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I'm doing Lv3 BTEC National award ALL our assignments and evaluations have to have the Latin names for fresh materials used, if they do not we get them back and told to redo them with the Latin names, this is apparently because ALL suppliers the world over use Latin names - our tutor says it's the International way??!! (just to say I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with anyone) so we have to learn them it's on the grading criterea that we use the Latin names and spell them correctly (unlike my english). But reading your threads I'm getting confused because we learnt that soft ruscus in Latin was Ruscus racemosus - so are we all learnign different names for the same thing and if so are we going to confuse the suppliers that use the ''International Lanuage '' for ordering fresh supplies??

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I think I would have to dissagree with you on this one obowl. I use heemskerks site to order flowers and on the invoice it only has the latin name so if I had no clue about latin names then i would find it very difficult to desiffer the thing.

Have to agree with Apple on this one...I've learned first hand how important Latin names are in dealing with dutchies and also in my future plans (eventually returning to Canada), as I've learned my trade here in Germ, I'd be lost if I didn't know the latin names!

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I have to agree on knowing all latin names, yes we all might know what a carnation is but when ordering online from the dutch auctions/suppliers you might find that you're looking for Dianthus, so you really should know (as a professional florist) both its latin (for ordering) and its common (for customers) but I have found that customers are interested in both - and it looks like you acutally know what you are talking about!! In the shop that I work prices are listed with latin names and common.

Get the book 'Foliage for Florists' - available from Society of Floristry - or can I not say that!! (and no i'm not on commission!!) it's got 'em all, and yes soft ruscus is REALLY called Danae racemosa. If we are to call ourselves professional florists then we should know it ..........................

ditto on the professional comment!

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Dito also on foliage for florist good ref book to have

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This really sets me off on one! - Supermarkets sell carnations, (perhaps even soft ruscus!) in packages, same, same, same, ......... WE DON'T, we know MORE!!!!!!!

Point taken...um!!!!and yours to Pinkypink.

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