HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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April, 1913 
O U i or the ordinary 
fabrics to suit all styles 
of decorations, wonderfully in¬ 
expensive and effective. 
Reproductions of 15th Century Orna¬ 
ment, chiefly taken from brocades and 
stuffs found in paintings by famous 
old masters. 
Copies of rare pieces from Musee de 
Cluny, Musee de Lyon and South 
Kensington Museum. Large varieties 
of weaves and textures, plain and in 
design. 
Guaranteed absolutely color-fast to sun and 
water, even in most delicate shades. 
Each bolt bears the guarantee tag shown 
below. Insist upon seeing this guarantee be¬ 
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Leading stores everywhere. 
Ask your dealer for our book, “Draping the 
Home,” showing a variety of practical in¬ 
teriors in color; or write to us for it. 
ORINOKA MILLS 
215 Fourth Ave., New York 
Guarantee —These goods are guaranteed 
absolutely fadeless. If color changes from 
exposure to the sunlight or from washing, the 
merchant is hereby authorized to replace them 
with new goods or refund the purchase price. 
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Knowing the Flowers by Name 
E VERY little while you hear this re¬ 
mark: “I never can remember the 
names of flowers.” Change “can” to “do” 
and it would be nearer to the truth. Many 
do not remember the names of flowers; 
that is lamentably apparent; but anyone 
can remember them if sufficiently inter¬ 
ested. It is only a question of training the 
mind, consciously or unconsciously. 
The memory will be helped a great deal 
if the striking similarity of the rules of 
naming flowers and civilized human 
beings is grasped clearly. In the botanical 
world the natural orders are divided into 
genera. Each genus, or family, has a 
name, which corresponds exactly to the 
surname of a man or woman. Only the 
generic name always comes first, a plan 
which has much in its favor. A genus, in 
turn, is divided into species. This neces¬ 
sitates a Christian name, so to speak; in 
botany it is called specific. Usually there 
is only one specific name; but, as with the 
human race, there may be another that is 
still more specific. Thus, to make the 
correspondence clearer: 
Order Genus Species 
Cruciferae Iberis gibraltarica 
American Jones Hezekiah 
Latin is used for orders, genera and 
species, for the reason that it is the 
universal language of science. The order 
and specific names are translatable into 
any language; the generic name not al¬ 
ways, as in the case of wistaria, which is 
coined from wistar. In the instance just 
mentioned the plant is Gibraltar candytuft 
and it belongs to the order of cross¬ 
bearers. Candytuft is doubtless a corrup¬ 
tion of Candia tuft, as the first species 
cultivated (L. umbellata ) was discovered 
on that island. Gibraltar implies habitat, 
but not a geographical restriction of range. 
Cross-bearers are so called because the 
four petals of the blossoms of plants in 
this order form a cross. 
As plants come into cultivation, fre¬ 
quently in the wild state, they generally 
acquire a common name, which may be 
a literal translation or something sug¬ 
gested by a fancied resemblance or a mere 
notion. Literally Viola tricolor would be 
the tri-colored violet, but that is not its 
customary name; in Europe and in this 
country the plant has numerous popular 
names. So the coriespondence may be 
carried still farther by the statement that 
flowers, as well as human beings, frequent¬ 
ly have nicknames — sometimes strikingly 
appropriate and again quite unfathomable 
as to the one reason therefor. 
If only the correspondence had stopped 
right there. But flower names change; by 
force, not volition. Some one says to 
Bignonia radicals, “Here, you; from this 
time on your name will be Tecoma radi¬ 
cans and don't mind what So-and-so says 
to the contrary. Understand?” Or to 
Geum coccineum, “A mistake was made at 
your christening, it seems. You are not 
G. coccineum but G. chiloense.” So in 
looking over the pages of the floral 
directory you occasionally have reason to 
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