The significance of first names in HP books.

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27918

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., b.jebenstreit at b... wrote:
> My favourite name game is Lily and Petunia. A friend of mine (who is
> more into botany than I) pointed out to me that the lily and the
> petunia are in the same biological family - whose name translates as
> "Nightshadow" plants. And, get this - they are the only ones in that
> family that are relatively harmless. All other plants in this family
> are highly poisonous! The petunia is not very special or beatiful if
> you compare it to the lily - which is also true for the sisters.

But your friend is wrong, but close.

Nightshades and petunias are solanaceous plants [family Solanaceae],
which includes the nightshades, tobacco, ground cherry, tomato,
eggplant, red pepper, etc.  Not all nightshades are poisonous.

Lilies are in the family Liliaceae, which includes onions, garlics,
lilies, and numerous other plants.

....Craig