Hi Tom/Arthur, Nice of you to ask about the new book title!!!!! I think the "Flora of New England" would be very appropriate as it would be in synch with the title of the monumental "Flora of Maine". I look forward to hearing Arthur speak at the Kennebec Lyceum series and to the JBS spring meeting at Bates. Best wishes, Mary Sturtevant ---------- >From: "Thomas F. Vining" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: need help titling a book >Date: Thu, Jan 29, 2004, 5:46 AM > > Arthur Haines has asked me a question that I will pass on to you. He is > working on a very big project that will culminate in a book and a linked web > site, and he would like suggestions for a title of that book. The manual > will cover all the higher plants (i.e., no "bryophytes" and no algae) that > grow without cultivation in New England. He is carefully critiquing > distribution records by reviewing herbarium specimens and is bringing in > expertise from Flora of North America contributors. Also, he is developing a > web site that will include a current (and, of course, updatable) checklist, > plant images, and discussion of taxonomic issues. This will be the first > flora of our region that will be enhanced by online material, thereby > preventing it from being out-of-date even before it is published. > > Books that cover our area all seem to have pretty much the same name--Flora > of New England (Seymour, 1982), Flora of Northeastern North American and > Adjacent Canada (Gleason and Cronquist, 1991), and Flora of the Northeast > (Magee and Ahles, 1999). The manual Arthur is preparing will stand out (and > above) these works and deserves a title that does also. > > Some possibilities are: > A Tracheophyte Flora of New England > New England Flora > Flora Novae Angliae [Latin for "Flora of New England"] > Flora of New England [English for "Flora of New England"] > > Arthur would like your input. Pick one of the above titles or come up with a > name of your own. A title is important, not just to get people to look > inside a book, but because it says something about the quality and scope of > the contents. Here is your opportunity to help with the title of a book. > > Please respond directly to Arthur ([log in to unmask]) and not to this JBS > list. > > Thanks, > Tom > > Thomas F. Vining > V. F. Thomas Co. > Delta Institute of Natural History > 219 Dead River Road > Bowdoin, ME 04287 > 207-266-5748 = 207-BOOKS-4-U > http://www.vfthomas.com