13-01-2017, 02:56 PM
Quote:heraldry as historical method to place symbolical details in the VMS
If considered in this light, then mnemonics would not be quite like this. Whereas hereldry (as R.Sale suggests) might be used to convey some side information (unrelated to heraldry) in a symbolic fashion with the purpose of concealing this information from the uninitiated , mnemonics would be used to convey plant-related information in a symbolic fashion, not with the purpose of concealment, but with the purpose of ease of memorizing and/or ease of distinguishing between various plants.