100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names (38 page)

nasturtium,
153

orchid,
155

red-hot poker,
183

sexual system of,
101
,
102
,
191

Species Plantarum
of,
34

tobacco,
210

Liver,
125

Liverwort,
xi

Livingstone, Dr. David,
103

L'Obel, Matthias de,
35
,
127

Lobelia,
21
,
126
–28,
193

Loddiges, Conrad,
89

Loiseleuria
,
11

Lombardy poplar,
48

Lonicer, Adam,
93

Lonicera. See
Honeysuckle

Loosestrife,
129
–30

Lotus,
221

Loudon, John,
52
,
66
,
100
,
200
,
227

Louis XIV,
18
,
21
,
137
,
211
–12

Love in idleness.
See
Violet

Love-in-a-mist,
131
–33

Lunar Society,
78

Lungwort,
xi

Lupine,
134
–35

Lupinus. See
Lupine

Lysimachia. See
Loosestrife

Lysimachus,
129

Lythrum. See
Loosestrife

M

Macao,
1

Macartney, Lord George,
173

Macleay, Alexander,
173

Macleaya cordata. See
Plume Poppy

Magic and miracles,
6
,
25
,
40
,
60
,
78
,
100
,
113
,
187
,
198
,
207
,
229
,
230

Magnol, Pierre,
137
,
138

Magnolia
,
21
,
94
,
136
–38

Mahonia. See
Oregon Grape Holly

Mallow, marsh,
90
–91

Malmaison,
57
,
138
,
189

Margaret of Anjou,
58
–59

Marguerite.
See
Daisy

Maries, Charles,
16

Marigold
,
139
–41

Marshmallow,
91

Marvell, Andrew,
58

Masson, Francis,
71
,
85
,
87

Matthiola. See
Stock

Mattioli, Pierandrea,
203

Maule's pear,
107

Mauretania, kingdom of,
175

Medicinal plants,
xi
–xii,
7
,
151

barberry,
159
–60

chrysanthemum,
41
,
42

cyclamen,
51

daylily,
62

dogwood,
66
,
67

euphorbia,
175

evening primrose,
69

foxglove,
78

geranium,
84

hellebore,
40

hollyhock,
90
,
91

jewel-weed,
102
–3

lady's mantle,
113

lily,
123

liverwort,
xi

lungwort,
xi

marigold,
140

navelwort,
132

Oswego tea,
161
,
162

peony,
163
,
164

poppy,
177

rose,
187
–88

sage,
193

starwort,
7

tobacco,
209
–10

“wort” plants, origins of name,
7

yarrow,
229
–30

Mediterranean,
20
,
35
,
40
,
86
,
87
,
122
,
134
,
150
,
155
,
202

Menzies, Archibald,
71

Mertens, Franz Karl,
25

Mertensia. See
Bluebell

Mexico,
56
,
88
,
136
,
172
,
193
,
233

Meyer, Frank,
19
–20

Mice: ethics of,
87

as tailors,
111

Michaelmas daisy.
See
Aster

Michaux, André,
47
–48

Michaux, François,
48

Micholitz, Wilhelm,
157

Middle East, plants from,
18
,
50
,
131

Midges,
103

Milfoil.
See
Yarrow

Millais, John,
129
–30

Miller, Philip,
203

Milne, A. A.,
85

Mimosa pudica
,
8

Missionaries,
29
–30,
34
,
212

Miss Kim,
122

M'Mahon, Bernard,
158
–60

Moldenke, Harold,
131

Monarda
,
161
–62

Monardes, Nicolas:
Joyfull Newes out of a Newe Founde Worlde
,
153
,
210

nasturtium,
153
–54

Oswego tea,
162

sunflower,
205

tobacco and Nicot,
210

Monet, Claude,
152
,
220

Monson, Lady Ann,
xiii

Montbret, Antoine François Ernest Conquebert de,
142
–43

Montbretia
,
142
–44

Montpellier, University of.
See
Gardens, Montpellier

Moonflower,
146

Morning glory
,
145
–46

Mosquitoes,
15
,
22

Moths,
93
–94,
210
,
231

Mount Shasta,
59

Mountain laurel
,
147
–49

Myosotis. See
Forget-Me-Not

Myrtle
,
150
–51

N

Namesake, plants inappropriate to: bartramia,
68
–69

begonia,
21

buddleia,
30

camellia,
33
,
34

gardenia,
81
,
83

massonia,
85

hosta,
95
–96

Nandina bamboo,
112

Nanking, Treaty of,
2
,
23

Napoleon I,
194

and Josephine,
138
,
189
,
218

Miss Willmott and,
181

and Napoleonic wars,
31
,
188

relatives of on thrones,
166

Narcissus,
53
,
54

Nasturtium
,
152
–54

Native Americans,
60
,
61
,
91
,
116
,
117
,
147
,
161
,
230
,
232

Nativity flower,
174

Neckham, Alexander,
18

Nees von Esenbeck, Christian,
89

Nelson, Admiral,
143

Nelson, David,
71

Nematodes,
141

Nemophila. See
Baby Blue Eyes

Nicot, Jean,
209

Nicotiana. See
Tobacco Plant

Nicotunia,
168

Nigella. See
Love-in-a-Mist

Nomenclature: American independence in,
82
,
161

and possession,
xi

rules and complications of,
xi
–xii,
xiii
–xiv,
26
,
33
,
34
,
53
,
88
–89,
95
–97,
107

North America: American Civil War,
230

American Revolution,
82

Boston Tea Party,
162

daylilies,
63

plants from,
xii
,
7
,
8
,
12
,
13
,
25
,
48
,
66
–67,
68
,
105
,
116
,
127
,
134
,
147
,
159
,
169
,
185
,
190
,
201
,
205
,
206
,
227
,
228

Southern gardens,
34

North, Marianne,
183

Nullification, Doctrine of,
174

Nuttall, Thomas,
116
–17,
228

Nymphaea. See
Water Lily

O

Obedience plant.
See
Snapdragon

Oenothera. See
Evening Primrose

Old man's beard.
See
Clematis

Oliver Twist,
208

Olive tree,
122

Opium,
2
,
112
,
176
–77

Orchid
,
98
,
103
,
155
–57

Orchis. See
Orchid

Oregon grape holly
,
158
–60

Orris,
219

Oswego tea,
161
–62

Ovid,
184

Ox-eye daisy.
See
Daisy

P

Paeonia. See
Peony

Paeony.
See
Peony

Pallas, Peter,
165

Panama,
22

Pansy,
227
–29

Papaver. See
Poppy

Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), and Doctrine of Signatures,
51

Paradise.
See
Biblical References, Old Testament, Paradise

Parkinson, John: asters,
7

candytuft,
36

clematis,
43

daffodils,
53
–54

datura,
60
–61

daylily,
63

dogwood,
66

evening primrose,
68
,
69

everlasting flower,
71

gladiolus,
87

hollyhock,
90

honeysuckle,
94

hyacinth,
98

impatiens,
102

naming problems of,
63

snapdragon,
198

thistles,
18

tulip,
214
–15

violet,
218

yucca,
231
–32

Parson's Nursery,
94

Parthenogenesis,
114

Passe, Crispian de,
206

Passion flower,
69

Paxton, Joseph,
221

Pearce, Richard,
21
,
22

Pelargonium. See
Geranium

Peony,
163
–65

Perfume,
118
,
119
,
120
,
121
,
122
,
219

Periwinkle,
2
.
See also
Myrtle

Persia,
109
,
121
,
187
,
188

Peru,
21
,
30
,
88
,
153
,
154
,
172

Petre, Lord,
34

Petunia,
166
–68,
210

Philadelphia,
68
,
77
,
228

Philippines,
34

Phillips, Henry,
119

Phlox,
169
–71

Pigs: exchange value of,
119

in Greek mythology,
66

gustatory proclivities of,
52

smell of phlox likened to pigsties,
171

sowbread,
52

Pink,
37
–38

Pinny.
See
Peony

Pirates,
2
,
24
,
85
,
155

Pisum lupinum
,
134

Plant breeding.
See
Hybridization

Plant collecting, perils of,
xiii
,
1
–2,
9
–10,
18
,
23
,
25
–26,
34
,
47
,
48
,
85
,
97
,
103
,
116
–17,
157
,
166
–67,
170
,
194

Plantain lily,
95
,
96

Plants, transportation of,
2
,
9
,
10
,
23
–24,
48
,
94
,
112

Platycodon. See
Balloon Flower

Plessus, Madeleine du,
33

Pliny the Elder,
5
,
51
,
70
,
100
,
124
,
163

Plume poppy,
172
–73

Plumier, Charles,
21
,
79
–80,
127
,
137

Poached eggs,
13
–14

Poeppig, Eduard,
221

Poinsett, Dr. Joel Roberts,
174
–75

Poinsettia,
174
–75

Poison ivy,
103

Poisonous plants,
40
,
60
,
61
,
115
,
148
,
175
,
185
,
210

Policeman's helmet,
103