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I'd second what nepia says. 

 

The 'Latin' names often have a 'meaning' that describe the plant itself.  Making it more memorable.

 

"Horse chestnut" = Aesculus hippocastanum.  Hippo = horse, castanum = chestnut.  [Yes, yes - it's actually Greek!]

 

Once you've learnt a few - it will all start to join up and then make a lot more sense.

 

Even works across the world of nature. 

 

"Hippopotamus".  Hippo = horse, potamus = river.  Hippopotamus = River Horse. [Greek again].

 

Nigrum [black], Lanceolata [lance shaped], Bella [beautiful], Odoratus [sweet smelling], etc.

 

 

 

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Just get your head down and ram them into your brain.

Collage helped for me. We had to learn about 10 per week, with a test the following week. You will remember 90% of them for the rest of your life.

You must learn the Dawn Redwood first - Metasequoia glyptostroboides. I seen middle aged ladies buckling at the legs with the mention of this one :)

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I would look to learn ten a week.

 

This is good book to use:  image.png.93b8abab9e956ddfb78af67ac596a1fc.png
I'd start with trees that I could already identify.
Go and find your first ten with some felcos in your pocket and a camera.
Write down their common and botanical names.
Make notes on their habit, leaf size, bark etc.
Practice for a self moderated test next week.
Next week another ten.
etc...
 

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This book is equally useful:

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33 minutes ago, spudulike said:

I would start with learning English, the thread should read "their English" and not "there English"?

 

 

It’s a fair point Steve, but you should brush up on your reading.

It actually says ‘there Latin’ rather than ‘their Latin’.

Do you need bifocals?

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