[HPforGrownups] Lily and Petunia

andrea mcpherson talia chambers dumbledore94 at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 19 21:12:59 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 27958

Good point. JKR really does her research as every HPfan knows . It's quite 
possible. In fact I think you've got a theory. Are there any other 
flower/plant names? Andrea


>From: Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch <rowena_grunnion_ffitch at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Lily and Petunia
>Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:04:22 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>--- rcraigharman at hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>    My God, that's even better! Petunia is allied to
>poisons, (deadly nightshade and tobacco) while Lily is
>associated with a powerful protective plant, (garlic).
>You don't suppose JKR did that on purpose do you?
>
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