[Sca-cooks] OT: Period name for a tree??

[Sandra Kisner]

>>desperation, I decided to use the English translation of my nickname, "Kiri"..."Paulownia".  We all loved it, especially the cant on my name.  However, I'm now being told that it is not  a period word...that it came into use in the 19th century and came from the name of a Russian Princess, somebody or other Pavlovna.  Can anyone either give me documentation for the word in period...or the Chinese name for the tree...I'd really rather not try for "Kiri" herald, for obvious reasons.

Any help you all can give would be appreciated!!<<

     Well, there is a website (www.paulownia.org) with all sorts of links on it, though a lot of its seems directed toward marketing.  But there are links to articles about the wood (Japanese joinery, for example), and a message board.

Sandra Kisner
sjk3 at cornell.edu