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Maggi Young
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January 08, 2017, 01:34:19 PM »
S&F can also be found as SF - this stands for Salmon and Fillan - Mike S and Mark F
SF in the RHS list may be a typo for SP, since they give SF as
Forde, P.
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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Wasn't life easy when everything was Forrestii or Farreri with the odd Davidii thrown in. My mind is buzzing with all these acronyms.
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Another place where such references may be found ...
https://plants.jstor.org/collection/PPERSBM
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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Missing KV!
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Quote from: johnralphcarpenter on February 14, 2021, 03:07:36 PM
Missing KV!
KV is Kurt Vickery, of course.
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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This list from Owe Jaktlund is one of the most comprehensive and up to date- latest update -
Plant Collectors codes -latest .pdf
(136.9 kB - downloaded 691 times.)
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Can anyone help with the collection CBE? Collected Polygonatums, it seems, among others!
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