actually I take it back - Scilla is the latin name (not always a good idea to worry about these as Bob points out) but the common name is indeed squill I discover = origin the same - and according to the american heritage dictionary it is
1. noun Any of several bulbous Eurasian and African plants of the genus Scilla, having narrow leaves and bell-shaped blue, white, or pink flowers. 2. noun See sea onion. 3. noun The dried inner scales of the bulbs of any of these plants, used as rat poison and formerly as a cardiac stimulant, expectorant, and diuretic. the last bit reminds me of the caution needed when you read "entirely natural ingredients" on the latest herbal remedy Alastair On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:36 AM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice color and rendering. I might have cheated a bit and cloned out the > blossoms at lower right and upper left. But I'm a notorious cloner:-). > Paul > On Apr 5, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > >> Nice! The lens does not disappoint, it seems. You have done a good >> job with this shot. >> >> I was thinking Squill sounded like something you drink...though >> perhaps not very tasty. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:07:24 AM, you wrote: >> >> CR> The wife tells me it is called "Squill". >> >> CR> It is some of the first stuff to pop up out of the ground when >> CR> the weather warms up here in Minnesota. >> >> CR> Taken with my "new to me" Tamron 90mm f2.5 macro lens. >> >> CR> >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/easter/content/IMGP9270_large.html >> >> CR> -Charles >> >> CR> -- >> CR> Charles Robinson - [email protected] >> CR> Minneapolis, MN >> CR> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> CR> http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
