Mark McDonough wrote >So far as 'Alba' versus 'Album', I received the plant as 'Alba', but it is >just a cultivar name, so it is probably okay that it doesn't jive in >gender. Of course it must agree in gender! Allium is a neuter noun so any adjectives in Latin must agree with it and have a neuter -um ending, not a feminine -a, Unless it was published before 1957 the use of 'Album' is illegitimate anyway, and a name in a vernacular language should be substituted. John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 COLESBOURNE PARK OPEN DAYS 2007 Easter Monday 9 April, Arboretum Weekend 15-16 September Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/