Two Allium of the season - RESEND
John Grimshaw (Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:17:55 PDT)
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.
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