Paul, After I sent that, I noticed that this whole business of Notholirion and Ornithogalum had me even more befuddled that I had realized: I made the example quite backwards, thanks to that befuddlement. Hopefully most of the other folks will be too confused to notice how confused I was! Best wishes, Jim S. At 07:51 AM 6/7/2008 +1000, you wrote: >At 11:48 PM 6/06/2008, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Instead of: > > > >Re: [pbs] Notholirion thomsonianum was Ornithogalum dubium et al. > > > >I use: > > > >Ornithogalum dubium Was: [pbs] Notholirion thomsonianum > >Jim, > >I'm sending this privately....... > >Doesn't that mean that you've changed the subject "from" Notholirion >"to" Ornithogalum? That's how I read your new subject line >above. It says "Was: [PBS] Notholirion thomsonianum" when the >subject "Was: [PBS] Ornithogalum dubium" and is now Notholirion. I >read yours as exactly the opposite of what you're intending? > >P. > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA