Dave Karnstedt wrote: >The Dutch really confuse things by referring to trumpet and large cup >daffodils as "Daffodils" and the small cupped forms (i.e., Division 3) as >"Narcissi." 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". >Dave Karnstedt >Cascade Daffodils >Silverton, Oregon 97381-0237 >email: davekarn@!aol.com >Cool Mediterranean, USDA Zone 7-8 >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >