E, long as in German ; short as in English (ft 
I, long as in German ; short as in English (il 
O, long as in English ; short as in obey. 
Y,' asY ^' '^ 
Oe (oi) as oy in English. 
Ou (ow) as long u (Roman). 
Ui as we in English. 
Consonants. 
C and G always hard. 
S always sharp ; never like : 
J like English y. 
U like English w. 
Ch/ikek.' 
Th always as in thin ; never 
. Quantity and Accent. 
syllable in which a vowel is followed by two 
\ syUable"in which *a vowel is 
double consonant is long. Before r 
(4) A syllable in which a short vowel is followed by a mute with / or 
5. Syllables, etc. 
1 syllable. 
, each should 
The "Roman Pronunciation" in Horticulture.-- 
Since the foregoing paper was received, the final volume of 
"Nicholson's Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening" has come 
to hand, and in it we notice with pleasure the article on the 
pronunciation of ordinal, generic, and specific names, by Percy 
W. Miles of the University of DubHn. After remarking upon 
the " chaotic state " of the pronunciation of the scientific names 
of plants, the writer observes that "the way in which many 
gardeners make havoc with the names of plants has been a fre- 
quent subject of satire with philologists and other writers. 
And again "the manner in which Latin has been, until lately, 
pronounced in this country is thoroughly inaccurate and un- 
scientific, and so entirely insular that in speech it is often quite 
