[pbs] Parkinson's Paradisus; was : RE: Carefree or Undependable
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Tue May 6 19:34:31 EDT 2008
Roger Whitlock mentioned John Parkinsons Paradisus of 1629.
The full title of the work is Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Its a
pun on the authors name; the title can be punningly translated as
Parkinsons (the park in suns, paradise in sole, of the title) Earthly
Paradise (one of several possibilities). The only nominative noun in the
title is Paradisus, and to generations of gardeners it has been
affectionately known as the Paradisus. Some modern writers, not trained in
Latin, clumsily refer to it as the Paradisi.
For that explanation I should gratefully accept a bulb of the Prince-Bishop
of Eichstätts daffodil.
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone
7, where Hyacinthoides hispanica is now blooming.
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
More information about the pbs
mailing list