June bugs

[James Smith]

Daffodil, jonquil, buttercup...they're all narcissi
(or is it narcissae?)



--- Alice Faber <faber at HASKINS.YALE.EDU> wrote:
> Kim & Rima McKinzey said:
> >>Then there's the whole daffodil/buttercup
> controversy...
> >
> >There is?  To me, daffodils are those tall,
> multibloom stalky flowers
> >and buttercups are short, little, clovery yellow
> ground cover sorts
> >of flowers.
>
> Agreed. All they share is the color (and then if you
> hold a buttercup up
> against a daffodil, there is a subtle difference in
> shading).
>
> To me, the real controversy has to do with whether
> the stalky flowers are
> daffodils or narcissus.
>
> --
> Alice Faber
> tel. (203) 865-6163
> Haskins Laboratories
> fax  (203) 865-8963
> 270 Crown St
> faber at haskins.yale.edu
> New Haven, CT 06511
afaber at wesleyan.edu


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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
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                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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