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Bulbs => NARCISSUS => Topic started by: annew on November 12, 2013, 12:41:35 PM
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Those of us waiting for a new definitive monograph on Narcissi have something to keep us going. The author of this book, failing to find a publisher, has made it open access as a pdf. Full of interesting and valuable information - I have only just seen it and not read it yet, but it looks well worth reading if you are a daffanatic like me.
http://dafflibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Yellow-Fever.pdf (http://dafflibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Yellow-Fever.pdf)
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This is a most interesting and useful move by the American Daffodil Society :
"The American Daffodil Society is proud to provide this eBook with permission of the author. More eBooks will be made available in the future.
Yellow Fever, A Prospect of the History and Culture of Daffodils, 2012, by David Willis
Yellow Fever is a book about the history of the daffodil growing mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland and it covers all the most important personalities around the world and their achievements that have made the daffodil the important spring garden flower that is is today."
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Amazon could sell it as an e-book
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Had a scan through this at the weekend and there's a lot of info in there. Looks like a useful resource for any narcissus nut. :)
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Daffanatic. Excellent new word. ;D
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Anne thanks for sharing the link.
This book is a bible and a must have for any daffodils nut.
As many technical and specialised books, the range of readers is limited as well as the editor's profits.