In a message dated 3/22/2004 3:31:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, jimmckenney@starpower.net writes: > Mary Sue, I think you'll find that standard usage for most purposes would > be Narcissus Ambergate. Depending on the context, the Narcissus will be > italicized or not, the Ambergate not italicized. Quotes are not used except > for Latin form cultivar names (the quotes distinguish the Latin form > cultivar names from proper botanical epithets). > If you were writing for publication, Jim, I believe most horticulture editors would put single quotes around the cultivar name (Narcissus 'Ambergate'). If the context made it clear that it was a daffodil, the genus name Narcissus would be superfluous and deleted. Or you might see N. 'Ambergate'. As editor of The Daffodil Journal for 7 years, I always put the single quotes around cultivar names in people's articles and photo captions, but since it was understood that all these were daffodils, the genus name was not used at all; e.g., Best in show was 'Triple Crown'. Bill Lee