Bob wrote "If you wrote a book using “Scilla” when referring to anything other than “the genus Scilla” I would edit that to lower case in every instance. " Were the book written by Scilla Elworthy, surely you would make an exception, wouldn't you? Jim McKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/