The Flower Fades

Another pair of lonely McKinley daffodils,

perhaps some earlier, hardier, non-hybrid version

of the flower that still hails an Allegheny spring.

The trees in the background line the old

Main Street of town.

I'm more interested in the flowers

as artifacts than as botanical entities

or things of beauty.

But in answer to my

curious query about the varieties

of jonquils and daffodils,

a mysterious commenter left us this very esoteric link:

http://meyerprints-merianbulbflowers.blogspot.com/