100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names (37 page)

Chelsea Physic,
74

Deshima,
65

Edinburgh,
166

Glasgow,
166

Hanover,
4

Hortus Botanicus (Amsterdam),
84

Jardin des Plantes,
211

Jardin du Roi (Paris),
49
,
56
,
57

Kew,
71
,
137
,
167
,
173
,
197
,
221
,
234

Leyden,
97

Madrid,
56

Montpellier,
137
,
211

Padua,
71
,
99
,
206

St. Petersburg,
15

Uppsala,
47
,
190
,
191

Gauthier, Marguerite,
33
,
34

Gay, John,
190

Gelsemium sempervirens
,
110

Georgi, Johann,
56

Georgina,
57

Geranium,
84
–85

Gerard, John: bluebell,
26

candytuft,
35

carnation,
38

clematis,
43

columbine,
46

crocus,
49

and descriptive names,
xi
–xii

forget-me-not,
72

gladiolus,
86

hellebore,
40

honeysuckle,
93

jasmine,
110

lady's mantle,
113

lavender,
120

lilac,
121

L'Obel's criticism of,
127
–28

marigold,
140

nasturtium,
153

peony,
164

saffron,
49

Shakespeare,
38

snapdragon,
198

stocks,
202
,
204

sunflower,
205
–6

sweet William,
38

tobacco,
210

and use of flowers,
xi
–xii

violet,
217
,
219

yucca,
232

Germany,
4
,
50

Berlin,
19
,
57

Bremen,
25

Giboosi
,
95
,
96

Gillyflower,
38
,
202

Ginkgo,
48
,
136

Gladiolus,
86
–87

Gloxin, Benjamin Peter,
88

Gloxinia,
88
–89

Gmelin, Johann Georg,
15

Goatsbeard,
9

Goethe,
126
,
194

Golden-bell.
See
Forsythia

Gomez de Ortego, Professor Casimir,
233

Goodyer, John,
69
,
206

Gordon, James,
34

Göttingen University,
233

Granny's bonnet.
See
Columbine

Graves, flowers on: Muslims,
104

Neanderthal,
90

Gray, Asa,
130

Greek customs:
37
,
40
,
46
,
66
,
70
,
98
,
140
,
150
,
155
–56,
201
,
222

Greek mythology and legend, individuals and gods in: Achilles,
116
,
229

Adonis,
5
,
187

Ajax,
116
,
117

Alcyone,
104

Aphrodite,
5
,
6
,
156
,
187

Apollo,
98
,
163

Aristaeus,
150

Asclepias,
163

Ceyx,
104

centaurs,
229

Chiron,
229

Circe,
66

Clytie,
205

Cyparissus,
99

Daphne,
xi
,
98

Dionysus,
40
,
201

Echo,
54

Endymion,
26

Gaea,
184

Hades,
54

Hector,
116

Helios,
205

Hera,
40
,
49
,
217

Hippolytus,
151

Hyacinth,
xi
,
26
,
98

Io,
217

Iris,
104

Melampus,
40

Minerva,
116

Narcissus,
xi
,
26
,
53
,
54

Odysseus,
66
,
116

Paeon,
163

Paris,
116

Persephone,
5
,
54

Phaedra,
151

Pontus,
184

Proetus,
40

Selene,
26

Titans,
205

Zephyr,
98

Zeus,
26
,
49
,
163
,
217
.

Metamorphosis
into plants,
xi
,
54
,
98

Greenhouses (glass houses, hothouses),
212

plants in: African violets,
4

camellia,
34

chrysanthemums,
41
,
42

gloxinia,
89

magnolia,
137

poinsettia,
175

red-hot poker,
182

Greenhouses (
continued
)

sweet pea,
208

trumpet vine,
212

wisteria,
228

Gregory XIII,
7

Grey, Earl,
162

Gronovius,
xiii

H

Hakluyt, Richard,
EnglishVoiages
,
50

Hales, Stephen,
195
–96

Halesia. See
Silver Bell

Hall, Dr. George,
93

Haruspicy,
140

Harvey, William,
196

Hawaii,
14

Haxton, John,
173

Healing plants.
See
Medicinal Plants

Heart's-ease,
217
,
218

Helianthus. See
Sunflower

Helichrysum. See
Everlasting Flower

Helleborus. See
Christmas Rose

Hemerocallis japonica
,
95

Hemerocallis. See
Daylily

Henrietta Maria, Queen,
127

Henry II,
188

Henry, Dr. Augustine,
30

Hernandez, Francisco,
136

Herodotus,
22

Hill, Thomas.
See
Hyll, Thomas

Himalayas,
185

Hohenheim, Theophrastus Bombastus von.
See
Paracelsus

Holland,
188
,
215
,
216

Amsterdam,
64

Hollyhock,
90
–92

Honey,
184
–85

Honeysuckle,
93
–94,
145
–46

Hooker, Sir Joseph: appointment of botanists,
16

and Darwin,
167

expeditions of,
71
,
185

and naming plants,
103
,
171

Hortense, Mlle.,
101

Hortensia,
101

Host, Nicolaus Thomas,
96

Hosta,
96
–97

Hove, David ten,
64

How, Abraham,
230

Humboldt, Alexander von,
194

Hummingbirds,
148
–49,
162
,
193
,
194

Hunt, Holman,
129

Hutcheson, Captain,
82

Hyacinth,
86
,
98
–99

Hyacinthus. See
Hyacinth

Hybrid Perpetuals,
188

Hybridization,
4
,
6
,
34
,
44
,
52
,
57
,
59
,
63
,
80
,
87
,
99
,
121
–22,
124
,
135
,
143
,
166
,
168
,
171
,
179
,
180
–81,
188
–89,
200
,
203
–4,
208
,
210
,
218
–19,
234

Hydrangea,
100
–101

Hyll, Thomas,
139

I

Iberis. See
Candytuft

Iceland poppy,
177

Impatiens,
99
,
102
–3

India,
60
,
120

Indians, American.
See
Native Americans

Ink,
67
,
116

International Botanical Congress,
97

Ionone,
219

Ipomoea. See
Morning Glory

Iris,
104
–5

Italy,
162
,
198

J

Jackman, George,
44

Jacob's ladder,
169

James I/VI,
35
,
118

Jamestown weed,
61

Japan: chrysanthemum cultivation in,
42

plants from,
12
,
16
,
43
,
62
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
94
,
95
,
105
,
107
,
201
,
224
,
227

Japonica,
106
–8

Jasmine,
109
–10

Jasminum
,
109

Jefferson, Thomas,
61
,
105
,
110
,
154
,
159
,
208
,
226
,
227

Jekyll, Gertrude,
44
,
79
,
152
,
182

Jerusalem artichoke,
206

Jessamine.
See
Jasmine

Jewel-weed,
102
–3

Jimsonweed,
61

Johann, Count, of Nassau,
florilegium
for,
232

Johnny-jump-up.
See
Violet

Jonquil,
53

Josephine, Empress,
57
,
138
,
189

K

Kaempfer, Engelbert,
65
,
95

Kalm, Peter,
148
–49

azalea,
12

dogwood,
67

lobelia,
127

lupine,
134
–35

phlox,
171
.
See also
Mountain Laurel

Kalmia. See
Mountain Laurel

Kamel, Josef,
34

Karnak, temple at,
104

Kerner, and the hawk moth,
93
–94

Kerr, William,
112

Kerria,
111
–12

Kingsley, Charles,
29

Kirk, John,
103

Knight, Thomas,
75

Kniphof, Johann Hieronymus,
183

Kniphofia. See
Red-Hot Poker

Kolkwitz, Richard,
20

Kolkwitzia. See
Beauty Bush

Korea,
122
,
224

L

Lady Chatterley, pubic hair of,
73

Lady in the bath.
See
Bleeding Heart

Lady's ear drops.
See
Fuchsia

Lady's mantle,
113
–14

Ladies' -thimble.
See
Foxglove

Legerstroemia. See
Crape Myrtle

Lagerström, Magnus von,
47

Lapland,
11

Larkspur,
116
–17

Lathyrism,
207

Lathyrus odoratus. See
Sweet Pea

Latour-Marliac, Bory,
220

Laurel.
See
Mountain Laurel

Laurocerasus. See
Mountain Laurel

Lavandula. See
Lavender

Lavender,
118
–20

Lawson, John,
xiii

L'Ecluse, Charles de.
See
Clusius

Lee, James,
80

Leeches,
183
,
185

Lemoine, Victor,
122

Lemon lily.
See
Daylily

Leoniceno, Nicolo,
51

Lettsom, John,
75
–76

Lewis and Clark Expedition,
158

L'Héritier de Brutelle, Charles Louis,
85
,
88
–89

Liger, Louis,
89

Lilac,
121
–22

Lilium. See
Lily

Lily,
123
–24

changing color of,
100
,
124

tiger,
112

Limnanthes. See
Poached Eggs

Lincoln Herald
,
80

Linnaean Society,
47
,
173
,
180

Linnaeus, Carolus: andromeda,
132

catalpa,
213

and classification of plants,
xii
–xiii,
18
,
79
,
96
,
132

datura,
60

daylily,
62

and Dillenius,
169
–70

floral clock of,
58

hydrangea,
101

marigold,
141

and naming plants for benefactors, botanists, friends, pupils,
xii
,
29
–30,
34
,
47
,
57
,
68
,
81
,
84
,
93
,
137
,
147
,
183
,
190
,
191
–92,
234