Botanical Names of the Flowers What they mean. How Pronounced. By Colonel . S. F . Mackenzie or Wild Flowers and hov to name them at a glance, British Orchids how to tell one from another, etc. PREFACE MANY of us, no doubt, are prevented trying to learn the names of the Wild Flowers we see in our lanes and meadows because of the uncouth look of their botanical names. We are uncertain as to how these barbarous words ought to be pronounced we know not what their so-called scientific names mean. The Greek or Latin names given to Wild Flowers are not, in themselves, in any way scientific. These words were those in common everyday use by the Greeks or Latins when the flower first happened to be named. If Chrysanthemum were scientific, so also would Goldilocks be. Both have practically the same meaning. Chrysanthemum is a compound Greek word, chrys golden, anthos flower Goldilocks, a compound English word and the common name for the Wood Crowfoot, is nothing more than a translation of its...