Sulphur Queen

J.E. Shields jshields@indy.net
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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