Roger Whitlock mentioned John Parkinson’s Paradisus of 1629. The full title of the work is Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. It’s a pun on the author’s name; the title can be punningly translated as Parkinson’s (the park in sun’s, paradise in sole, of the title) Earthly Paradise (one of several possibilities). The only nominative noun in the title is Paradisus, and to generations of gardeners it has been affectionately known as “the Paradisus”. Some modern writers, not trained in Latin, clumsily refer to it as the Paradisi. For that explanation I should gratefully accept a bulb of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt’s daffodil. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7, where Hyacinthoides hispanica is now blooming. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/