Re: Shelly, Thoreau and Irises


In a message dated 96-12-24 07:37:17 EST, you write:

<<  Either Shelly was using a little poetic
 licence, or he could have been referring to some of the forms of
foetidissima
 which are decidedly more purple veined than brown. >>
But we could hardly describe I. foetidissima flowers as "broad". Still, the
poem is lovely.  Clarence Mahan in VA



Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index