Monday, June 13, 2011

Botanical Nomenclature

Early this spring Sarah gave me bunches and bunches of lillies to plant from her garden. I kept my hopes in check and aimed for not killing them. I was blown away when I saw flower buds last week and today they started to bloom.



Ever respectful of botanical nomenclature, she informed me the names of the three species she gave me are:
regular lillies
fancy lillies
special fancy lillies

She and I are, if anything, eternal students of Latin.


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