REPLY: [pbs] Narcissus vs. Daffodils
Jim McKenney (Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:10:29 PST)

Dave Karnstedt wrote:

Go back and read your Parkinson: the small cupped forms were Narcissus, the
trumpet forms Pseudonarcissus. The usage you disparage is essentially
Parkinson's usage, too, although Parkinson would have said "bastard
Daffodill" instead of simply daffodil.

Evidently this distinction, which is probably at least four hundred years
old, makes sense to the layman.

Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@starpower.net
Montgomery County, Maryland, zone 7, where I'm wondering if the old
daffodil variety Spurius got its name via the old name "bastard Daffodill".