From: LouisFors@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 09:32:10 EST
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Jinpeng:

     You mention that in your part of the world (maybe China or Taiwan?)
that daffodils are raised in pots filled with water.  I'm pretty
sure--Margaret DeAngelis
with her lovely letter has demonstrated expertness well beyond mine--that in
this
country we also raise daffodils in water, but that is not the first impression
that would
pop into our heads.   There may be cultural differences operating here, as
well.
Your part of the world may have a different appreciation of flowers from ours,
and that
difference, if it exists, might account for different readings of poetry.
And, by any chance, were you a city boy in your part of the world?  When I
lived in New York City I used to cultivate flowers in the manner you
described, or in pots of dirt, simple because I didn't have a patch of dirt
connected to my apartment.

Louis