Botanical Names of the Wild Flowers - What They Mean; How Pronounced #261395

To Linneus, the great Swedish botanist, and f of modern botany, belongs the honour and 1 having evolved a scientific plan for the naming of Flowers. When Linneus lived — born m 1707, died 177 was the universal language commonly used by writers of all countries. He therefore wrote in Latin, and to plants the Latin names by which they were to the ancients.