Sulphur Queen
J.E. Shields (Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:44:10 PDT)
"Sulfur" is the correct scientific spelling in English for that chemical
element. The correct spelling for the cultivar name is however it was
originally registered or published.
Jim Shields
At 09:08 AM 7/5/2010 +0100, you wrote:
Jim McKenney wrote
<Patrick Synge in Collins Guide to Bulbs (early 1960S), attributed the
name to van Tubergen and uses the spelling "sulphur". >
Sulphur is the normal English spelling of the word I doubt that that the
spelling "sulfur" is used anywhere else other than USA.
David Nicholson
in Devon, UK. Zone 9b
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