So far there has been no mention of the effect of temperature in color expression in flowers. As an example, Scilla mischtschenkoana blooms white here; yet in cooler climes it's evidently very pale blue. Perhaps the variations being reported for Anemone 'White Splendor' are due to that. Color aside, 'White Splendor' as I know it is distinct from typical Anemone blanda in size: I'll bet once you know it you will be able to tell the difference in a monochrome photo. 'White Splendor' reminds me of the flowers of Sanguinaria canadensis. Roger mentioned seeming variations over the years in Crocus 'Lady Killer'. I've notice the same thing, but I attribute my confusion to my misunderstanding of these crocuses. It took me a long time to learn to accurately distinguish 'Lady Killer' from 'Prins Claus'. Once you've seen accurately named material of both, the difference is obvious. And surely Roger, you were not complaining, were you, when you got Crocus biflorus alexandri for 'Lady Killer'? The problems encountered in identifying the old daffodils intrigue me. Photographs of 'King Alfred', for instance, appear in many publications from the first half of the twentieth century. These will give you a good idea of what the real 'King Alfred' looked like. But that might not be enough information to identify 'King Alfred' now: lots of daffodils have come and gone in the interim, and our modern sensibilities about those big yellow trumpet daffodils are no doubt a lot less finely attuned to tiny differences than the sensibilities of those who were seeing 'King Alfred' for the first time a century ago. About two weeks ago a predecessor of 'King Alfred' flowered for the first time in my garden: this is 'Golden Spur'. To daffodil connoisseurs of a century ago, 'King Alfred' represented a quantum improvement over 'Golden Spur'. I don’t see that much difference in the flowers (the plant habit however is distinct). (And maybe that's why I'm not as active in daffodil circles as some of you!) Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7, where there is so much happening that I've lost track of things already. 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/