In my garden I call them a drift. "Look at that drift of dandelions (burdock/thistle/etc.)!" Dennis in Cincinnati (who enjoys growing glads) On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 3:05 PM, John Ralph Carpenter via pbs < pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote: > "But I am not aware of any collective naming of flowers". A bunch? A posy? > An arrangement? > > On 14 August 2015 at 01:45, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > > > O.K. Call it what you will - sword lily, gladiolus, pluralize as > gladioli, > > "common speak" as gladiola - my whole reason for posting was not to > start a > > dialog on the proper name for more than one gladiolus. It was to say > "Isn't > > this a nice thing for the corn and soybean farmer to do, raise a whole > lot > > of these corms and donate the flowers for hospital patients." Which > > apparently was so minor a thought as to be completely overlooked. > > > > In venery there are some wonderful collective nouns, in some instances > > refined as to whether the group - geese in this instance - are in the air > > (a skein or wedge), on the ground (a flock or gaggle), or on the water (a > > plump of geese.) But I am not aware of any collective naming of flowers. > > > > Judy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > -- > Ralph Carpenter > 2 & 3 Stone Cottages > Chilmington Green > Great Chart > Ashford > Kent TN23 3DW > > 01233 637567 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >