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  2. False titles of nobility - Wikipedia

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    False titles of nobility or royal title scams are claimed titles of social rank that have been fabricated or assumed by an individual or family without recognition by the authorities of a country in which titles of nobility exist or once existed. They have received an increasing amount of press attention, as more schemes that purport to confer ...

  3. List of plant family names with etymologies - Wikipedia

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    See also. Notes. Citations. References. Further reading. List of plant family names with etymologies. Irises, by Vincent van Gogh. The iris (from Greek for "rainbow") is in the family Iridaceae. Since the first edition of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for ...

  4. William Robinson (gardener) - Wikipedia

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    "A Devonshire Cottage Garden, Cockington, Torquay" from The English Flower Garden, engraving from a photograph.. William Robinson: FLS (15 July 1838 – 12 May 1935) [1] was an Irish practical gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden, a parallel to the search for honest simplicity and vernacular ...

  5. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  6. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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    Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida. Blackhaw – Viburnum prunifolium. Black-weed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Blueberry – Vaccinium (Cyanococcus) spp. Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Blue-of-the-heavens – Allium caeruleum. Bola verde – Anisocapparis speciosa. Bow-wood – Maclura pomifera.

  7. Topiary - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Cartier Park, Gatineau, Canada. Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, [1] whether geometric or fanciful. The term also refers to plants which have been shaped in this way.

  8. List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) Canistrum (from the Greek for "basket") Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary ...

  9. Monastic garden - Wikipedia

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    A monastic garden was used by many people and for multiple purposes. Medieval gardens were an important source of food for households, but also encompassed orchards, cemeteries and pleasure gardens, as well as providing plants for medicinal and cultural uses. For monasteries, gardens were sometimes important in supplying the monks' livelihoods ...