If we have to take notice of how the original names were spoken, I would > be amused to know if there are any plants named after English persons > called either Cholmondley or Featherstonehough. In the UK the former is > pronounced Chumly and the second Fanshawe. :-) > Not that I've come acros, but there is Colquhounia (the Scots surname Colquhoun is pronounced Cahoon) and (Primula) cockburniana (Cockburn being pronounced Coburn). John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/