The dandelion: ever so humble

Re “Ode to the Dandelion, Jilted Flower of Spring” [Feb. 24]: I have always been a lover of wildflowers, and my alma mater, the University of Rochester in New York state, has a school song honoring “the dandelion yellow, its colors rich and mellow.”

When I was a student there in the 1930s, its campus heath, along the banks of the Genesee River, was a majestic example of the beauties of that plant. I am grateful for your reminder.

Margaret Houghton

Lake Forest