kli'mat). 

 Acclimatize — (a-kli'ma-tlz). 

 Acer — (a'ser). 

 Achillea — (ak-i-le'a). 

 Achimines — (a-kim'e-nez). - 

 Achjnranthes — (ak-ir-an'thes) 



Aconite — (ak'o-nit) . 

 Aconitum — (ak-o-ni'tum). 

 Acorus — (ak'6-rus). 

 Aculeate — (a-ku'le-at). 

 Acuminata — (a-ku-mi-n a' t a) 

 Ada— (a'da). 



Adansonia — (ad-an-s6'ni-&). 

 Adiantifolia — (ad-i-an-ti-f6'li-ti). 

 Adiantum — (ad-i-an'tum). 

 Adliunia — (ad-l6' m i-k) . 

 Adnate — (ad'nat). 

 Aerial — (a-e'ri-al). 

 Aerides — (a-er'i-dez). 

 ^sculus — (es'ku-lus). 

 iEthiopica — (e-thi-o'pi-ka). 

 Affinis— (af-fi'nis). 

 Africana — (af-rik-a'nu). 

 Agapanthus — (ag-a-pan'thus). 

 Agaric — (ag'a-rik). 

 Agaricus — ( a-gar' i-k us) . 

 Aga-ve — (a-ga've). 

 Ageratum — (a-jer'a-tum). 

 Aglaia — (ag-la'a). 

 Agrostemma — (ag-rost-em'ma). 

 Agrostis — (a-gros'tis). 

 Ailantus — (a-lan'tus). 

 Aiuga— (aj-u'ga). 

 Akebia — (a-ke'bi-i). 

 Alata — (al-a'ta). 

 Alba— (arb&). 

 Albescens — (al-bes'enz). 

 Albicans— (al'bik-anz) . 

 Albida— (al'bid-4). 

 Albus — (al'bus). 

 Alcicome — (al-si-kor'nc). 

 Alder— (ai'der). 

 Alexandras — (al-ex-an'drg). 

 Alg8B — (al'je). 

 Allamanda — (al-&-man'di). 

 Allium— (al'i-um). 

 Alnus — (al'nus). , 

 Aloe — (al'6). 

 Aloe — (al'6-e). 

 Alsophila — (al-sof ' i-lA.) . 

 Altemanthera — (al-ter-nan' the-ri). 

 Althsea- (al-the'a). 

 Altissima — (al-t-s'i-ma). 

 Alyssimi — (a-lis'um). 

 Amabilis — (am-ab'il-is). 

 Amarantus — (am-a-ran'tus). 

 Amaryllis — (am-a-ril'is). 

 Amelanchier — (am-el-an'chi-er). 

 Amellus^Cam-el'us). 

 Americana — (am-er-i-ka'na). 

 Ampelopsis — (am-pe-lop'sis). 

 Amygdalus — (am-ig'da-lus). 

 "* Ananas — (an-an'as). 

 Anceps — (an'sep.s). 

 Andersoni — (an-der-s6'ni) . 

 Andreanum— (an-dre-a'num). 

 Andromeda — (an-drom'e-di). 

 Anemone — (a-nem'6-ne). 

 Angrsecum — (an-gre'kum). 

 Angusta — (an-gus' t&). 

 Angustif olia — (an-gus-ti-f o'li-i) . 

 Annua — (an'u-a). 

 Antarctica — (ant-ark'tik-i) . 

 Anthemis — (an'the-mis) . 

 Anther — (an'ther). 

 Anthericum — (an-ther'i-kum), 

 Anthracnose — (an-thrak'nos). 

 Anthurium — (an-thu'ri-um), 

 Antigonon— (an-tig-o'non) . 

 Antiquorum — (an-ti-qwo'rum). 

 Antirrhinum — (an-ti-ri'num) . 

 Aphid— (af 'id). 

 Aphides— (af'i-dez) . 

 Aphis— (a'fis). 

 Apios — (ap'i-os) . 

 Aponogeton — (ap-on-oj-e'ton) . 

 Aquatica — (a-kwat'i-ki). 

 Aquilegia — (ak-wi-le'ji-A,). 

 Arabica — (ar-ab'i-ka). 

 Arabis — (ar'a-bis). 

 Aralia — (a-ra'li-a) . 

 Araucaria — ( ar-&-k a'ri -a) . 

 Arborea — (ar-bo're-a). 

 Arborescens — (ar-bo-res'enz). 

 Arboretum — (ar-bo-re'tum). 



