Hi, On 04/08/18 23:13, Jim McKenney wrote: >The word is canicular. No connection with Narcissus 'Canaliculatus' [1] The UK has had an unusually hot and dry few months, the "green and pleasant land" is mostly brown at the moment [3]. But here in the North temperatures have dropped and the rain has come - I was surprised to find Cyclamen hederifolium [2] flowering this afternoon. [1] https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… [2] https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… [3] https://express.co.uk/news/weather/… -- David Pilling http://www.davidpilling.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…