On 13 Aug 08, at 21:54, jmsjon664@aol.com wrote: > Thanks to Jim McKenney for setting the record straight on the derivation of > Scilla peruviana (named for the ship, the Peru, that brought it to England from > its home in the western Mediterranean). Â I was misled by Phillips and Rix, who > said in 'Bulbs', "Linnaeus thought it came from Peru". Jim Jones Another error of the same general type: Roy Gender in his fat book "Bulbs" asserts that Chionodoxa sardensis is named in reference to the island of Sardinia. It's actually named after the ancient city of Sardis located in Asia Minor. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island