In this Arnold Arboretum and New England Wild Flower Society workshop on plant nomenclature, to be held at Garden in the Woods in Framingham on Sunday, November 10 from 1 – 4, students will have the opportunity to sort out the confusion associated with plant names. We will discuss common names, binomial scientific names, and the history of nomenclature since Linnaeus. The current rules of nomenclature will be reviewed, and we’ll see why and how plant names sometimes change. The instructor is Judith Sumner, PhD, Botanist and author of American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants 1620 – 1900. Fee for members of the sponsoring organizations is $46, nonmembers $54. Register at www.arboretum.harvard.edu or at www.newfs.org.
