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*I am an organic farmer and horticulturist in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

'''Matt Hughes''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[science-fiction]] author who lives in [[Courtenay, British Columbia]]. Prior to his work in fiction, he was a [[oratory|speechwriter]] for the [[British Columbia]] provincial government.

*I'm mostly interested in working on Wiki pages that are in my field, since that's what I know best. In particular, I am interested in entries on plants, plant pests, plant diseases, and organic horticulture and agriculture.

*If you are interested in bolstering the plant/horticulture/agriculture/agronomy/organic part of the wikipedia, I'd love to hear from you. This is all very new to me.

== On plant names, etc. ==

Published novels:

*''Fools Errant'' - [[1994]]

*''Downshift'' - [[1997]]

*''Breaking Trail'' - [[2000]]

*''Fool Me Twice'' - [[2001]]

I definitely lean towards using binomials ("latin names") for plants, insects, etc. This is mostly because most plants have many common names, and common names often refer to more than one plant. Using binomials might seem contrary to the "English" nature of the 'pedia, but it's relatively easy to point pages on wiki. It's also just because folks "in the trade" (like me) frequently use binomials and generic names in spoken language, e.g. one is much more likely to hear "[[Epimedium]]" than "[[Barrenwort]]", or "[[Pachysandra terminalis]]" rather than "[[Japanese Spurge]]".

[[Category:Canadian science fiction writers|Hughes, Matt]]

I also generally use binomials accepted "in the trade", rather than the newer binomials used by the botanists. Again, cross-linking is the key.

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Hi Johnny - it's made now: {{:Horticulture-stub}} - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 21:53, 13 November 2005 (UTC)