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ROOTS<br />
Journal of the<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Volume 23 Issue 1 Spring 2010
In This Issue. . .<br />
Cover: 'Painted Doll' (D. Boen 1964)<br />
HIPS 2010 Rhizome Sale Issue<br />
2 HIPS At Your Service<br />
3 Rhizome Sale note<br />
3 HIPS Bookstore Dorothy Stiefel<br />
4 From the President Paul Gossett<br />
4 Proposed Slate of officers<br />
4 2010 Convention Meetings May 31-June 5<br />
5 HIPsters -- officers & chairs listing<br />
6 <strong>Iris</strong> Gems on the World Wide Web, including<br />
AIS Bulletin #1-355 TOCs scanned! by Jack Finney<br />
7 Farewell to E. Roy Epperson<br />
8 <strong>Iris</strong>es in a Graveyard Nigel Service<br />
10 Mr. Marshal’s Flower Book -<br />
“The Florilegium” of Alexander Marshal<br />
reviewed by<br />
Jim Morris<br />
12 “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity” Keith Keppel<br />
13 HIPS 2010 Rhizome Sale! Janice Thompson<br />
14 Rhizome Sale list<br />
18 Photos of some Rhizome Sale iris Gesine Lohr<br />
20 The Pickel Barrel House <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> Garden~<br />
How to develop a display/conservation-ofunknowns<br />
iris garden Nancy McDonald<br />
26 Cook-Williamson Memorial <strong>Iris</strong> Garden,<br />
Part II<br />
Jerry Oswalt<br />
28 Reader Rock Garden<br />
Call for Donations<br />
Janet Jones<br />
30 Commercial Sources Listing Jeff Walters<br />
31 HIPS Slide Sets! update Robert and Linda Karr<br />
32 HIPS <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> Designation Survey<br />
Jean Richter<br />
33 Catalog corner<br />
35 In Retrospect descriptions<br />
35 From Your Editor Gesine Lohr<br />
36 In Retrospect<br />
Hi p s Me m b e r s h i p Ra t e s:<br />
Single annual $ 10.00 Single Triennial $ 24.00<br />
Dual annual $ 12.00 Dual Triennial $ 30.00<br />
Separate youth $ 5.00 Youth in add.adult $ 2.00<br />
Single Life $150.00 Dual Life $175.00<br />
Overseas – add $5.00 for postage<br />
TO JOIN, contact Judy Eckhoff, Membership <br />
EDITOR Gesine Lohr (510) 864-7962 1226 High<br />
Street, Alameda CA 94501 gesine.lohr@gmail.com<br />
Ro o t s, Jo u r n a l o f t h e <strong>Historic</strong> Ir i s Pr e s e r v a t i o n So c i e t y,<br />
is published biannually in Spring and Fall. Fall<br />
deadline is 15 September, Spring deadline is 15<br />
March. Ro o t s is paid for by a combination of HIPS<br />
membership dues, and HIPS' yearly Rhizome Sale.<br />
Any article appearing in Ro o t s may be reprinted<br />
unless specifically prohibited. Proper credit must<br />
accompany the reprint; please send a courtesy copy<br />
to Ro o t s Editor Gesine Lohr.<br />
Ph o t o Cr e d i t s: If not otherwise noted, graphics and<br />
photos by Gesine Lohr. Mike Unser contributed six<br />
photos on pages 18-19, Bonnie Petheram contributed<br />
two on page 19.<br />
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HIPS At Your Service!<br />
How do I join HIPS and subscribe to Ro o t s?<br />
See below left for HIPS membership rates. You<br />
can mail payment to Membership Judy Eckhoff 7911<br />
South Yoder Road, Haven, KS 67543-8114<br />
judy67543@gmail.com (620) 662-8083, or subscribe via<br />
the internet at www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com/visitors/v-shoppe.html<br />
What if I don’t receive an issue of Ro o t s?<br />
First, check with Judy Eckhoff to make sure your<br />
membership is current and that your address is correct<br />
on our mailing list. Then contact Editor Gesine Lohr<br />
(510) 864-7962 1226 High Street, Alameda CA 94501<br />
gesine.lohr@gmail.com<br />
What is the cutoff date for historics?<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> introduced 30 or more years ago is the<br />
definition used by HIPS. Some suggest calling pre-<br />
1950 iris, "heirloom", "antique", "old", "vintage";<br />
newer historics might be termed "classics". I'm leaning<br />
towards "heirloom historics". What are your thoughts?<br />
See <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> Designation Survey, p. 32.<br />
Where can I buy historic iris?<br />
-- See Commercial Sources Listing in Ro o t s<br />
-- See HIPS Rhizome Sale list in Spring Ro o t s,<br />
& same list on HIPS website after Ro o t s is mailed<br />
-- Contact Jeff Walters, Sources Chair<br />
Where do I find historic iris on the Internet?<br />
www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
If you don’t have internet access at home, it’s<br />
worth a trip to the local library to see the photos on our<br />
website! (Librarians are usually helpful about finding<br />
such things).<br />
Who can help me locate old irises?<br />
Contact Carlos Ayento, DataBank<br />
and Carlos Ayento's Master <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> List<br />
http://www.brightonparkiris.com/masterhistoriclist.xls<br />
What reference material is there?<br />
See list of HIPS Bookstore in Ro o t s & website<br />
See list of archives on website in reading room,<br />
or write for paper copy to Gesine Lohr<br />
See the many articles in reading room on website<br />
Where can I see historic iris displays?<br />
Display Gardens! see annual list on HIPS website<br />
(can also order printed copy from HIPS Bookstore)<br />
Who can help identify old irises?<br />
Website ID forum, & Phil Edinger, ID Chair<br />
Where can I rent slide sets of historic irises?<br />
Contact HIPS Slide Chairs -- $12.00 rental fee<br />
I live outside the U.S. How do I get iris information<br />
and/or plants? Contact Darlene Cook, International
2010 HIPS Rhizome Sale!<br />
See page 13 for how to order! pages 14-17<br />
for the huge list of cultivars offered this year!<br />
and pages 18-19 for photos of SOME of the<br />
offerings. Thank you, donors, for really coming<br />
forward! and thanks to the Rhizome Sale team<br />
for doing this huge project!<br />
Ordering deadline is June 15, 2010<br />
As always, Mike Unser will have the Rhizome<br />
Sale list up on HIPS' website shortly after this<br />
issue of Ro o t s is mailed out. He'll have links to<br />
photos of many of the iris offered.<br />
www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
As I've said many times, if you don't have<br />
a computer and internet access at home, it<br />
is WELL worth a trip to the library, to see<br />
the extensive photos and information on the<br />
website! Most librarians are quite happy to help<br />
you find www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com, even if you've<br />
never sat in front of a computer; and once you're<br />
at the site, it's very easy to get around and look<br />
at everything.<br />
The list on the website will also be updated<br />
with any last-minute additions -- the list here is<br />
current as of April 1st.<br />
The photos of 98 of the iris offered, on pages<br />
18-19, are a first time endeavor for me. There<br />
is NO correlation between an iris being pictured<br />
there, and how many rhizomes are available!<br />
Also, given my penchant for the earlier historics,<br />
my photos are slanted towards older iris (send<br />
me photos of more recent ones for next year!).<br />
We're working on having a list of<br />
descriptions up on the website, as was done the<br />
other year. -- Gesine<br />
HIPS Bookstore<br />
All items include postage<br />
HIPS Publications<br />
Dorothy A. Stiefel<br />
260 Michigan Hollow Rd.<br />
If you can only spend<br />
$24, get Cornell Bulletin<br />
112 & A Study of<br />
Pogoniris Varieties, both<br />
by A. W. W. Sand<br />
Spencer, NY 14883<br />
See note page 4, new edition Cornell Bulletin112!<br />
You can also order from the HIPS website, using Paypal,<br />
www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
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~ HIPS Bookstore ~<br />
(note new prices)<br />
Hi s t o r i c a l Ch r o n i c l e s: (p h o t o c o p i e s):<br />
1) History of <strong>Iris</strong>; 2) Caparne & Mitchell; 6) Goos &<br />
Koenemann; 16) Violet Insole; 17) Charles Wing --<br />
$6.00 Each<br />
3) Foster; 4) Millet; 5) Vilmorin & Andrieux; 7) Barr<br />
& Sons; 8) W.R. & K. Dykes; 9) Cayeux <strong>Iris</strong> Varieties;<br />
14) Fryer; 21) Florentina; 22) Albicans; 23) <strong>Iris</strong> in<br />
Medicine; 29) Poems & Songs; -- $8.00 Each<br />
11) E. B. Williamson; 13) Farr; 15) Orpington <strong>Iris</strong>; 19)<br />
Louisa Pesel; 20) B. Y. Morrison; 28) Jean Stevens; --<br />
$10.00 Each<br />
10) Lémon <strong>Iris</strong>es; 12) Sturtevant; 18) Perry; 24) Hort;<br />
30) The Sasses -- $12.00 Each<br />
26. Dwarfs; 33) Simonet Doc. Thesis I; 34) Simonet<br />
Doc. Thesis II -- $14.00 Each<br />
25) Hall -- $16.00 Each<br />
27) Bliss -- $20.00 Each<br />
AIS Bu l l e t i n s:<br />
#1 -- 27: photocopies $5.00 Each<br />
Re p r i n t AIS 50 t h An n i v e r s a ry Bu l l e t i n, Ja n u a ry<br />
1970 $10.00 Each<br />
Cata l o g Re p r i n t s:<br />
1922 R. Wa l l a c e & Co. Ir i s Cata l o g $6.00<br />
1951 Te l l’s Ir i s Ga r d e n s Cata l o g & Hy b r i d i z e r’s<br />
Ha n d b o o k $5.00<br />
ROOTS b a c k issues:<br />
Fa l l 1988 t h r o u g h Sp r i n g 2001 $4.00 e a c h<br />
Fa l l 2001 o n (c o l o r)<br />
$7.00 e a c h<br />
(some issues sold out)<br />
HIPS Di s p l ay Ga r d e n Di r e c t o ry, 2010 $10.00<br />
Re f e r e n c e Mat e r i a l:<br />
Co r n e l l Bu l l e t i n 112 b y Au s t i n W. W. Sa n d;<br />
“Th e b e s t o l d iris r e f e r e n c e in e x i s t e n c e” $12.00<br />
A St u d y o f Po g o n i r i s Va r i e t i e s b y Au s t i n W. W.<br />
Sa n d (Cornell University Memoir #100, July 1926)<br />
$12.00<br />
Ga r d e n Ir i s e s, U.S. De p t. o f Ag r i c u lt u r e<br />
Fa r m e r s Bu l l e t i n 1406 $8.00<br />
Re v. C. S. Ha r r i s o n Om n i b u s $25.00<br />
Lo u i s v i l l e Hy b r i d i z e r s o f t h e Pa s t –<br />
Ro b e rt St r o h m a n $6.00<br />
Co m p r e h e n s i v e Ch e c k l i s t o f Ar i l a n d Ar i l b r e d<br />
Ir i s. Softcover, 200+ pages $20.00<br />
De s c r i p t i o n s o f <strong>Historic</strong> Ar i l a n d Ar i l b r e d<br />
Cu lt i va r s: Su p p l e m e n t to a b o v e $5.00<br />
Note that prices for overseas orders are different -- see<br />
them at www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com/members/shoppe2.html
From the President ~<br />
WOW! Spring is here and we are in another<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> bloom season. This last year sure went by very<br />
quickly. I hope everyone will have an excellent 2010<br />
bloom season.<br />
I have been contacted by several people asking<br />
for assistance with locating historic irises for home<br />
gardens as well as public gardens, and identifying<br />
historic irises found. The latest request has come from<br />
the Reader Rock Garden in Calgary, Alberta Canada.<br />
You will find more information about the garden and<br />
the irises they are looking for in this issue of Ro o t s.<br />
Hopefully you are planning on attending<br />
the AIS Convention in Madison, WI from May 31,<br />
2010 through June 5, 2010. To help the <strong>Society</strong> For<br />
Siberian <strong>Iris</strong>es celebrate their 50th Anniversary as a<br />
society, Anne and Mike Lowe will be presenting a<br />
program on <strong>Historic</strong> Siberians at the HIPS General<br />
Membership Meeting/Program. I hope to see you<br />
there. CONGRATULATIONS to the <strong>Society</strong> For<br />
Siberian <strong>Iris</strong>es as they celebrate 50 years.<br />
I hope you will consider participating in the<br />
2010 Rhizome Sale by either donating rhizomes or<br />
purchasing rhizomes. The list is in this issue; you can<br />
also go to the HIPS Web Site at www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
for the list of irises or contact Janice Thompson at<br />
ciris03@yahoo.com or Barbara Jackson at jacksonb@<br />
mts.net for more information.<br />
On behalf of the HIPS Board of Directors and<br />
the HIPS Membership, I would like to extend our<br />
condolences and sympathy to the family of E. Roy<br />
Epperson and to the American <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Society</strong> in the loss<br />
of Dr. E. Roy Epperson, President of the American <strong>Iris</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>.<br />
It would be interesting to hear from you about<br />
how historic irises are doing in your area whether it be<br />
in the garden or in a show. So, please write to me or<br />
Gesine Lohr, Ro o t s Editor.<br />
Please support the commercial gardens listed<br />
in Ro o t s and on the HIPS Web Site, under Sources, by<br />
ordering a catalog and buying some historic irises to<br />
add to your garden.<br />
As always, keep growing those <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong>es.<br />
If you have any questions about HIPS, please<br />
feel free to contact me at pwgossett@juno.com.<br />
Paul<br />
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Proposed Slate of Officers<br />
The slate of officers proposed by the Nominating<br />
Committee is:<br />
Treasurer Rita Gormley (2nd Term)<br />
Northwest Director Robert Karr (2nd Term)<br />
Southwest Director Susan Boyce (2nd Term)<br />
Nominating Committee:<br />
Judy Hunt, Chair judyhunt1@bellsouth.net<br />
Laetitia Munro<br />
Robert Strohman<br />
As always, a vote will be taken at the HIPS General<br />
Meeting at the 2010 Convention.<br />
New reprint of Cornell Bulletin #112<br />
Again available! Cornell Extension Bulletin<br />
#112, 'Bearded <strong>Iris</strong>, A Perennial Suited to All<br />
Gardens' by Austin W.W. Sand, first published<br />
in 1925. This high-quality reprint is archival<br />
paper, with a protective plastic cover. Spiral<br />
bound for easy opening and use in the garden!<br />
Our #1 seller in the quest for learning to see<br />
and recognize the details that help identify old<br />
irises. Price $12.00 postpaid in North America;<br />
$15.00 postpaid elsewhere. -- Dorothy A. Stiefel<br />
"Mad About <strong>Iris</strong>!"<br />
AIS 2010 Convention May 31-June 5<br />
Madison, Wisconsin<br />
www.irises.org/conventions.htm<br />
www.madisoniris.org/Convention/Welcome.htm<br />
I love the slogan, “Mad about iris”!<br />
HIPS BOARD MEETING<br />
Tuesday June 1, 2010<br />
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm<br />
HIPS GENERAL MEETING & PROGRAM<br />
Looks like their website is calling the section<br />
meetings “programs”<br />
Friday June 4, 2010<br />
5:30pm - 6:30pm HIPS Program (immediately<br />
before the Geek Dinner & Auction)<br />
Anne and Mike Lowe will be presenting a program<br />
on <strong>Historic</strong> Siberians<br />
(Rooms not yet listed)
President<br />
Paul Gossett<br />
Rhizome Sale Chair Janice Thompson<br />
(918) 853-6204 (new #) 129 E 33rd Place<br />
ciris03@yahoo.com 2970 Luella Road<br />
pwgossett@juno.com Tulsa, OK 74105-2542 (903) 893-9195 Sherman, TX 75090<br />
Vice President<br />
Gary White<br />
Rhizome Sale Co-chair Barb Jackson<br />
(402) 421-6394 701 Old Cheney Rd. jacksonb@mts.net 2421 McDonald Avenue<br />
in2iris@yahoo.com Lincoln, NE 68512<br />
(204) 725-4696 Brandon, MB R7B 0A6<br />
CANADA (Manitoba)<br />
Secretary<br />
Linda Sercus<br />
Rhizome Sale Co-chair Judy Eckhoff (see Membership)<br />
(973) 783-5974 474 Upper Mountain Ave.<br />
ls1124@aol.com Upper Montclair, NJ 07043<br />
Treasurer<br />
Rita Gormley<br />
Slides Co-chair Robert Karr<br />
Phone & fax (386) 277-2057 205 Catalonia Avenue Slides Co-chair Linda Karr<br />
cell 314-606-9709 P. O. Box 177<br />
(509) 671-1539 (Robert) 205 N. Craig Avenue<br />
gormleygreenery@aol.com DeLeon Springs, FL 32130 (509) 671-1540 (Linda) Newport, WA 99156<br />
iris@sprucecorner.com<br />
Imm. Past President Donna James (see NE Dir.) Variety ID Philip Edinger<br />
(707) 894-3225 P.O. Box 637<br />
oldflag@sonic.net Cloverdale, CA 95425<br />
Archive Gesine Lohr (see Editor) Webmaster Mike Unser www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
(360) 432-8900 PO Box 6308<br />
garden.of.mu@gmail.com Olympia, WA 98507<br />
Commercial Sources Jeff Walters<br />
(864) 594-6736 1175 Woodburn Rd<br />
iriscomsource@yahoo.com Spartansburg, SC 29302-3440<br />
Directors:<br />
Cultivar <strong>Preservation</strong> Jean Richter<br />
(510) 864-7962 1226 High Street<br />
richter@eecs.berkeley.edu Alameda CA 94501<br />
DataBank<br />
Carlos Ayento<br />
6108 S. Natchez Avenue<br />
brightonparkiris@yahoo.com Chicago, IL 60638<br />
Display Gardens Laetitia Munro<br />
(973) 208-8490 49 Hilltop Rd.<br />
sugarbean1@optonline.net Newfoundland, NJ 07435<br />
Editor<br />
Gesine Lohr<br />
(510) 864-7962 1226 High Street<br />
gesine.lohr@gmail.com Alameda, CA 94501<br />
International<br />
Darlene Cook<br />
0649-827-7386 20 Tane Street<br />
threesisters@woosh.co.nz New Lynn, Auckland 0600 NZ<br />
Honoraries & Awards Anne Lowe<br />
(804) 265-8198 12219 Zilles Road<br />
anne@worldiris.com Blackstone, VA 23824-9394<br />
Membership<br />
Judy Eckhoff<br />
(620) 662-8083 7911 South Yoder Road<br />
judy67543@gmail.com Haven, KS 67543-8114<br />
Publications Sales Dorothy Stiefel<br />
(607) 589-7465 260 Michigan Hollow Rd.<br />
<strong>Iris</strong>acher@aol.com Spencer NY 1488<br />
Northeast Donna James (R. 1, 2, 3, 19)<br />
(315) 598-3346 887 County Rte. 3<br />
ron2don@twcny.rr.com Hannibal, NY 13074<br />
North Central<br />
Barbara Jackson (see R. Sale)<br />
(R. 6, 8,9,11,16, 21)<br />
Northwest<br />
Robert Karr (see Slides)<br />
(Reg. 13, 14)<br />
Southeast Judy Hunt (Reg. 4, 5, 7, 24)<br />
(502) 267-5074 6701 Echo Trail<br />
judyhunt1@bellsouth.net Louisville, KY 40299<br />
South Central Joe Spears (R. 10, 17, 18, 22)<br />
(940) 464-3680 910 Pioneer Circle<br />
irises@argyleacres.com Argyle, TX 76226<br />
Southwest Susan Boyce (R. 12, 15, 20, 23)<br />
(801) 985-0255 5123 S. 3500 W.<br />
irisgal@hotmail.com Roy, Utah 84067<br />
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Searchable PDFs of scans of<br />
AIS Bulletin Table of Contents<br />
for Bulletins #1-355 (!)<br />
From first bulletin, June, 1920 thru October 2009<br />
Jack Finney has done a labor of love --<br />
Dear Friends,<br />
I have just completed a project that has<br />
literally been years in the making. I scanned the tables<br />
of contents (TOCs) of all the American <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Bulletins with Optical Character Recognition<br />
software so that you can use the Search function in<br />
Microsoft Word to look for articles on a particular<br />
subject. The software wasn't very good, so some of<br />
the formats got weird, and I had to almost retype a<br />
lot of the first 80 or so TOCs because the paper had<br />
deteriorated so badly. It was a chore, and the result<br />
is not pretty, but it is serviceable. The scholar<br />
in me just couldn't stand for all the wisdom in the<br />
Bulletins not to be readily accessible to those who<br />
wanted to use it. Of course, the AIS's official indexing<br />
project continues, and someday it will offer<br />
much more than my work provides.<br />
John R. "Jack" Finney, PhD<br />
www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com/articles/ref-aisb-toc-downloads.html<br />
This is a huge amount of work, thank you<br />
so much, Jack! I've already had a lot of fun searching<br />
for various articles; quite easy to use.<br />
Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> Color Charts -<br />
an approximation on the internet!<br />
www.azaleas.org/index.pl/rhsmacfan1.html<br />
www.azaleas.org/index.pl/azcolorsystems.html<br />
has information about a number of formal color<br />
description systems<br />
www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/RHS-Publications/RHScolour-charts<br />
"The RHS Colour Chart is the standard<br />
reference for plant colour identification. Used<br />
by the RHS, the chart is indispensable to gardeners<br />
who value accuracy in the identification of plant<br />
colours....It is because the chart has been specially<br />
developed to match nature's own colours that it<br />
has become such a useful tool. 76 new colours<br />
have been added to the existing 808. These fill<br />
gaps in the dark purple-black, green, grey, orangered<br />
and bright orange ranges providing colour<br />
references for previously difficult to match plants<br />
including dahlias, chrysanthemums and irises.<br />
How To Say It!<br />
www.finegardening.com/pguide/pronunciationguide-to-botanical-latin.aspx<br />
has a neat "how to pronounce botanical names"<br />
section -- scroll down thru the alphabet to <strong>Iris</strong>.....<br />
it'll show you phonetic pronunciation, and will<br />
speak the names you click on!<br />
www.botanicgardens.ie/educ/names3.pdf<br />
discusses nomenclature. Thanks to Patty Del<br />
Negro for finding this and mentioning it in the<br />
forum at HIPS website.<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> Gems on the World Wide Web<br />
A very helpful list of cultivars by vendor, is compiled<br />
each year by Carlos Ayento (thank you Carlos!) --<br />
MASTER HISTORIC IRIS LIST 2010<br />
www.brightonparkiris.com/masterhistoriclist.xls<br />
AIS Check List database -- <strong>Iris</strong> Register<br />
$10/year, well worth it! You can search by name,<br />
hybridizer. www.irises.org/irischecklist.htm<br />
Mike Lowe's site, the original HIPS website<br />
www.worldiris.com/public_html/Frame_pages/<br />
QFix.html Thank you, Mike, for keeping this<br />
available! I've spent many many happy hours here!<br />
HIPS' website www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
It's easy to read PDFs -- PDFs are<br />
"portable document format" files, just a way to<br />
put files that were made in many different programs,<br />
into a basket so anyone can read them<br />
using the free Adobe Reader. For example, I<br />
make my slideshow in PowerPoint, but send it<br />
out as a PDF document, which makes it accessible<br />
to anyone whether they have the PowerPoint<br />
program or not. This is neat! If your computer<br />
doesn't have Adobe Reader, get it free at http://<br />
get.adobe.com/reader/<br />
Free copy of combined "How to<br />
look at historic iris" slideshow<br />
If anyone would like a free copy of my combined<br />
"How to look at historic iris" slideshow, please<br />
let me know, I could mail you one on a CD if you<br />
send me postage. If you have an email account<br />
that can accept 15 MB size attachments (the free<br />
gmail does, sign up at www.google.com, see<br />
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.<br />
html), I can email it to you very easily. -- Gesine<br />
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Farewell to E. Roy Epperson<br />
We were sad to hear that our AIS President,<br />
E. Roy Epperson, had died. Below, he<br />
is smiling at ‘The Red Douglas’ ( J. Sass<br />
1937) at the HIPS planting at 2009 AIS<br />
Convention. He told me this iris was the<br />
first one he’d ever bought, ordering it from<br />
Sears & Roebuck about 60 years ago.<br />
above & below: 'Elmohr' (Loomis-Long 1942)<br />
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<strong>Iris</strong>es In A Graveyard<br />
by Nigel Service (France)<br />
The unsophisticated magnificence of<br />
an iris I saw last spring, widespread across<br />
northeast Greece in Muslim cemeteries, put<br />
me in mind of other graveyards seen. The<br />
tradition of <strong>Iris</strong>es planted on tombs has been<br />
widespread, a mourning flower not confined<br />
to the white <strong>Iris</strong> albicans; forms of <strong>Iris</strong><br />
germanica are quite often used in European<br />
graveyards for planting.<br />
What about the graveyards of the<br />
USA? I cannot recall, though I could easily<br />
enough be wrong, mention of such places in<br />
Roots.<br />
But I have had one small experience<br />
myself which convinced me that interesting<br />
things might easily be found and anyone<br />
who does not like the idea of lifting bits<br />
of <strong>Iris</strong>es from graves would bear in mind<br />
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that a dead person could have no finer<br />
memorial than that the rediscovery of a lost<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> should be linked, in memory and in the<br />
records, with the name on their tombstone.<br />
I am thinking of one occasion in<br />
particular but there is no reason why it<br />
should be unique, as numerous small towns<br />
must have been founded and abandoned<br />
in the earlier days of the American west. It<br />
was in Colorado where I was looking for I.<br />
missouriensis and, as happens when you are<br />
looking for a wild iris, you tend to inquire<br />
of anybody around if they have seen such<br />
flowers anywhere. “Have you been to the<br />
cemeteries of the dead towns above Central<br />
City? Turn left in the town, there are plenty<br />
of <strong>Iris</strong>es up there,” advised a friend.<br />
Not quite the sort of irises I was<br />
thinking of perhaps, but a visit to Central<br />
City became a previously unplanned part of<br />
the expedition. The cemeteries were not that<br />
easy to find; left turns seemed rare. No, not<br />
easy unless you were lucky, and we were<br />
lucky.<br />
It was more a complex of graveyards,<br />
covering a large area and mostly quite<br />
sparsely furnished with tombs which were<br />
often highly imaginative. The sections were<br />
separated, each faith having its own space.<br />
Certainly the Roman Catholic burials were<br />
clearly distinct and a notice announced the<br />
fenced off space as this.<br />
All sign of the town, which must have<br />
been sizable to justify such a complex, had<br />
gone. Or was it a collective burial ground?<br />
he had said “dead towns” in the plural -- a<br />
burial center for several now abandoned<br />
townships? In that case, the sparseness of<br />
tombs is even more remarkable. Perhaps<br />
it did not work out well right from the<br />
beginning. Anyway, we are thinking of<br />
irises, not of settlements and their failure.<br />
And there were irises, or their foliage,<br />
left: Tall bearded<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> in a Muslim<br />
cemetery at Organi,<br />
northeast Greece,<br />
May 2009<br />
on a good number<br />
of the graves. The<br />
altitude was about<br />
9,000 feet and<br />
there was no sign of<br />
flowering, but foliage
above: Cemetery above Central City, Colorado,<br />
June 2006; the grave of Elizabeth A., died 1877, is<br />
in the middle with <strong>Iris</strong> leaves clearly evident<br />
in plenty was on and around numerous<br />
tombs. One of the first graves was that of<br />
the Jeffery family dying at the end of the 19 th<br />
century -- here was Fred’s grave and that of<br />
M.J. with iris plants growing around them.<br />
Not far away was the collective tomb area<br />
of the Martin family where a different iris<br />
grew, and more irises were further over at<br />
the grave of Elizabeth A., who had died, aged<br />
just over one year, in 1877.<br />
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So, as the place dates from the late 19 th<br />
century, it would not be unreasonable<br />
to suggest that the plants would be<br />
from that sort of period also. But I am<br />
afraid I noted no other dates; I was not then<br />
thinking of historic hybrids. I am glad to<br />
say, though, that I did find one patch of the<br />
species I was looking for, growing wild, not<br />
associated with a tomb but well within the<br />
boundaries of the cemetery.<br />
[Editor’s note: Did you dig up a little piece of<br />
any of the bearded iris you saw?]
Mr. Marshal’s Flower Book -<br />
“The Florilegium” of Alexander Marshal<br />
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2008<br />
Book Review by Jim Morris<br />
When you pick up<br />
a book copyrighted<br />
by the Queen of<br />
England (HM<br />
Queen Elizabeth<br />
II, 2008) one<br />
rather expects it to<br />
be something of<br />
substance. This book<br />
is that and more.<br />
The modern title<br />
of “Mr. Marshal’s<br />
Flower Book”<br />
means the same<br />
as “The Florilegium” of Alexander Marshal (c. 1620-<br />
1682). It is the only compilation of flower watercolors<br />
from seventeenth-century England. Marshal was a<br />
horticulturist and entomologist who was highly skilled<br />
as an artist, but he painted for his own pleasure – not for<br />
publication or to document scientific discoveries such as<br />
presented by Pierre Vallet, Jardin du Roy (Paris 1608) or<br />
Basil Besler, Hortus Eystettenis (Eichstatt 1613). Most<br />
florilegia of the age were part of the scientific desire<br />
to identify, classify and record the plants pouring into<br />
England, France, Germany and the Netherlands from<br />
all over the world. Marshal was different, he just liked<br />
flowers and the bugs and birds associated with them, and<br />
he painted them to his own exacting standards.<br />
Marshal’s masterpiece of watercolors took him<br />
thirty years to complete. This modern compilation<br />
of 140 illustrations is stunning in its beauty. House &<br />
Garden said, “Exquisitely beautiful, the flower paintings<br />
of Alexander Marshal have a timeless resonance that<br />
makes them look as fresh today as they did when they<br />
were first created more than 350 years ago.” What<br />
appears to be a totally distaff production, the abridged<br />
text is by Henrietta McBurney and Prudence Sutcliffe<br />
with Marshal’s illustrations gleaned from the Royal<br />
left: Picture of German Flag iris germanica<br />
(two forms)<br />
above: I. susiana L. Mourning <strong>Iris</strong><br />
Alexander Marshal, c.1650<br />
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markings and in some species, the beard.”<br />
It goes on to report that the English Royal<br />
<strong>Society</strong> was so impressed by Marshal’s<br />
work that they asked him how he<br />
obtained the vivid colors in his paintings.<br />
His response was read to the members<br />
of the Royal <strong>Society</strong> on December 19,<br />
1667. He derived pigments from flowers,<br />
berries, gums and <strong>roots</strong> as well as verdigris<br />
and arsenic. His paint formulas give his<br />
paintings a unique vibrancy of color. This is a marvelous<br />
book for amateur and professional alike.<br />
above: I. pumila L Alexander Marshal, 1650<br />
left: Siberian Flag <strong>Iris</strong> Alexander Marshal,<br />
The Florilegium, c. 1670<br />
below: English <strong>Iris</strong> Alexander Marshal<br />
c.1650<br />
Collection (since King George IV).<br />
Marshal painted everything he grew and more,<br />
from snowdrops, squill, hyacinths and daffodils in the<br />
English “winter” to star anemones, tulips and irises in<br />
the spring. With sufficient means he acquired and grew<br />
exciting plants from the Near East, Virginia, Canada and<br />
all the British colonies. He grew them in all seasons out<br />
of doors and under glass, and painted them as well as<br />
any man or woman.<br />
Among the various genera depicted are irises<br />
such as I. susiana L. the mourning iris, I. pumila L.,<br />
I. persica L., the common German flags (two forms),<br />
English irises, Spanish irises and Siberian flag iris. The<br />
text reports, “The forms of irises in particular seem to<br />
have fascinated Marshal – the way the flower rises from<br />
its stem, the papery calyx, the contrast between the<br />
shapes of the drooping and upright petals, the flower’s<br />
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"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity..." ~ <strong>Historic</strong>al Vanity<br />
by Keith Keppel<br />
The AIS Registrations system<br />
is noteworthy for its extent, both in<br />
numbers of cultivars recorded and<br />
the appropriate information per each.<br />
However, sleuthing can sometimes<br />
disclose inaccuracies or omissions. We<br />
might cite an example, The Case of the<br />
Missing Vanities.<br />
In 1928 B. Y. Morrison registered<br />
‘Vanity’ which is shown in the<br />
1939 Check List as having been introduced<br />
in 1930. It is also shown in<br />
1939 as superseded ($) and obsolete<br />
(*)! Earl Sheets, in his Treholme Gardens<br />
“<strong>Iris</strong> lover’s guide and descriptive<br />
catalogue” gives more information:<br />
“M.S. to L., 38” S. Lilac; F.<br />
Bishop’s purple to Madder purple. All<br />
habits good. A striking color resembling<br />
Leverrier but a flower of better<br />
form on stronger, low and widely<br />
branched stalks.”<br />
He gave ‘Vanity’ his personal<br />
quality ratings of Exhibition 87 (= fine)<br />
and Garden 90 (= extra fine).<br />
In 1945 Frances Horton introduced<br />
fourteen dwarf irises in her<br />
Elkhart, Indiana, <strong>Iris</strong>dale Gardens catalogue.<br />
“Parentage mixed in moving”,<br />
she noted. Twelve of the fourteen are<br />
shown as registered in the 1949 Check<br />
List, the exceptions being ‘Princeling’<br />
and ‘Vanity’. She described the latter as being an 11”<br />
clean light yellow self, falls slightly veined olive at the<br />
haft, with matching beards and semi-horizontal falls.<br />
Now back to a tall bearded. A few months later,<br />
in a Stevens Brothers catalogue issued in New Zealand,<br />
we find ‘Vanity’ to be:<br />
“A gay, rosy lilac blend, large and of good form.<br />
In the standards the lilac is shot with light bronze. Falls<br />
are a lovely blending of lilac and gold with a flash of<br />
heliotrope below the yellow beard. Flowers several times<br />
a year when established. Early. 3 ft.”<br />
From information in Jean Stevens’ notebooks we<br />
find it first bloomed in 1943 and was saved as seedling<br />
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6/P80. Its parentage is ‘Miss California’ X ((‘Rewa’ x<br />
‘New Dawn’) x (‘New Dawn’ x ‘Radiant Morn’)). We<br />
also know that it reached southern California, for plants<br />
were shipped to C. S. Milliken in December, 1947, and<br />
Tom Craig the following month. Did it receive further<br />
distribution in this country?<br />
Finally, in 1974 Ben Hager registered ‘Vanity’,<br />
which was introduced by Melrose Gardens in 1975<br />
and was awarded the Dykes Medal in 1982. It was the<br />
fourth ‘Vanity’….or were there more?<br />
{Editor's note -- One of these 'Vanities' is available in<br />
this year's HIPS Rhizome Sale}
HIPS 2010 Rhizome Sale!<br />
The Annual HIPS Rhizome Sale is the main fundraising event for our <strong>Society</strong>. Rhizomes are donated by<br />
our generous members and growers; the sale is open to both members and the public. HIPS is grateful for the<br />
generosity of our members and donors and the support of all who place orders.<br />
Sale conditions:<br />
-- The <strong>Iris</strong> listed below are on a first come, first served basis. Demand is such that we must set a limit of no<br />
more than one of each cultivar per order.<br />
-- Rhizomes are $5.50 each, with a minimum order of five.<br />
-- Postage charges are included in the price.<br />
-- Cut off date for orders is June 15, 2010. Shipment will begin the last week of July.<br />
-- Due to import restrictions shipping is limited to the US and Canada.<br />
-- Orders from Canada must come thru Paypal or Money Order in US funds.<br />
-- While we will do our best to see that you get the correct cultivar, HIPS cannot guarantee identity of<br />
sale rhizomes.<br />
Please note: Include in your order acceptable substitutions or a note indicating if you'd prefer a refund if one<br />
you want is not available; also any acceptable bonuses if wanted with your order.<br />
How to order: There are two ways to get your order in.<br />
1) The customary way -- mail a check/Money Order and your list with all shipping information to:<br />
Janice Thompson<br />
2970 Luella Road<br />
Sherman,Tx. 75090-5151<br />
2) Or order online using your Paypal account (you must be registered with Paypal to use this option). Go to<br />
Paypal at www.paypal.com and then follow these instructions<br />
-- Click on ’Send money’.<br />
-- In the ‘To' field use: hipsshop@gmail.com<br />
-- Enter the full amount of your order (Postage is included in the price).<br />
-- Select ‘Goods’, then click Continue<br />
-- On the next page in the subject line type: rhizome sale-member order (you MUST indicate MEMBER to get<br />
preference over non-member orders)<br />
-- Add your list of varieties you'd like in the message box and your mailing address as well.<br />
-- When complete simply click Send Money and your order is on its way!<br />
Please send questions about the sale or your order to Janice Thompson at: ciris03@yahoo.com. Please send<br />
questions about using Paypal or online ordering to Mike Unser at: garden.of.mu@gmail.com.<br />
Thank you for supporting HIPS!<br />
What a splendid bunch of possibilities for this year's Rhizome Sale! This is the largest list to date.<br />
Thank you, all, for donating! Those of you ordering by mail, if you're ordering a number of cultivars, might<br />
want to photocopy the list pages and circle or highlight your choices, rather than writing them all out. -- Editor<br />
Photo credits: The photos on pages 18-19 of 'Golden Majesty', 'Gypsy', 'Harvest Splendor', 'Klamath',<br />
'Marquita', and 'Rebellion' were taken by Mike Unser; the photos of 'Rhythm' and 'Sacramento" are by Bonnie<br />
Petheram; all other photos are by Gesine Lohr.<br />
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HIPS 2010 Rhizome Sale!<br />
Abelard (Sass, H.P. 1933)<br />
Accent (Buss 1953)<br />
Acolyte (Taylor, JD 1963)<br />
Alcazar (Vilmorin 1910)<br />
Allegiance (Cook 1958)<br />
Alpine Glow (Kleinsorge 1944)<br />
Alta California (Mohr-Mitchell<br />
1931)<br />
Amas (Foster 1885)<br />
Amethyst Flame (Schreiners 1958)<br />
Amigo (Williamson 1934)<br />
Angels Robe (Williamson, B.<br />
1979)<br />
Apache Warrior (Brown, A. 1972)<br />
Aphrodite (Dykes 1922)<br />
Appleblossom Pink (Boushay<br />
1974)<br />
Arctic Night (Brown, A. 1966)<br />
Argus Pheasant (DeForest 1947)<br />
Arrangement (Goett 1963)<br />
Autumn Sunset (Lapham 1939)<br />
Avalon Bay (Hamner 1975)<br />
Az Ap (Ensminger 1980)<br />
Babbling Brook (Keppel 1965)<br />
Baby Blessed (Zurbrigg 1979)<br />
Baby Snowflake (Peterson 1963)<br />
Bali Rose (Sass, H. 1955)<br />
Banberry Ruffles (Schreiners<br />
1970)<br />
Barbara Walther (Casselman<br />
1959)<br />
Barrister (Meek 1980)<br />
Bashful Bride (Roderick 1980)<br />
Bayberry Candle (DeForest 1966)<br />
Beauty Mark (Schreiners 1979)<br />
Beaux Arts (Plough 1969)<br />
Beckon (Daling 1974)<br />
Bel Canto (Hager 1981)<br />
Belize (unregistered )<br />
Bella Mohr (Ohl 1955)<br />
Bengal Tiger (Maryott 1980)<br />
Beowulf (Schreiners 1936)<br />
Beverly Sills (Hager 1978)<br />
Big Brother (Tolman 1976)<br />
Black And Gold (Kleinsorge<br />
1943)<br />
Black Baby (Sass, H. 1955)<br />
Black Bart (Schmelzer 1969)<br />
Black Hope (Austin 1963)<br />
Black Market (Plough 1974)<br />
Black Swan (Fay 1960)<br />
Black Taffeta (Songer 1954)<br />
Black Watch (Rosenfels 1972)<br />
Blackberry Wine (Bledsoe 1976)<br />
Blanc De Chine (Moldovan 1978)<br />
Blazing Bonnet (Galer 1972)<br />
Blazing Fury (Smith, E. 1968)<br />
Blazing Saddles (Dyer 1978)<br />
Blessed Again (Jones, F. 1978)<br />
Blond Goddess (Shoop 1974)<br />
Bloodstone (Schreiners 1980)<br />
Blue Ace (Rosenfels 1964)<br />
Blue Denim (Warburton 1959)<br />
Blue Doll (Warburton 1958)<br />
Blue Luster (Brown, O. 1973)<br />
Blue Rhythm (Whiting 1945)<br />
Blue Ruffles (Barton by Maxwell<br />
1954)<br />
Blue Sapphire (Schreiners 1953)<br />
Blue Sparks (Welch 1964)<br />
Blue Staccato (Gibson 1977)<br />
Blue Theme (Palmer 1977)<br />
Blue Whiskers (Welch 1960)<br />
Blushing Pink (Rudolph 1977)<br />
Bold Accent (Brown, O. 1978)<br />
Bold Chase (Jones, B. 1971)<br />
Bonanza (Sass, J. 1939)<br />
Brahms' Lullaby (Spahn 1978)<br />
Brandy (McWhirter 1981)<br />
Breaking Dawn (Schreiners 1971)<br />
Bridal Wreath (Weiler 1979)<br />
Bride (Caparne 1901)<br />
Brides Halo (Mohr 1971)<br />
Brigantine (Tompkins 1966)<br />
Bright Reflection (Brown, O.<br />
1979)<br />
Brimmed Red Amo (Morgan<br />
1981)<br />
Bristol Gem (Leavitt 1965)<br />
British Blue (Willott 1979)<br />
Broadmeadow (Brown, O. 1962)<br />
Broadway Star (Schreiners 1957)<br />
Brook Flower (Schreiners 1973)<br />
Brown Heart (Dyer 1975)<br />
Brown Lasso (Buckles 1972)<br />
Bryce Canyon (Kleinsorge 1944)<br />
Bubbling Springs (Brown, O.<br />
1971)<br />
Buddha Song (Dunbar 1970)<br />
Buffy (Brown, O. 1968)<br />
Burgundy Splash (Craig 1948)<br />
Burnt Toffee (Schreiners 1977)<br />
Buto (Sass, H.P. 1926)<br />
Butterscotch Trim (Buckles by<br />
Niswonger 1972)<br />
Caldron (Schreiners 1957)<br />
Calendar Girl (Smith, E. 1973)<br />
California Blue (Essig 1929)<br />
California Gold (Mohr-Mitchell<br />
1933)<br />
Camelot Rose (Tompkins 1965)<br />
Can Can Red (Gibson 1978)<br />
Candy Apple (Hamblen 1972)<br />
Candy Shop (Corlew 1970)<br />
Canton Jewel (Galer 1973)<br />
Caprice (Vilmorin 1898)<br />
Caramba (Keppel 1975)<br />
Cardinal (Bliss 1922)<br />
Carnival Time (Schreiners 1976)<br />
Carolina Gold (Powell 1970)<br />
Carved Pink (Rudolph 1975)<br />
Cascade Splendor (Kleinsorge<br />
1944)<br />
Catalyst (Keppel 1980)<br />
Cathedral Bells (Wallace 1953)<br />
Celestial Snow (Bro. Charles<br />
1957)<br />
Chalk Talk (Thomkins 1970)<br />
Charcoal (Plough 1969)<br />
Chatterbox (Schreiners 1978)<br />
Cheerio (Ayres 1934)<br />
Cheers (Habge 1975)<br />
Cherie (Hall 1945)<br />
Cherished (Corlew 1973)<br />
Cherry Garden (Jones, B. 1966)<br />
Cherry Jubilee (Wood 1969)<br />
Cherry Smoke (Meek 1978)<br />
Cherub Tears (Boushay 1976)<br />
China Dragon (Shoop 1979)<br />
China Maid (Milliken 1936)<br />
Chinese Coral (Fay, R. 1962)<br />
Chivary (Wills 1943)<br />
Chocoleto (Deru 1959)<br />
Christmas Angel (DeForest 1960)<br />
Christmas Rubies (Hamblen 1978)<br />
Christmas Time (Schreiners 1965)<br />
Cindy Ellen (Brown, O. 1972)<br />
Cindy Mitchell (Palmer 1979)<br />
Cinnabar (Williamson 1928)<br />
Circus Stripes (Plough 1976)<br />
City of David (Boushay 1977)<br />
Clair de Lune (Wareham 1934)<br />
Clancy (Roach 1972)<br />
Clara Noyes (Sass, H.P. 1930)<br />
Cliffs Of Dover (Fay, R. 1953)<br />
Cloverdale (Brown, O. 1969)<br />
Colonel Candelot (Millet 1907)<br />
Color Carnival (DeForest 1949)<br />
Colorado Sunshine (Magee 1978)<br />
Columbia Blue (Schreiners 1978)<br />
Columbine (Murrell 1930)<br />
Condottiere (Cayeux 1978)<br />
Congo Magic (Hooker 1973)<br />
Copper Classic (Roderick 1977)<br />
Copy Cat (Ghio 1974)<br />
Coral Magic (Schreiners 1979)<br />
Coral Ribbon (Berndt 1974)<br />
Coralie (Ayres 1932)<br />
Corn Harvest (Wyatt 1977)<br />
Coronation (Moore 1927)<br />
Corsage (Watkins 1955)<br />
Cosmic Lady (Keppel 1980)<br />
Cotton Blossom (Jones, B. 1970)<br />
Country Manor (Kegerise 1973)<br />
Cozy Calico (Schreiners 1980)<br />
Cracken (Schreiners 1974)<br />
Cranberry Ice (Schreiners 1973)<br />
Crimson King (Barr 1893)<br />
Crinkled Lilac (Schreiners 1957)<br />
Crinoline (Schreiners 1965)<br />
Crown Point (Tompkins 1958)<br />
Crystal Dawn (Rudolph 1976)<br />
Cuban Cutie (Dyer 1977)<br />
Curtain Call (Schreiners 1967)<br />
Daisy (Palmer 1977)<br />
Dappled Dragon (Payne 1969)<br />
Dark Chocolate (Murray 1954)<br />
Dark Fairy (Brown, A. 1960)<br />
Dasher (Brown, O. 1977)<br />
Dauntless (Connell 1929)<br />
Dawn (Yeld 1911)<br />
Dazzelier (Hall by Bloese 1952)<br />
Dazzling Gold (Anderson 1977)<br />
Debby Rairdon (Kintz 1964)<br />
Decolletage (Hager 1970)<br />
Deep Pacific (Burger 1975)<br />
Demi-Deuil (Denis 1912)<br />
Dera (Craig 1962)<br />
Desert Echo (Meek 1980)<br />
Desert Song (Fay, O. 1946)<br />
Dignitary (Ghio 1976)<br />
Diligence (Brown, A. by Boushay<br />
1976)<br />
Disco Music (Williamson, B.<br />
1977)<br />
Discovery Bay (Brown, O. 1970)<br />
Distant Light (Plough 1976)<br />
Dogrose (Insole 1930)<br />
Doll Dear (Blodgett 1980)<br />
Dolly Madison (Williamson 1926)<br />
Dominion (Bliss 1917)<br />
Dorothy K. Williamson (Williamson<br />
1918)<br />
Dot And Dash (Hall 1960)<br />
Double Dip (Rawlins 1978)<br />
Double Rose Amo (Morgan 1979)<br />
Dove Wings (Roberts 1968)<br />
Dover Beach (Nearpass 1972)<br />
Dragonfly (Dykes 1923)<br />
Dream Affair (Gatty 1978)<br />
Dream Lover (Tams 1971)<br />
Dream Maiden (Smith, E. 1963)<br />
Dreamcastle (Cook 1943)<br />
Dualtone (Brown, O. 1977)<br />
Dusky Dancer (Luihn 1967)<br />
Dusky Evening (Schreiners 1971)<br />
Dutch Chocolate (Schreiners<br />
1970)<br />
Dutch Doll (Sass by Graham<br />
1957)<br />
Early Snowbird (Gibson 1971)<br />
Easter Bonnet (Maxwell-Norton<br />
1943)<br />
Eastertime (Schreiners 1980)<br />
Easy Grace (Tompkins 1976)<br />
Ecstatic Night (Cook 1963)<br />
Edenite (Plough 1959)<br />
El Capitan (Mohr-Mitchell 1926)<br />
Eleanor Roosevelt (Sass-McDade<br />
1933)<br />
Eleanor's Pride (Watkins 1956)<br />
Embroidery (Keppel 1971)<br />
Emerald Fountain (Brown, O.<br />
1961)<br />
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Emma Louisa (Buckles 1969)<br />
Enchanted World (Schreiners<br />
1979)<br />
End Play (Spence 1976)<br />
English Cottage (Zurbrigg 1976)<br />
Erleen Richeson (Roderick 1979)<br />
Ermine Robe (Schreiners 1969)<br />
Eros (Mead-Reidel 1934)<br />
Esther, The Queen (Hunt 1967)<br />
Etched Apricot (Gibson 1967)<br />
Everlasting Love (Dyer 1979)<br />
Exotic Blue (Randolph 1957)<br />
Exotic Star (Plough 1975)<br />
Eyebright (Taylor 1979)<br />
Fairy Ballet (Sarro 1973)<br />
Fairy Carillon (Payne 1969)<br />
Fairy Magic (Schreiners 1969)<br />
Falbala (Cayeux 1977)<br />
Fancy Tales (Shoop 1980)<br />
Fantastic Blue (Palmer 1975)<br />
Far Corners (Moldovan 1978)<br />
Far Hills (Wills 1947)<br />
Fascination (Cayeux 1927)<br />
Fashion Fling (Hall 1965)<br />
Fashionable Pink (Schreiners<br />
1976)<br />
Faustine (Lemon 1859)<br />
Feminine Charm (Kegerise 1974)<br />
Festive Aire (Brown, O. 1976)<br />
Festoon (Hall 1958)<br />
Fiesta Sun (Schmelzer 1970)<br />
Fiji Dancer (Zurbrigg 1978)<br />
Fine Precedent (Blyth 1977/78)<br />
Fine Taste (Nicholls 1977)<br />
Fire Chief (Gaylon 1959)<br />
Fire Dance (Fay, O. 1947)<br />
Fire Power (Plough 1977)<br />
Firenze (Brown, O. 1958)<br />
Firewater (Keppel 1977)<br />
Firey Furnace (Niswonger 1971)<br />
First Edition (Lorenz 1970)<br />
First Violet (DeForest 1952)<br />
Five Star Admiral (Marsh 1974)<br />
Flamboyant Dream (Boushay<br />
1978)<br />
Flamenco (Flamenco 1977)<br />
Flaming Dragon (Fay 1966)<br />
Flaming Light (Brown, R. 1973)<br />
Flaming Star (Plough 1967)<br />
Flash Fire (Plough 1978)<br />
Flavescens (collected, DeCandolle<br />
1813)<br />
Flirty Mary (Rawdon 1977)<br />
Florentina (collected 1500)<br />
Flounced Premiere (Austin 1961)<br />
Flower Power (Plough 1969)<br />
Fluted Lime (Noyd 1966)<br />
Flutter-by (Sturtevant 1924)<br />
Focus (Keppel 1976)<br />
Footnote (Keppel 1969)<br />
Fragrant Too (Schmelzer by Baldwin<br />
1979)<br />
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Frank Adams (Lapham 1937)<br />
Fresno Calypso (Weiler 1978)<br />
Frivolity (Schreiners 1970)<br />
Frost And Flame (Hall 1957)<br />
Frosted Glass (Becherer 1943)<br />
Frosted Starlight (Ghio 1963)<br />
Frosted Sunbeam (Bakke-Messer<br />
1974)<br />
Full House (Meek 1976)<br />
Full Tide (Brown, O. 1972)<br />
Funtastic (Plough 1978)<br />
G. P. Baker (Perry 1930)<br />
Gala Madrid (Peterson 1967)<br />
Galatea Marx (Marx 1961)<br />
Galleon Gold (Schreiners 1977)<br />
Garden Magic (Griner 1936)<br />
Gay Geisha (Olson 1961)<br />
Gay Hussar (Williamson 1929)<br />
Gay Parasol (Schreiners 1973)<br />
Gay Paree (Plough 1956)<br />
Geisha Gown (Maddox 1963)<br />
Gemini (Knopf 1966)<br />
Gene Buckles (Buckles by Niswonger<br />
1975)<br />
Generosity (Keppel 1979)<br />
Gentle Grace (Boushay 1979)<br />
Gentle Rain (Keppel 1977)<br />
Gerald Darby (Darby by Coe<br />
1967)<br />
Giant Rose (Schreiners 1959)<br />
Gigglepot (Blyth 1980/81)<br />
Gingerbread Castle (Tompkins<br />
1967)<br />
Gingersnap (Schreiners 1965)<br />
Gizmo (Hager 1976)<br />
Glacier Magic (Plough 1977)<br />
Glazed Orange (Schreiners 1969)<br />
Glory Bound (Nelson 1978)<br />
Glowing Embers (Sturtevant<br />
1923)<br />
Going My Way (Gibson 1972)<br />
Gold Cadillac (Gaulter 1979)<br />
Gold Fever (Nichols 1979)<br />
Gold Galore (Schreiners 1978)<br />
Gold Smoke (Clarke 1952)<br />
Gold Soverign (Whiting 1949)<br />
Golden Delight (Smith, E. 1959)<br />
Golden Filigree (Gibson 1965)<br />
Golden Frost (Brown, A. 1972)<br />
Golden Garnet (Gibson 1980)<br />
Golden Knight (Pond 1974)<br />
Golden Lady (Combs 1956)<br />
Golden Majesty (Salbach 1938)<br />
Golden Spectator (Haney 1968)<br />
Golden Streaker (Bledsoe 1978)<br />
Golden Years (Hall 1957)<br />
Goldfish (Wareham 1925)<br />
Gracchus (Ware 1884)<br />
Gracie Pfost (Smith, E. 1961)<br />
Grand Canyon (Kleinsorge 1941)<br />
Grandma's Hat (Mahood 1957)<br />
Graphic Arts (Hager 1978)<br />
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Great Lakes (Cousins 1938)<br />
Green Smoke (Smith, E. 1959)<br />
Green Spot (Cook 1951)<br />
Greenan Castle (Beattie 1971)<br />
Grenadine (Gersdorff 1946)<br />
Guardian Gate (Moldovan 1979)<br />
Gypsy (Kleinsorge 1944)<br />
Gypsy Baron (Schreiners 1942)<br />
Gypsy Caravan (Moldovan 1978)<br />
Gypsy Fire (Smith, E. 1967)<br />
Gypsy Melody (Smith, E. 1966)<br />
Gypsy Prince (Hamblen 1974)<br />
Hagar's Helmet (Nichols 1977)<br />
Hammered Copper (Roberts 1974)<br />
Hanky (Magee 1988)<br />
Happy Mood (Brown, A. 1968)<br />
Harland K Riley (MacMillan<br />
1974)<br />
Harriet Thoreau (Cook 1944)<br />
Harvest Splendor (Kleinsorge<br />
1956)<br />
Hawaiian Holiday (Brown, T.<br />
1965)<br />
Hazel's Pink (Schmelzer by Baldwin<br />
1978)<br />
Heather Blush (Hamner 1977)<br />
Heaven's Best (Smith, E. 1972)<br />
Hee Haw (Innerst 1980)<br />
Helen Boehm (Schreiners 1977)<br />
Helen Collingwood (Smith, K.<br />
1949)<br />
Helen McGregor (Graves 1946)<br />
Helios (Cayeux 1928)<br />
Hell's Fire (Roberts 1976)<br />
Henna Stitches (Gibson 1961)<br />
Henri Riviere (Millet 1927)<br />
Henry Shaw (Benson 1959)<br />
Hey Looky (Brown, W. 1970)<br />
High Jinks (Williams 1970)<br />
High Life (Schreiners 1964)<br />
High Sierra (Gaulter 1967)<br />
Highland Chief (Gibson 1972)<br />
Hold That Tiger (Lauck 1957)<br />
Holy Smoke (Smith, E. 1958)<br />
Honest Pleasure (Plough 1979)<br />
Honey Chile (Salbach 1940)<br />
Horned Amethyst (Austin 1959)<br />
Horned Dragonfly (Austin 1965)<br />
Horned Flamingo (Austin 1963)<br />
Horned Royalty (Austin 1958)<br />
Horned Skylark (Austin 1957)<br />
Horned Sunshine (Noyd 1968)<br />
Howdy Folks (Nelson, J. 1979)<br />
Hula Doll (Brown, A. 1964)<br />
Humoresque (Keppel 1962)<br />
I Do (Zurbrigg 1974)<br />
I. albicans (Lange 1860)<br />
I. kochii (Kerner 1887)<br />
I. ochroleuca (Linnaeus 1771)<br />
I. pallida (Lamarck 1789)<br />
I. pallida argentea / Zebra (G&K<br />
1906)<br />
I. pallida aurea variegata (Krelage<br />
& sons 1930)<br />
Ice Fairy (Witt 1966)<br />
Image Maker (Williamson 1983)<br />
Imperial Blush (Sass, H.P. 1932)<br />
Indian Chief (Ayres 1929)<br />
Indian Hills (Grant 1935)<br />
Indigo Rim (Gibson 1974)<br />
Inferno (Schreiners 1975)<br />
Inner Circle (Ghio 1977)<br />
Inscription (Boushay 1978)<br />
Instant Charm (Brown, O. 1974)<br />
Instant Love (Hamblen 1977)<br />
Intensity (Ferguson 1968)<br />
Interpol (Plough 1972)<br />
<strong>Iris</strong>h Doll (Brown, A. 1963)<br />
Ishmael (Boushay 1977)<br />
Island Fiesta (Plough 1979)<br />
Ivory Plumes (Plough 1980)<br />
Ivy League (Nearpass 1969)<br />
Jacaranda (Gaulter 1980)<br />
Japanesque (Farr 1922)<br />
Java Charm (Plough 1975)<br />
Jean Cayeux (Cayeux 1931)<br />
Jean Sibelius (Benson 1959)<br />
Jeanne Price (Jones, B. 1977)<br />
Jesse's Song (Williamson, B.<br />
1979)<br />
Jet Fire (Tompkins 1964)<br />
Jewel (Whiting 1952)<br />
Jewel Tone (Schreiners 1966)<br />
Jeweled Starlight (Burch 1980)<br />
Joyance (Dykes, K. 1929)<br />
Joyce Terry (Muhlestein 1974)<br />
July Sunshine (Brown 1965)<br />
Junaluska (Kirkland 1934)<br />
June Prom (Brown, A. 1967)<br />
June Sunset (Niswonger 1980)<br />
Jungle Shadows (Sass by Graham<br />
1959)<br />
Kalahari (Plough 1972)<br />
Kaleidoscope (Katkamier 1929)<br />
Kayo (Niswonger 1980)<br />
Kentucky Bluegrass (Jones, B.<br />
1970)<br />
Kentucky Derby (Mohr, D. 1976)<br />
Kermesina (collected 1901)<br />
Key Lime (Zurbrigg 1977)<br />
Kharput (Barr 1895)<br />
Kilt Lilt (Gibson 1970)<br />
Kimberly (Schreiners 1960)<br />
King's Jester (Stevens 1945)<br />
Klamath (Kleinsorge 1929)<br />
Knick-Knack (Greenlee 1961)<br />
Knotty Pine (Goett, 1961)<br />
Koala (Mohr 1975)<br />
Kona Coast (Plough 1973)<br />
Kontiki (Plough 1966)<br />
L.Merton Gage (Lapham 1942)<br />
La Bohemienne (Millet et Fils<br />
1926)<br />
Laced Cotton (Schreiners 1978)
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Laced Lemonade (Warburton<br />
1970)<br />
Lacy Snowflake (Schreiners 1976)<br />
Lady Boscawen (Graves 1942)<br />
Lady Friend (Ghio 1980)<br />
Lady In Red (Willott 1973)<br />
Lady Marie (Muhlstein 1975)<br />
Lady Serena (Soults 1972)<br />
Ladyslippers (Suiter 1958)<br />
Land Of Oz (Brown, O. 1979)<br />
Last Dance (McWhirter 1979)<br />
Late Returns (Wright 1967)<br />
Late, Late Display (Nelson, J.<br />
1974)<br />
Latin Lover (Shoop 1969)<br />
Laurel Park (Gaulter 1978)<br />
Laurie (Gaulter 1976)<br />
Lavender Blue Lace (Schortman<br />
1978)<br />
Lavender Petticoat (Osbourne<br />
1975)<br />
Lavender Sparkle (Schreiners<br />
1965)<br />
Leda's Lover (Hager 1980)<br />
Lemon Brocade (Rudolph 1974)<br />
Lemon Duet (Smith, R.G. 1978)<br />
Lemon Lark (Seedon by Hanson<br />
1980)<br />
Lemon Mist (Rudolph 1972)<br />
Lemon Parfait (Soults 1972)<br />
Lent A. Williamson (Williamson<br />
1918)<br />
Licorice Stick (Schreiners 1961)<br />
Liebestraum (Spahn 1978)<br />
Light Fantastic (Brown, O. 1968)<br />
Lighted Within (Blodgett 1980)<br />
Lightning Ridge (Brown, O.<br />
1966)<br />
Lilac Mist (Luihn 1969)<br />
Lilac Thrill (Niswonger 1979)<br />
Lilac Treat (Niswonger 1970)<br />
Limelight (Hall 1952)<br />
Limerick (Keppel 1973)<br />
Little Champ (Brown, A. 1961)<br />
Little Chestnut (Brizendine 1971)<br />
Little Dandy (Riley 1976)<br />
Little Mark (Quadros 1966)<br />
Little Sunbeam (Brown, A. 1968)<br />
Little Susie (Quadros 1970)<br />
London Fog (Plough 1976)<br />
Loop The Loop (Schreiners 1975)<br />
Lord Baltimore (Nearpass 1969)<br />
Loreley (G&K 1909)<br />
Lothario (Schreiners 1942)<br />
Louvois (Cayeux 1936)<br />
Love Child (Knocke 1979)<br />
Love Note (Brown, A. 1972)<br />
Love With Lace (Plough 1971)<br />
Lustre (Dykes 1925)<br />
Lynn With Love (Boushay 1973)<br />
Madame Louis Aureau (Cayeux<br />
1934)<br />
Madison Cooper (Fryer 1919)<br />
Maestro Puccini (Benson 1972)<br />
Magenta Rose (Gibson 1977)<br />
Magic Man (Blyth 1979/80)<br />
Magic Memories (Clark by Nichols<br />
1973)<br />
Magnifique (Ghio 1978)<br />
Malaysia (Ghio 1974)<br />
Mandolin (Ghio 1977)<br />
Maraschino (Keppel 1979)<br />
Margarita (Schreiners 1968)<br />
Mark (Love 1973/74)<br />
Marquita (Cayeux 1931)<br />
Mary Frances (Gaulter 1971)<br />
Mary Geddes (Stahlman/Washington<br />
1931)<br />
Mary Randall (Fay 1951)<br />
Master Charles (Williamson 1943)<br />
Master Touch (Schreiners 1980)<br />
Matinata (Schreiners 1968)<br />
Matterhorn (Sass, J. 1938)<br />
Maumelle (Butler 1976)<br />
Melanie (Hill 1941)<br />
Melted Chocolate (Daling 1977)<br />
Mercedes (Reuthe 1938)<br />
Meredith Hues (Powell 1969)<br />
Metallic Blue (Niswonger 1980)<br />
Mexicali Rose (Spahn 1979)<br />
Mexicana (Salter 1859)<br />
Michael Paul (Jones, W. 1979)<br />
Michigan Pride (Berndt 1975)<br />
Mildred Presby (Farr 1923)<br />
Mini Dynamo (Brown, A. 1978)<br />
Mischief (Reinhardt 1955)<br />
Miss California (Salbach 1936)<br />
Miss Indiana (Cook 1961)<br />
Mission Ridge (Plough 1973)<br />
Missouri (Grinter 1933)<br />
Misty Watercolors (Niswonger<br />
1976)<br />
Mme. Chereau (Lemon 1844)<br />
Mme. De Sevigne (Denis 1916)<br />
Mohr Pretender (Rich 1977)<br />
Monsignor (Vilmorin 1907)<br />
Moon Madness (Smith, E. 1970)<br />
Moonlight (Dykes, W. R. 1923)<br />
Moonlit Sea (Sass, J. 1942)<br />
Moonstruck (Schreiners 1979)<br />
Morocco Rose (Loomis 1937)<br />
Mount Spokane (Smith, E. 1971)<br />
Mrs. Nate Rudolph (Rudolph<br />
1975)<br />
Mulberry Rose (Schreiners 1941)<br />
Mussolini (Dykes, K. 1932)<br />
Mystic Eye (Denny 1978)<br />
Mystique (Ghio 1975)<br />
Nassak (Sass, H.P. 1933)<br />
Navajo Blanket (Schreiners 1978)<br />
Navy Doll (Brown, A. 1968)<br />
Navy Strut (Schreiners 1972)<br />
Neglecta (collected, Horne 1813)<br />
Neon Magic (Brown, O. 1974)<br />
Neptune's Pool (Moldovan 1972)<br />
New Covenant (Boushay 1974)<br />
New Era (Sass Bros. 1949)<br />
New Moon (Sexton 1968)<br />
New Rochelle (Hamblen 1974)<br />
New Snow (Fay 1945)<br />
Nifty (Palmer 1975)<br />
Night Blizzard (Payne 1964)<br />
Night Deposit (Steinhauer 1974)<br />
Night Owl (Schreiners 1970)<br />
Night Time (Cook, P. by Cook, E.<br />
1969)<br />
Now And Later (Zurbrigg 1972)<br />
Odyssey (Babson 1971)<br />
Oklahoma Bandit (Nichols, H.<br />
1979)<br />
Ola Kala (Sass, J. 1942)<br />
Old Gold (Sass, H.P. 1929)<br />
Old Master (Ghio 1980)<br />
On Line (Schreiners 1980)<br />
On The Go (Plough 1974)<br />
One Desire (Shoop 1960)<br />
Opening Night (Gibson 1970)<br />
Orange Caper (Warburton 1964)<br />
Orange Empire (Hamner 1974)<br />
Orchid Cloud (Applegate 1974)<br />
Orchid Mist (Sass 1950)<br />
Orelio (DeForest 1947)<br />
Othello (Lemon 1848)<br />
Ovation (Tompkins 1969)<br />
P. T. Barnham (Meek 1979)<br />
Pacific Mist (Schreiners 1979)<br />
Pacific Panorama (Sexton 1960)<br />
Painted Desert (Milliken 1942)<br />
Paradise (Gatty 1980)<br />
Paradise Pink (Lapham 1949)<br />
Parthenon (Connell 1934)<br />
Patches (Gaulter 1979)<br />
Patina (Keppel 1978)<br />
Peach Bavarian (Willott 1978)<br />
Peach Frost (Schreiners 1972)<br />
Peach Sundae (Hamner 1978)<br />
Pearl Chiffon (Varner 1972)<br />
Peek A Boo (Brown, O. 1968)<br />
Penny A Pinch (Steinhauer 1977)<br />
Pepper Blend (Moores 1977)<br />
Perfume Counter (Zurbrigg 1972)<br />
Perique (Beattie 1960)<br />
Persian Berry (Gaulter 1976)<br />
Petite Posy (Schreiners 1975)<br />
Pharaoh's Gold (Brown, O. 1980)<br />
Picadilly (Bunyard 1939)<br />
Pinafore Pink (Persian Berry<br />
1977)<br />
Pink Bubbles (Hager 1980)<br />
Pink Cameo (Fay 1946)<br />
Pink Challenge (Brown, O. 1975)<br />
Pink Champagne (Lauer 2001)<br />
Pink Cheer (Plough 1969)<br />
Pink Confetti (Gibson 1976)<br />
Pink Formal (Muhlstein 1949)<br />
Pink Fringe (Rudolph 1967)<br />
Pink Horizon (Schreiners 1968)<br />
Pink Kitten (Wood 1977)<br />
Pink Magnolia (Brown, O. 1970)<br />
Pink Marble (Austin 1955)<br />
Pink Opal (Sass, J. 1934)<br />
Pink Pussycat (Tompkins 1969)<br />
Pink Sleigh (Rudolph 1970)<br />
Pink Swirl (Wedow 1974)<br />
Pink Taffeta (Rudolph 1968)<br />
Pink Tiger (El Dorado Gardens<br />
1965)<br />
Pink Unicorn (Austin 1960)<br />
Pinwheel (Schreiners 1962)<br />
Piute Pass (Daling 1975)<br />
Pixie (Sass, H.P. 1928)<br />
Playgirl (Gatty 1977)<br />
Pleasure Faire (Gatty 1974)<br />
Pleated Gown (Roderick 1981)<br />
Plicutie (Brown, A. 1967)<br />
Popcorn (Hager 1977)<br />
Porta Villa (Gibson 1973)<br />
Portrait Of Larrie (Gaulter 1979)<br />
Post Time (Schreiners 1971)<br />
Potpourri (Hamblen 1976)<br />
Powder Peach (Kegerise 1974)<br />
Prairie Sunset (Sass, H.P. 1936)<br />
Praise The Lord (Boushay 1972)<br />
President Pilkington (Cayeux<br />
1931)<br />
Pretender (Cook 1951)<br />
Pretty Pansy (Sass Bros. 1946)<br />
Priceless Pearl (Schreiners 1972)<br />
Pride Of Ireland (Noyd 1970)<br />
Prospector (Kleinsorge 1950)<br />
Prosper Laugier (Verdier 1914)<br />
Puppy Love (Hager 1980)<br />
Purissima (Mohr-Mitchell 1927)<br />
Purple Haven (Reynolds 1957)<br />
Pussycat (Schmelzer 1967)<br />
Quaker Lady (Farr 1909)<br />
Queen In Calico (Gibson 1980)<br />
Queen Of May (Salter bef. 1859)<br />
Quiet Isle (Plough 1972)<br />
Quiet Kingdom (Boushay 1977)<br />
Quietude (Keppel 1972)<br />
Quilting Party (Kavan by Ennenga<br />
1977)<br />
Quivering Flame (Zurbrigg 1960)<br />
Radiant Apogee (Gibson 1966)<br />
Radiant Smile (Danielson 1968)<br />
Rain Dance (Jones, B. 1979)<br />
Rain Shadow (Plough 1971)<br />
Rainbow Bridge (Moldovan 1970)<br />
Rainbow Room (Sass, J. 1946)<br />
Rainy Pass (Plough 1978)<br />
Rameses (Sass, H.P. 1928)<br />
Ramona S (Smith, E. 1971)<br />
Rare Edition (Gatty 1980)<br />
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Raspberry Blush (Hamblen 1975)<br />
Raziza (Plough 1975)<br />
Rebellion (Kleinsorge 1937)<br />
Red Cloud (Farr 1913)<br />
Red Heart (Brown, A. 1966)<br />
Red Polish (Craig 1967)<br />
Red Ruler (Craig 1969)<br />
Regents' Row (Denney 1979)<br />
Returning Glory (Smith, R.G.<br />
1972)<br />
Reva (Plough 1974)<br />
Rhages (Mead-Reidel 1934)<br />
Rhea (Williamson 1928)<br />
Rheinfels (G&K 1928)<br />
Rheingauperle (G&K 1924)<br />
Rhythm (Ballard 1950)<br />
Right On (Nelson, J. 1974)<br />
Ringo (Shoop 1979)<br />
Rippling Waters (Fay 1961)<br />
Ritz (Schreiners 1968)<br />
Rival (Shoop 1976)<br />
River Hawk (Plough 1979)<br />
Rocket Thruster (Plough 1978)<br />
Ron (Hamblen 1981)<br />
Rondo (Schreiners 1973)<br />
Rose Unique (Farr 1910)<br />
Rosy Veil (Sass, H. E. 1953)<br />
Rosy Wings (Gage 1935)<br />
Roustabout (Brown, A. 1976)<br />
Royal Ballet (Mohr, K. 1978)<br />
Royal Cape (Mayberry 1973)<br />
Royal Contrast (Brown, A. 1962)<br />
Royal Touch (Schreiners 1967)<br />
Ruffled Ballet (Roderick 1973)<br />
Russet Wings (Wills 1945)<br />
Sable (Cook 1938)<br />
Sable Night (Cook 1952)<br />
Sacramento (Mohr-Mitchell 1929)<br />
Saddle Shoes (Plough 1971)<br />
Saint Teresa (Nichols 1977)<br />
San Francisco (Mohr-Mitchell<br />
1927)<br />
Sans Souci (Van Houtte 1854)<br />
Santa Cruz (Mitchell 1945)<br />
Santana (Keppel 1978)<br />
Sapphire Gem (Schmelzer 1975)<br />
Sapphire Hills (Schreiners 1971)<br />
Saramohr (Loomis by Gates 1961)<br />
Saturday Night Fever (Nichols<br />
1979)<br />
Saucy Sue (Gibson 1968)<br />
Sayonara (Spahn 1980)<br />
Scandal (Beattie 1962)<br />
Séance (Ghio 1969)<br />
Seaside (Brown, O. 1967)<br />
Sentry (Noyd 1970)<br />
Seventh Heaven (Lapham 1955)<br />
Shaft Of Gold (Sexton 197)<br />
Shaman (DuBose 1980)<br />
Shasta (Mohr-Mitchell 1927)<br />
Shawano (Williamson, M. 1939)<br />
Sheriffa (White, C.G. 1941)<br />
Shipshape (Babson 1969)<br />
Show Biz (Gatty 1980)<br />
Showcase (Schreiners 1975)<br />
Sierra Blue (Essig 1932)<br />
Silent Majesty (Hamblen 1977)<br />
Silkie (Hager 1969)<br />
Silver Heather (Niswonger 1978)<br />
Silver Peak (DeForest 1962)<br />
Silver Skies (Corlew 1966)<br />
Silver Years (Hager 1980)<br />
Sindjkha (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
Sing Again (Plough 1966)<br />
Singing Rain (Daling 1973)<br />
Skip Stitch (Rawdon 1977)<br />
Sky Gem (Leavitt 1973)<br />
Sky Hooks (Osborne 1980)<br />
Skyfire (Schreiners 1980)<br />
Skylab (Sexton 1974)<br />
Skywatch (Benson 1964)<br />
Sleepytime Gal (Spahn 1978)<br />
Smoke Rings (Gibson 1971)<br />
Smoky Mountain (Smith, E. 1964)<br />
Sneak Preview (Nelson, J. 1980)<br />
Snow Cloud (Schreiners 1970)<br />
Snow Flurry (Rees 1939)<br />
Snow Goddess (Becherer 1955)<br />
Snowy Wonderland (Brown, O.<br />
1979)<br />
So Rare (Shoop 1980)<br />
Social Butterfly (Denney 1980)<br />
Soft Air (Warburton 1973)<br />
Solid Gold (Kleinsorge 1951)<br />
Solid Mahogany (Sass, J. 1944)<br />
Son Of Star (Plough 1969)<br />
Song Of Erin (Roach 1971)<br />
Song Of Norway (Luihn 1979)<br />
Songster (Corlew 1975)<br />
Sophisticated Lady (Spahn 1979)<br />
Sostenique (Blyth 1975/76)<br />
Soul Music (Meek 1978)<br />
Sound Of Music (Brown, O. 1966)<br />
Southland Grape (Burch 1978)<br />
Space Dream (Smith, E. 1970)<br />
Spanish Peaks (Loomis 1946)<br />
Sparkling Sunrise (Schreiners<br />
1970)<br />
Spartan (Schreiners 1972)<br />
Spinning Wheel (Nearpass 1976)<br />
Spirit Of Memphis (Zurbrigg<br />
1977)<br />
Spring Bride (Brown, O. 1976)<br />
Spring Butterfly (Hobbs by<br />
Hanson 1978)<br />
Spun Gold (Glutzbeck 1939)<br />
Square Dance (Mohr, K. 1979)<br />
Stage Door (Corlew 1979)<br />
Stained Glass (Wilhelm 1939)<br />
Star At Midnight (Rich 1964)<br />
Starring Role (Palmer 1973)<br />
Staten Island (Smith, K. 1947)<br />
Steppin Hi (Neubert 1972)<br />
Stepping Out (Schreiners 1964)<br />
Storm Center (Schreiners 1979)<br />
Storm Warning (Schreiners 1953)<br />
Storybook (Corlew 1980)<br />
Strange Child (Brown, A. 1974)<br />
Study In Black (Plough 1967)<br />
Sultans Palace (Schreiners 1977)<br />
Summer Olympics (Smith, R.G.<br />
1976)<br />
Summer Storm (Marx 1955)<br />
Summer Sunshine (Gibson 1972)<br />
Sun Fire (Hamblen 1977)<br />
Sun Worshiper (Hager 1972)<br />
Sunday Brunch (S. Stevens 1981)<br />
Sunday Chimes (Hamblen 1978)<br />
Sunday Punch (Crandall 1977)<br />
Sunlit Charm (Rosenfels 1964)<br />
Sunol (Mohr-Mitchell 1933)<br />
Sunrise (Cook, F. 1939)<br />
Sunset Blaze (Kleinsorge 1948)<br />
Sunset Sky (Roe 1969)<br />
Sunset Sonata (Hamblen 1980)<br />
Super Frill (Austin 1964)<br />
Super Indiglow (Shortman 1974)<br />
Superstition (Schreiners 1977)<br />
Susan Bliss (Bliss 1922)<br />
Suzette (Knowlton 1943)<br />
Swahili (Plough 1965)<br />
Swan Ballet (Muhlestein 1955)<br />
Swazi Princess (Schreiners 1978)<br />
Sweetwater (Woodside 1974)<br />
Swerti (collected 1612)<br />
Swift River (Niswonger 1974)<br />
Symphonette (Noyd 1969)<br />
Tahiti Sunrise (Ernst 1963)<br />
Tangerine Sky (Schreiners 1976)<br />
Tarn Hows (Randall 1955)<br />
Taste The Wine (Plough 1979)<br />
Tea Apron (El Dorado Gard. 1961)<br />
Temple Gold (Luihn 1978)<br />
Tenino (Plough 1978)<br />
Tequila Sunrise (McWhirter 1978)<br />
Thai Silk (Smith, C & K 1970)<br />
The Black Douglas (Sass, J. 1934)<br />
The Mad Hatter (Lyon 1951)<br />
The Red Douglas (Sass, J. 1937)<br />
Thick And Creamy (Weiler 1978)<br />
Think Pink (Hamner 1972)<br />
This I Love (Chowning 1976)<br />
Tiburon (Gaulter 1971)<br />
Tickled Pink (Tomkins 1958)<br />
Timmie Too (Wolff 1962)<br />
Tinkerbell (Douglas 1954)<br />
Tinted Porcelain (Brown, G. P.<br />
1952)<br />
Toast An' Honey (Kleinsorge<br />
1953)<br />
Toll Gate (Cook 1959)<br />
Torch Parade (Bledsoe 1979)<br />
Touch Of Coral (Daling 1975)<br />
Touch Of Sky (Schreiners 1980)<br />
Touch Of Spice (Plough 1973)<br />
Treasure Island (Kleinsorge 1937)<br />
Tres Elegante (Michel 1979)<br />
Tropical Butterfly (Carstensen<br />
1963)<br />
Trudy (Tompkins 1964)<br />
True Delight (Sturtevant 1924)<br />
Truly Yours (Fay 1949)<br />
Trump Card (Palmer 1977)<br />
Tulip Tree (Morgan 1972)<br />
Turkish Topaz (Austin 1962)<br />
Tut's Gold (Schreiners 1979)<br />
Ultra Shadow (Craig 1966)<br />
Unicorn (Austin 1954)<br />
Valvouche (Hamblen 1977)<br />
Vanity (Hager 1974)<br />
Vaudeville (Keppel 1969)<br />
Victor Herbert (Benson 1977)<br />
Victoria Falls (Schreiners 1977)<br />
Victorine (Lemon 1840)<br />
Villa Shimmer (Gibson 1969)<br />
Violet Harmony (Lowry 1952)<br />
Virginia Moore (Shull 1920)<br />
Vitafire (Schreiners 1968)<br />
Voodoo (Kleinsorge 1948)<br />
W. R. Dykes (Dykes-Orpington<br />
1926)<br />
Wabash (Williamson, M. 1936)<br />
Warbler (Williamson 1935)<br />
Warm Embrace (Dyer 1980)<br />
Well Endowed (Ghio 1979)<br />
West Coast (Knopf 1968)<br />
Western Spring (Luihn 1978)<br />
White City (Murrell 1939)<br />
White Goddess (Nesmith 1936)<br />
White Lightning (Gatty 1974)<br />
White Smoke (Rees 1949)<br />
White Unicorn (Austin 1962)<br />
Whole Cloth (Cook 1958)<br />
Whoop Em' Up (Brady 1974)<br />
Wild Apache (Gibson 1965)<br />
Wild Berry (Hamner 1978)<br />
William A. Setchell (Brehm 1938)<br />
William Mohr (Mohr 1925)<br />
Wine And Roses (Hall 1963)<br />
Winter Olympics (Brown, O.<br />
1963)<br />
Woodland Rose (Brown, O. 1970)<br />
Words Of Love (Williamson, B.<br />
1971)<br />
Wyomissing (Farr 1909)<br />
Youth Dew (Zurbrigg 1980)<br />
Yo-Yo (Schreiners 1978)<br />
Yves Lassailly (Cayeux 1928)<br />
Zantha (Fay 1947)<br />
Zipper (Sindt 1979)<br />
Zowie (Boushay 1980)<br />
Zwanenburg (Denis 1912)<br />
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Alcazar<br />
Alta California<br />
Aphrodite<br />
Black Hope<br />
Blue Rhythm<br />
Bryce Canyon<br />
Burnt Toffee<br />
Camelot Rose<br />
Caprice<br />
China Maid<br />
Circus Stripes<br />
Crimson King<br />
Crinkled Lilac<br />
Dauntless<br />
Dawn<br />
Dogrose<br />
Dominion<br />
Easter Bonnet<br />
Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
Eros<br />
Faustine<br />
Flounced Premiere<br />
Flutter-by<br />
Frank Adams<br />
Frosted Starlight<br />
Full House<br />
Gay Geisha<br />
Gingerbread Castle<br />
Golden Majesty<br />
Goldfish<br />
Grand Canyon<br />
Great Lakes<br />
Gypsy Baron<br />
Gypsy<br />
Harvest Splendor<br />
Helen Collingwood<br />
Henna Stitches<br />
Holy Smoke<br />
Horned Dragonfly<br />
Horned Skylark<br />
Horned Sunshine<br />
I. kochii<br />
Indian Chief<br />
Indian Hills<br />
Jean Cayeux<br />
King's Jester<br />
Klamath<br />
Lent A. Williamson<br />
Loreley<br />
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Madison Cooper<br />
Marquita<br />
Master Charles<br />
Mildred Presby Miss California<br />
Missouri<br />
Monsignor<br />
Mulberry Rose<br />
Mussolini<br />
Neglecta<br />
Orelio<br />
Pink Unicorn<br />
Prairie Sunset<br />
Pretty Pansy<br />
Quaker Lady<br />
Queen of May<br />
Rameses<br />
Rebellion<br />
Red Cloud<br />
Rheingauperle<br />
Rhythm<br />
Rose Unique<br />
Rosy Veil<br />
Rosy Wings<br />
Sable<br />
Sacramento<br />
San Francisco<br />
Sheriffa<br />
Sierra Blue<br />
Sindjkha<br />
Snow Flurry<br />
Staten Island<br />
Super Frill<br />
Susan Bliss<br />
Swerti<br />
The Black Douglas<br />
The Red Douglas<br />
Tinted Porcelain<br />
Toll Gate<br />
Tropical Butterfly<br />
True Delight<br />
Victorine<br />
W.R. Dykes<br />
Wabash<br />
White Unicorn<br />
Whoop 'Em Up<br />
William A. Setchell<br />
Wyomissing<br />
Yves Lassailly<br />
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The Pickle Barrel House <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> Garden<br />
How to develop a display/conservation-of-unknowns iris garden<br />
by Nancy McDonald<br />
photos by Nancy McDonald unless otherwise noted<br />
Old bearded irises gone wild in Cathy’s field<br />
Unidentified iris – study name Austin Healey, named<br />
after the owner’s dog, who was named after the car<br />
Our town sits at the end of a 25-mile<br />
driveway, in the middle of blessed nowhere on<br />
the shore of Lake Superior. Built for the lumber<br />
industry in the 1880s, it was a boomtown for a<br />
couple of decades. When timber played out in the<br />
early 1900s, pretty well everyone upped and left.<br />
The last train went south, and railroad workers<br />
pulled up the tracks behind them.<br />
When the white settlers had come – and<br />
especially, I imagine, the women – they brought<br />
their favorite flowers with them. I suppose that<br />
when they left, they took some away. But you<br />
don’t dig a whole clump of irises when you’re<br />
packing your trunk, you just tuck in a toe or two,<br />
so they left a lot of irises behind. We find them<br />
now in fields, at old home sites, in the woods, in<br />
forgotten corners, and in gardens.<br />
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Trudy, my mother-in-law, always wanted<br />
to plant a garden full of these beautiful old<br />
bearded irises. She thought it would be fun to<br />
collect them and their stories; she always did like<br />
a good story. We never got around to it, and now<br />
she is gone. But last summer, when the chance<br />
came to plant such a garden, I did.<br />
The Pickle Barrel House, in Grand Marais,<br />
Michigan, is a fascinating little building that’s<br />
on the National Register of <strong>Historic</strong> Places. (You<br />
can find out more about its history at http://<br />
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickle_Barrel_House.)<br />
Now owned and operated as a museum by the<br />
Grand Marais <strong>Historic</strong>al <strong>Society</strong> (http://historicalsociety.grandmaraismichigan.com),<br />
the Pickle<br />
Barrel House sits on a 1/8-acre corner lot, surrounded<br />
by a wooden rail fence, right downtown.<br />
A small garden of Michigan native plants<br />
grows behind the building.<br />
This summer I volunteered to work on the<br />
little garden there with my friend Cathy, who is<br />
a member of the <strong>Historic</strong>al <strong>Society</strong>. One day, as<br />
we weeded, I told her of Trudy’s dream, and how<br />
the Old House Gardens catalog (www.oldhousegardens.com),<br />
which has just begun carrying old<br />
irises, had reminded me of the project. Cathy<br />
said, “Why not plant them here?” Why not, indeed?<br />
We quickly obtained permission from
The Pickle Barrel House (photo: Cathy Egerer)<br />
the members of the <strong>Historic</strong>al <strong>Society</strong>, and plans<br />
began.<br />
When the bearded irises bloomed around<br />
town, I put a small article in the Grand Marais<br />
Gazette requesting pups of any older irises people<br />
might have – and did people ever respond!<br />
Over the next few weeks, I photographed dozens<br />
of irises and took measurements and notes,<br />
securing promises for plants later on. I asked the<br />
international <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
(HIPS) for help in identifying the old treasures<br />
we found. From them I learned how to photograph<br />
the flowers for identification, and what<br />
plant parts to measure. The history of the irises,<br />
their provenance, is vital information, too, and<br />
this I carefully recorded for every iris photographed.<br />
Delay followed delay in the construction<br />
of the garden, but in the end<br />
we got the space prepared. The new<br />
garden sits on the former site of the<br />
warehouse for Hill’s Store, torn down<br />
in 1975. The soil is essentially glorified<br />
beach sand, plentifully larded with<br />
broken glass, old nails, and odd bits<br />
and pieces of junk. A friend came with<br />
his excavator and removed the sod,<br />
such as it was. Another kind person<br />
donated a dump truck load of topsoil.<br />
My neighbor owns a former sawmill,<br />
with a mountain of 30-year-old, partially<br />
decomposed sawdust out back.<br />
We shoveled one trailer load after<br />
another of this brown gold onto the<br />
garden. Two wonderful men with tillers<br />
ground it all in for us.<br />
above: The garden under construction<br />
below: The garden ready to plant<br />
left: The<br />
garden<br />
site,<br />
with<br />
Grand<br />
Marais<br />
Harbor<br />
in the<br />
background<br />
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Meanwhile, the friendly folks at HIPS had<br />
a proposal for us. Would we like to become an<br />
official HIPS Display Garden? All we’d need is a<br />
minimum of 15 positively identified, labeled, historic<br />
irises, in addition to however many as-yet<br />
unidentified irises we cared to grow. (Unidentified<br />
irises have no ID; therefore they are called<br />
“noids.”)[or "unknowns" -- Editor]. The garden<br />
must also be open to the public; this one certainly<br />
is, all the time, and it’s free. Incredibly generous<br />
donations from HIPS members allowed us to<br />
far exceed the 15-named-variety minimum. We<br />
bought a few others from the Tennessee nursery<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> City Gardens (www.iriscitygardens.com/<br />
frame2.html). We’re well on our way to officialdom.<br />
above: The grid system<br />
above: <strong>Iris</strong>es for Pickle Barrel garden<br />
In a display garden, people should be able<br />
to get an intimate view of the flowers. Therefore<br />
the large corner bed is divided by two L-<br />
shaped paths, each wide enough for a walker or<br />
a stroller. The planting beds are only 3 feet wide,<br />
so no iris is too far off the path to see and smell.<br />
Because of these narrow beds, the space allotted<br />
each variety is only 15″x15″, so we’ll have to stay<br />
right on top of dividing the irises as they grow.<br />
Pups, carefully labeled, will be sold at fund-raising<br />
events for the <strong>Historic</strong>al <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
Mapping and labeling are vital in a<br />
display garden. With string and tent pegs we<br />
marked out a grid, so each plant could be accurately<br />
placed and mapped. At planting time,<br />
we buried a label northwest of every iris. Large<br />
display labels set out in the spring will be taken<br />
in for the winter. For noids, we’ll show the study<br />
name (that is, the name we’re using until we can<br />
identify the iris; e.g., Linnamaki Purple) and<br />
where the plant was found. For identified irises,<br />
we’ll give the cultivar name, the breeder, and the<br />
date of introduction.<br />
We’re keeping careful computer records of<br />
every plant, with its history, measurements, and<br />
digital photos. A print-out of this ever-expanding<br />
Reference Book will be available for use by Pickle<br />
Barrel House visitors. We plan a tri-fold brochure<br />
about the garden that visitors may have for free,<br />
and a larger, more detailed brochure costing a<br />
nominal buck or two.<br />
Many people around town are finding<br />
that “that old thing” is actually an exciting bit of<br />
living history, and perhaps of some value after<br />
all. Here we have Argie’s iris, that she found<br />
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elow: Linnamaki Purple – study name of an iris from<br />
the old Linnamaki farm<br />
above: Planted at last!<br />
more than 50 years ago down by the railroad<br />
tracks. below: Argie's iris<br />
We have the Baker Grade iris, found at the site<br />
of the switchman’s cabin, at the foot of the Baker<br />
Grade on the old railroad line (below) [looks like<br />
possibly 'Monsignor' (Vilmorin 1907)? -- Editor]<br />
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We have Judy’s grandpa John Krempa’s little<br />
gold iris (below)<br />
We have Sal’s irises, and Dick & John’s, and<br />
Eva Mae’s.<br />
below: Dick & John’s soft gold iris<br />
We have pale yellow irises, probably ‘Flavescens’<br />
(De Candolle 1813, from the old Webb farm.<br />
Is that little variegata-type from the old Linnamaki<br />
place ‘Sans Souci’ (Van Houtte 1854)<br />
or ‘Honorabile’ (Lemon 1840) or something else<br />
again? How about the one from Abrahamson’s<br />
old house? Are all the tall, small-flowered, superfragrant<br />
lavender irises the same variety of <strong>Iris</strong><br />
pallida, or are they each a little different?<br />
The first round of irises has been planted; a few<br />
await transplanting after next summer’s bloom.<br />
We planned space for about 130 irises, so there’s<br />
room for more as we find them.<br />
Other plants in the garden include a<br />
young Preston hybrid lilac ‘Minuet’, Rosa glauca,<br />
peonies ‘Mikado’ and ‘Chestine Goudy’, and<br />
my favorite historic Siberian iris, ‘Summer Sky’<br />
(Mrs. Frances Cleveland 1935). A generous donor<br />
bought us many spring bulbs from Old House<br />
Gardens, and Scott Kunst, owner of that wonderful<br />
bulb company, very kindly donated some<br />
extras for us.<br />
Spring bulbs will give us early bloom,<br />
beginning with snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis),<br />
tiny <strong>Iris</strong> reticulata ‘Cantab’, and white Anemone<br />
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elow: Siberian iris ‘Summer Sky’ (Cleveland 1935)<br />
blanda, followed by a troupe of glorious daffodils.<br />
Then the bearded irises will bloom, with<br />
the peonies and lilac. And will the garden then<br />
be a restful green for the rest of the year? No,<br />
that won’t do at all. Even now we pore over seed<br />
catalogs, seeking annuals popular in the Pickle<br />
Barrel Era, the 1920s and 1930s. We’ve discovered<br />
a curious thing: although there are many lists of<br />
antique annual species, it’s remarkably difficult<br />
to find introduction dates for cultivars of those<br />
species. Our best resources so far have been seed<br />
catalogs from those decades, and great fun we’ve<br />
had collecting them. The next challenge will be to<br />
find modern sources. Many catalogs claiming to<br />
carry seeds of heirloom plants offer mostly modern<br />
cultivars of old favorites. Finding the older<br />
cultivars is a pleasant winter game, a fine pursuit<br />
for snowy days.<br />
[This piece originally appeared at<br />
www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=10949; thanks<br />
to Joe Spears (former HIPS president) for suggesting<br />
we print it in Roots. I look forward to<br />
seeing more bloom photos from Nancy later!]<br />
A note on starting your own<br />
display/conservation iris garden<br />
Nancy's article describes very excellent<br />
rigorous methods of starting a conservation iris<br />
garden. But please don't think you must gather<br />
the same level of resources in order to conserve<br />
unknown iris! After my Da died in 1992 and I<br />
couldn't save the 1848 house, I dug up some of<br />
my late Ma's iris. The only place I had to put<br />
them was in 12" and 14" plastic pots on the second<br />
floor walkway outside my little apartment,<br />
so that's where they went. Since I didn't know<br />
anything, no one told me "bearded iris don't grow<br />
well in pots", and apparently the iris hadn't heard<br />
this either, as they did very well (you must use a<br />
planting mix like Supersoil, not regular garden<br />
dirt, which is far too heavy for use in pots unless<br />
you amend it with a lot of stuff)(and I had to use<br />
Supersoil because I had no garden dirt).<br />
Mapping and labeling ARE things that anyone<br />
can do, no matter how tiny their iris empire<br />
is. I numbered the plastic pots with Sharpie pens,<br />
and buried a copper garden tag with that pot<br />
number in each pot. I kept lists of who was in<br />
each pot, in a notebook. When I started to collect<br />
unknown iris from other people, I recorded<br />
everything they could tell me about them, which<br />
was often nothing! but I'd record where I got them<br />
from, and info such as "from backyard of a house<br />
where a little old lady lived, in X town".<br />
So far, my favorite adventure of finding<br />
unknowns is finding 'Sindjkha' (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
in the compost pile of a friend's backyard. She'd<br />
bought the house from an older couple, who'd<br />
bought from an elderly woman. She'd dug up the<br />
existing old iris and put them in the big city compost<br />
bin, planting all 'Indian Chief' (Ayres 1929),<br />
who I'd given her and who had gloriously multiplied,<br />
there; she told me this after the fact. Oy<br />
vey, I cried! wait, there were some neat looking<br />
oldies in the photos we took. Nope, too late, gone,<br />
she said. Well, I couldn't stand it, I took the bus<br />
there and upended her compost bin, and dragged<br />
home a bunch of rhizomes who were a bit the<br />
worse for wear after over a week in a closed compost<br />
bin. (No one would sit near me on the bus).<br />
And one was 'Sindjkha'! And I would've loved<br />
her even if we never found out she had a human-<br />
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given name. -- Gesine
Cook-Williamson Memorial <strong>Iris</strong> Garden,<br />
Part II<br />
How I got started researching Bluffton iris<br />
history<br />
by Jerry Oswalt, Bluffton, Indiana<br />
In 1958, I was a boy of 16 years of age and had<br />
a small flower garden behind our house in town. Just<br />
around the corner from our house was a large iris field.<br />
I saw an ad in the paper where the iris garden was going<br />
out of business and that you could dig your own iris for<br />
$1.00 a bag. I walked around the corner to the iris field<br />
and through a small grove of trees at the entrance to<br />
what years later I learned was Longfield <strong>Iris</strong> Farm.<br />
Standing in the shade was a beautiful lady with<br />
blonde hair and beautiful sparkling light blue eyes, and a<br />
warm smile. She handed me a large paper sack and said<br />
‘dig all you want. There are some real expensive ones, but<br />
they all have to go.’ I remember she had such a gentle<br />
and warm personality, I felt as if I were in the presence of<br />
an angel. I took the bag and headed into the field, and,<br />
needless to say, had the bag full in the first two rows.<br />
I’ve always wondered, had I ventured into this vast sea of<br />
color, what I might have found.<br />
Years later, I saw Mary, and informed her I’d<br />
lost most of the iris due to neglect; then twice later, she<br />
called me when she was dividing her iris in her garden,<br />
and both times gave me about 20 sacks of iris. The last<br />
time I was there we walked around her yard talking<br />
about flowers, trees, shrubs, etc. She showed me how<br />
to hybridize an iris. In her conversation, she mentioned<br />
her dad had hybridized an iris so unique, he wanted to<br />
patent it, but never did. She mentioned it was black.<br />
Her dad died in 1933 and she still had this iris in her<br />
garden.<br />
In 1987, I heard Mary’s health was failing and I<br />
went to see her. At 78, she was still a beautiful lady. A<br />
week later, Mary passed away. Mary never married, so<br />
two nieces came and took things pertaining to family<br />
from the home.<br />
Mary and I both volunteered at the local<br />
<strong>Historic</strong>al Museum, and every once in a while we’d<br />
talk iris. Knowing the museum kept history of local<br />
businesses, I wanted to put something into the museum<br />
about the iris field and preserve its history. Still<br />
knowing nothing of the history of the iris field, or<br />
Mary’s father E.B. Williamson, or of Paul and Emma<br />
Cook, I went to Mary’s estate sale hoping to retrieve<br />
anything that would preserve the history of the iris<br />
field. There wasn’t very much as far as personal material,<br />
mostly household, books, and records. I purchased<br />
2 copper watering cans of Mary’s and an iron trivet<br />
made of two letters “M and W “ and a box of gardening<br />
books, one of which was her 1929 iris check list. I<br />
didn’t know what it was at the time. Feeling let down<br />
that I hadn’t found anything related to the iris field, I<br />
made one last bid on two cardboard boxes of table trash<br />
-- papers, junk mail and a few magazines, looking like<br />
stuff that should have been burned. I paid 50¢ each for<br />
these boxes and came home. I let the boxes set for 2 or 3<br />
days, then decided to go through them. Under the junk<br />
mail and magazines at the bottom of the box, I found 4<br />
small pages of the family genealogy Mary had worked on<br />
Below it, I found Mary’s typed history of the Longfield<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> Farm, history of Edward Bruce Williamson, and<br />
history of Paul Cook.<br />
I’m not a religious person by any means, but of<br />
all the people at that sale, I was the only one looking<br />
to preserve the iris field history, and it came home with<br />
me in two boxes of trash paper. I felt Mary had to be<br />
looking down on me that day and guided me to those<br />
two boxes that normally I wouldn’t have bought. I<br />
contacted Mary’s niece and sister about the genealogy .<br />
They had looked for it and couldn’t find it so I sent it to<br />
them and asked if they could send me family pictures or<br />
anything of the iris fields. Soon, I received two boxes<br />
of family history and clippings relating to Bruce and<br />
Mary, and the iris field, plus pictures and a few of the<br />
awards they had won with their iris. Reading this and<br />
Mary’s history, I learned this wasn’t just a flower garden,<br />
it was one of the first large scale iris businesses in the<br />
country; prominent iris people came from all over the<br />
country each year to help evaluate and select seedlings<br />
to be registered. As many as 70,000 iris seedlings were<br />
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planted one year. <strong>Iris</strong> were sent all over the world from<br />
Longfield <strong>Iris</strong> Farm.<br />
Eighteen years after receiving the Williamson<br />
history, I heard a niece of Emma Cook was living here<br />
in Bluffton Indiana. I showed her what I’d collected on<br />
Longfield and the Williamsons. I asked if they would<br />
share any history of Paul and Emma Cook. They gave<br />
a beautiful frame of 8 or 10 of Paul’s medals, Emma’s<br />
scrapbook, and a few other items. This rounded out the<br />
Cook-Williamson history.<br />
Thinking this was all being forgotten, I began<br />
copying [as the voice in the wilderness], and sending<br />
this information to the AIS and HIPS and anyone else
I thought would be interested. I soon received a big<br />
surprise -- the world knew about the Williamsons and<br />
the Cooks. There was collected history on them, as I<br />
found Clarence Mahan was writing a book on early<br />
hybridizers, and was including them. My worries were<br />
over, the world knew them and they weren’t going to be<br />
forgotten.<br />
Since I had a few of the iris from Mary’s yard,<br />
I decided to search for more and create a Memorial <strong>Iris</strong><br />
Garden to keep the history alive here in Bluffton where<br />
it originated. Many of the older people here remember<br />
the iris field but almost no one remembered the history<br />
that took place here. Now people are excited about the<br />
iris returning to Bluffton, and the story behind them and<br />
their hybridizers.<br />
The Memorial Garden is a work in progress, and<br />
hopefully in two or three years will be a beautiful little<br />
garden to visit. //<br />
You can contact him via email at Jerry Oswalt<br />
, or by mail at<br />
Jerry Oswalt<br />
PO Box 131<br />
Bluffton, Indiana 46714<br />
'Decennial' (Williamson R. 1929) TB-MLa-Y9M.<br />
From the Royal <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens, 1933: A striking variegata<br />
of a new type of rounded and finished flower of firm<br />
substance. S. bright picric yellow; F. dahlia carmine with<br />
a narrow yellow margin. At the center of the falls, is an<br />
overdash of brilliant electric blue, a feature which makes<br />
this a very unusual iris. Longfield <strong>Iris</strong> farm 1930. Named<br />
for the 10 th anniversary of AIS.<br />
www.worldiris.com/public_html/Frame_pages/QFix.<br />
html , scroll down to see 'Decennial' photo.<br />
Part I was previously printed in American <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Region 6 Newsletter, Spring 2009.<br />
Part II was previously printed in American <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Region 6 Newsletter, Summer 2009.<br />
Jerry Oswalt sends this update in March 2010 --<br />
Larry McFarren, who had worked for Mary as<br />
a teenager, was fighting lung cancer, the day we planted<br />
iris at the Memorial Garden in August 2008. He’d<br />
just gotten out of the hospital. I’d wanted Longfield<br />
workers, and family, to plant the first iris in the bed, and<br />
he wanted to be there for the planting. When I received<br />
the Ro o t s edition of the article on the garden, I went out<br />
to have it copied to give him the copy, but he had passed<br />
away that day, February 10, 2010.<br />
Emma Cook’s niece planted Paul’s ‘Allegiance’<br />
(Cook 1958), the first iris planted in the bed. Then<br />
another worker, Jerry Christianson, planted Mary’s<br />
‘Wabash’ (M. Williamson 1936). E.B.’s grandson<br />
and great grandson planted ‘Lent A. Williamson’<br />
(Williamson 1918) and ‘Wabash’. The grandson, David<br />
Wilkins, Sr., son of Jane (Williamson) Wilkins, Mary’s<br />
sister, planted ‘Lent A. Williamson’ which was named<br />
after his great grandfather, L.A.W. (E.B.’s dad).<br />
above: 'Sunol' (Mohr-Mitchell 1933)<br />
below: 'Zingara' (Williamson 1928)<br />
Jerry is particularly looking for four cultivars:<br />
‘E. B. Williamson’ (P. Cook, R. 1937)<br />
‘Progenitor’ (P. Cook, R. 1951)<br />
‘Decennial’ (E. B. Williamson 1930)<br />
‘Ethel Peckham’ ( E. B. Williamson 1932)<br />
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Call for donations -- <strong>Iris</strong> Wish List for the Reader Rock Garden,<br />
Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br />
The Reader Rock Garden is one of Calgary's most unique built cultural landscapes. This Provincial <strong>Historic</strong> Resource<br />
is one of a very few remaining historic gardens in western Canada.<br />
The garden is a tribute to one man's passion for plants and beauty. William Roland Reader was the Superintendent<br />
for Calgary Parks from 1913 - 1942. He actively collected plants and seeds both locally and from distant countries,<br />
trialing over 4000 different plant species over the years. He transformed a bare hillside into an internationally-acclaimed<br />
garden as he demonstrated the horticultural potential of the chinook region of Alberta to Calgary’s citizens.<br />
Since the re-opening of the garden in 2006, Calgary gardeners have been working to reintroduce Reader’s many<br />
plant collections. They are seeking the iris listed below; they have a budget of $500.00, and are also seeking donations of<br />
iris. If you can help, please contact Janet Jones, Gardener, City of Calgary Parks, Reader Rock Garden, at<br />
403.221.3578 or Janet.Jones@calgary.ca .<br />
Jean Richter vetted D-Z of the list, Carlos Ayento vetted A-C, and Phil Edinger and Joe Spears contributed helpful comments.<br />
Synonyms of names are shown in [brackets] after the listing.<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> germanica:<br />
Afterglow (Sturtevant 1917) TB<br />
Aika (Lemon 1848)<br />
Albert Victor (Barr 1885)<br />
Alcazar (Vilmorin 1910)<br />
Amas (coll. Foster 1855)<br />
Ambassadeur (Vilmorin 1920)<br />
Amber (W.R. Dykes 1924)<br />
Anne Leslie (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
Aphrodite (W.R. Dykes 1922)<br />
Archeveque (Vilmorin 1911)<br />
Argynnis (E. Williamson 1925)<br />
Arnols (Barr 1874)<br />
Asia (Yeld 1920)<br />
Askabadensis (coll. Van Tubergen-Dykes 1914)<br />
[Askabad]<br />
Assuerus (Lemon bef. 1859)<br />
Aurea (Jacques 1830)<br />
Autumn King (H.P. Sass 1924)<br />
Azure (Bliss 1918)<br />
Ballerine (Vilmorin 1920)<br />
Benbow (Bliss 1917)<br />
Berchta (Goos & Koenemann bef. 1909)<br />
Black Prince (Perry 1900)<br />
Blue Boy (Foster 1913)<br />
Bluejay (Farr 1913)<br />
Boismilon (Lemon 1840)<br />
Britannicus (Van Houtte 1864)<br />
Bronze Beauty (Barr 1884)<br />
Bruno (Bliss 1922)<br />
Buriensis (De Bure 1820)<br />
Canary (Caparne 1901)<br />
Canary Bird (Perry 1903)<br />
Candelabre (Vilmorin 1909)<br />
Caprice (Vilmorin 1898)<br />
Cardinal (Bliss 1919)<br />
Carthusian (J.W. Marshall abt. 1906)<br />
Castor (George Bunyard & Co. 1923)<br />
Caterina (Foster 1909)<br />
Cecil Minturn (Farr 1922)<br />
Celia (Yeld 1902)<br />
Charmant (Caparne 1901)<br />
Chester J. Hunt (Farr 1913)<br />
Citrea (Goos & Koenemann 1899)<br />
Citronella (Bliss 1922)<br />
Clarence Wedge (Willis E. Fryer 1919)<br />
Clarissa (Van Houtte 1867)[ Clarissima]<br />
Cluny (Vilmorin 1920)<br />
Colias (E.B. Williamson 1925)<br />
Corrida (Millet & Fils 1914)<br />
Cynthia (R.E. Allen 1944)<br />
Dalmarius (Goos & Koenemann 1907)<br />
Dalmatica (coll. bef. 1600)<br />
Darby (Dropmore 1940)<br />
Darius (Brown 1873)<br />
Dawn (Yeld 1911)<br />
Donna Maria (Lemon 1840)<br />
Dorothea (Caparne 1901)<br />
Drake (Bliss 1919)<br />
Dr. Bernice (Hooper 1867)<br />
Dream (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
Eburna (Goos & Koenemann 1899)<br />
Eden Philpotts (Perry 1921)<br />
Edouard Michel (Eugene Verdier 1904)<br />
Etta (Caparne 1901)<br />
Fairy (Kennicott 1905)<br />
Flavescens (De Candolle 1813)<br />
Florence Barr (Barr 1876)<br />
Florentina (coll. abt. 1500)<br />
Frederick (R. Wallace & Co. 1896)<br />
Fritjof (Goos & Koenemann 1910)<br />
Fro (Goos & Koenemann 1909)<br />
George Yeld (Perry 1923)<br />
Gloire de Hillegom (Krelage & Son bef. 1907)<br />
Glow (Sturtevant 1919)<br />
Gold Crest (W.R. Dykes 1914)<br />
Gold Imperial (Sturtevant 1924)<br />
Gypsy Queen (Salter bef. 1859)<br />
Halfdan (Goos & Koenemann 1908)<br />
Harmony (W.R. Dykes 1923)<br />
Harriet Presby (Presby 1922)<br />
Her Majesty (Perry 1903)<br />
Hiawatha (Farr 1913)<br />
Hochelaga (Morgan 1931)<br />
Honorabile (Lemon 1840)<br />
Hugo (Farr 1913)<br />
Ignacite (Salter 1859)<br />
Imperator (Cayeux et LeClerc 1922)<br />
Ingeborg (Goos & Koenemann 1908)<br />
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Innocenza (Lemon 1854)<br />
I. germanica (Linnaeus 1753)<br />
I. kochii (Kerner 1887)<br />
I. pallida (Lamarck 1789)<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> King (Goos & Koenemann 1907)<br />
Iroquois (Farr 1909)<br />
Isoline (Vilmorin 1904)<br />
Ivorine (Caparne 1901)<br />
Jacquesiana (Lemon 1948)[Concience]<br />
James Boyd (Farr 1915)<br />
Jeanne d’Arc (Eugene Verdier 1907)<br />
Jenny Lind (Van Houtte 1854)<br />
Jungfrau (Phipps bef. 1920)<br />
Juniata (Farr 1909)<br />
Justinian (Salter 1878)<br />
Kastor (Goos & Koenemann 1914)<br />
Kathleen (Barr 1910)<br />
Kharput (coll. Barr 1895)<br />
Lady Seymour (Van Houtte 1854)<br />
La Neige (Eugene Verdier 1912)<br />
Lavandulacea (Van Houtte 1854)<br />
[Agnes Sorrel]<br />
Lent A. Williamson (E.B. Williamson 1918)<br />
Le Pactole (Lemon 1848)<br />
Lohengrin (Goos & Koenemann 1910)<br />
Lord of June (Yeld 1911)<br />
Loreley (Goose & Koenemann abt. 1909)<br />
Loute (Vilmorin 1897)<br />
Macrantha (M. Van Waveren & Sons 1907)<br />
Madam X (Tharp 1932)<br />
Magnifica (Vilmorin 1919)<br />
Majestic (Bliss 1923)<br />
Ma Mie (Cayeux et LeClerc 1906)<br />
Mandraliscae (Todaro 1861)<br />
Maori King (Reuthe 1890)<br />
Marion Cran (Perry 1921)<br />
Marsh Marigold (Bliss 1919)<br />
Mary Garden (Farr 1913)<br />
Mary Gibson (Perry 1922)<br />
Massasoit (Farr 1916)<br />
Medrano (Vilmorin 1920)<br />
Mercedes (Eugene Verdier 1905)<br />
Mildred Presby (Farr 1923)<br />
Miranda (Hort 1919)<br />
Mithras (Goos & Koenemann 1910)
Mlle. Schwartz (Denis 1916)<br />
Mme. Chereau (Lemon 1844)<br />
Mme. Cheri (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
Mme. Chobaut (Denis 1916)<br />
Moa (Bliss 1919)<br />
Moliere (Vilmorin 1920)<br />
Monsignor (Vilmorin 1907)<br />
Moonstone (Cleveland 1920)<br />
Morning Splendor (Shull 1923)<br />
Mount Penn (Farr 1909)<br />
Mount Royal (Morgan 1929)<br />
Mozart (Van Houtte 1854)<br />
Mrs. Alan Gray (Foster 1909)<br />
Mrs. Horace Darwin (Foster 1888)<br />
Mrs. Marion Cran (Perry 1923)<br />
Mrs. Neubronner (Reuthe bef. 1898)<br />
Mrs. Reuthe (Ware 1899)<br />
Mrs. Smith (Willis E. Fryer 1917)<br />
Nancy Lea (Simpson 1925)<br />
Nibelungen (Goos & Koenemann 1910)<br />
Opera (Vilmorin 1916)<br />
Oriflamme (Vilmorin 1904)<br />
Othello (Lemon 1848)<br />
Pacquita (Lemon 1848)<br />
Pallida dalmatica (1600)<br />
Pallida Perfecta (Farr 1912)<br />
Parc de Neuilly (Eugene Verdier 1910)<br />
Perfection (Barr 1880)<br />
Pioneer (Bliss 1924)<br />
Prairie Gold (H.P. Sass 1926)<br />
Princess Beatrice (Barr 1898)<br />
Prinzess Viktoria Luise (Goos & Koenemann<br />
1910)<br />
Prosper Laugier (Eugene Verdier 1914)<br />
Purple King (Wallich 1830)<br />
Quaker Lady (Farr 1909)<br />
Queen Alexandra (Barr 1910)<br />
Queen Caterina (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
Queen of May (Salter bef. 1859)<br />
Red Cloud (Farr 1913)<br />
Regina (Barr 1876)<br />
Rhein Nixe (Goos & Koenemann 1910)<br />
Rose Unique (Farr 1910)<br />
Ruberrima (Barr 1875)<br />
Sapho (Lemon 1840)<br />
Seminole (Farr 1920)<br />
Shekinah (Sturtevant 1918)<br />
Shelford Chieftan (Foster 1909)<br />
Sherwin-Wright (Kohankie 1915)<br />
Sirius (Bunyard 1923)<br />
Souv. De Mme. Gaudichau (Millet & Fils<br />
1914)<br />
St. Clair (Lemon 1854)[Compte de St. Claire]<br />
Standard Bearer (Ware 1904)<br />
Sunset (Bliss)<br />
Susan Bliss (Bliss 1922)<br />
Sweet Lavender (Bliss 1919)<br />
Taj Mahal (Sturtevant 1921)<br />
Tamerlan (Vilmorin 1904)<br />
Tecumseh (Farr 1910)<br />
Titan (Bliss 1919)<br />
Tom Tit (Bliss 1919)<br />
Trautleib (Goos & Koenemann 1899)<br />
Victorine (Lemon 1840)<br />
Violacea Grandiflora (coll. DeBarry abt. 1856)<br />
Virginia Moore (Shull 1920)<br />
Walhalla (Goos & Koenemann 1908)<br />
Walneriana (Lemon 1840)<br />
Wedgwood (W.R. Dykes 1923)<br />
White Knight (Arthur Percy Sanders 1916)<br />
White Nymph (McKinney 1920)<br />
Wyomissing (Farr 1909)<br />
Zouave (Vilmorin 1922)<br />
Zua (Crawford 1914)<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> pumila:<br />
Bride (Caparne 1901)<br />
Eburna (Goos & Koenemann 1899)<br />
Floribunda (Goos & Koenemann 1910)<br />
Pumila Atroviolacea (Todaro 1856)<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> latifolia:<br />
Almona (Krelage 1892)<br />
Duke of Clarence (Van Tubergen 1914)<br />
Duke of York (Tegelaar Bros. Ltd. 1927)<br />
Grand Lilas (Perry 1910)<br />
King of the Blues (Barr 1898)<br />
Montblanc (Van Tubergen 1883)<br />
Prince Albert (Floricultural Cabinet and Florists<br />
Magazine (1842))<br />
Sunset (Backhouse 1902)<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> latifolia hispanica: (I. xiphium)<br />
Blue King (Hubert 1904)<br />
Bronze King (Krelage 1898)<br />
Cajanus (General Bulb Co. 1896)<br />
Golden King (Barr 1898)<br />
King of the Whites (Krelage 1906)<br />
La Nuit (Barr 1908)<br />
L’Unique (Krelage 1906)<br />
Queen Wilhelmina (Van Tubergen 1909)<br />
Snowball (Kelway & Sons 1906)<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> sibirica:<br />
Emperor (coll. Barr 1916)<br />
Madawaska (Preston 1932)<br />
Sibirica Alba (Van Houtte 1879)<br />
Snow Queen (coll. Barr 1900)<br />
above: 'Pink Tiger' (El Dorado 1964)<br />
below: 'Swan Ballet' (Muhlestein 1955)<br />
below: 'Flounced Marvel' (Austin 1961)<br />
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2010 Commercial Sources Listing<br />
The Commercial Source Listing is in each<br />
issue of ROOTS and on the HIPS web site and is<br />
updated annually. The information is from the sources<br />
themselves; please contact them directly for more<br />
info. While HIPS will not offer listing privileges to<br />
any nursery known to give poor service, we cannot<br />
guarantee your satisfaction.<br />
We have a three-part process for finding<br />
historic iris --<br />
1) Ask the Commercial Source Chair<br />
2) If not found that way, refer to Databank Chair<br />
3) If not found that way, send request to ROOTS for<br />
insertion in the Locator.<br />
Anyone desiring commercial sources of a<br />
particular iris for the current year should contact the<br />
Source Chairman by July 1, as many growers have<br />
a limited supply of rhizomes and may not fill orders<br />
received late in the season. E-mail inquiries are gladly<br />
accepted. If writing please include a stamped, selfaddressed<br />
envelope and address your request to:<br />
Jeff Walters, HIPS Commercial Sources Chair<br />
1175 Woodburn Rd.<br />
Spartanburg, SC 29302-3440<br />
iriscomsource@yahoo.com<br />
Argyle Acres <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens<br />
Joe & Donna Spears<br />
910 Pioneer Circle East, Argyle, TX 76226<br />
(940) 464-3680<br />
FAX: (866) 320-IRIS (toll-free)<br />
E-mail: irises@argyleacres.com<br />
Website: www.argyleacres.com<br />
On-line catalog. No Export. Specializing in Texashardy,<br />
heat & drought tolerant irises.<br />
Bluebird Haven <strong>Iris</strong> Garden<br />
Mary Hess<br />
6940 Fairplay Rd., Somerset, CA 95684<br />
(530) 620-5017<br />
E-mail: mhess1863@innercite.com<br />
Website: www.bluebirdhavenirisgarden.com<br />
On-line catalog now includes all; click on a letter<br />
to see list (some not available for sale yet); printed<br />
catalog extensive but less complete. Printed catalog:<br />
$1.00. No Export. Extensive historic iris. Large<br />
selection of Tall-Bearded, 1930’s-1970’s; we<br />
specialize in Lloyd Austin introductions.<br />
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<strong>Historic</strong>s & Rarities<br />
Bruce Filardi<br />
P.O. Box 18124<br />
Portland, OR 97218-0124<br />
[no phone # provided by source]<br />
E-mail: bfilardi@comcast.net<br />
Website: www.internationaliris.com/contact.html<br />
List available as e-mail attachment or with stamped,<br />
self-addressed large envelope; No export at present.<br />
Many extremely rare varieties. Guaranteed true-toname.<br />
Chuck Chapman <strong>Iris</strong><br />
Chuck Chapman<br />
R.R. #1, 8790 WR124, Guelph, ON<br />
CANADA N1H6H7<br />
(519) 856-0956<br />
E-mail: chuck@chapmaniris.com<br />
Website: www.chapmaniris.com On-line catalog.<br />
Catalog: US$3.00 (refundable with order). Export to<br />
All. Canadian <strong>Historic</strong>s, including good selection of<br />
Preston Siberians; large Median list.<br />
Dowis Ranch<br />
Janell & Eric Denham<br />
P.O. Box 124, Marseilles, IL 61341<br />
(815) 795-5681<br />
E-mail: pollen@mtco.com<br />
Catalog upon Request. No Export.<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> Tall Bearded irises; Modern, Reblooming,<br />
and Space Age TBs<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> City Gardens<br />
Macey & Greg McCullough<br />
7675 Younger Creek Rd., Primm Springs, TN 38476<br />
(615) 799-2179<br />
E-mail: info@iriscitygardens.com<br />
Website: www.iriscitygardens.com On-line catalog.<br />
Catalog $3.00 (refundable with order). No Export.<br />
Primarily Beardless and antique & modern Bearded .<br />
Lakeside Gardens<br />
Winona Stevenson<br />
8280 Entrada Blvd., Lake Isabella, CA 93240<br />
(760) 378-3841<br />
E-mail: lakesideiris@aol.com<br />
List: $3.00 (refundable with order). No Export.<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> Tall Bearded irises, including all American<br />
Dykes Medal winners.
Newport Naturals At Spruce Corner<br />
Robert and Linda Karr ~ <strong>Iris</strong> and Alpaca Farm<br />
205 N. Craig Avenue<br />
Newport, WA 99156<br />
(509) 671-1539 (Robert)<br />
(509) 671-1540 (Linda)<br />
www.sprucecorner.com<br />
Newburn’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens<br />
Gene Newburn<br />
1415 Meadow Dale Dr., Lincoln, NE 68505<br />
(402) 464-7232<br />
E-mail: EUGMARN@aol.com<br />
Catalog upon request. No export.<br />
Beautiful Tall-bearded and Median irises, 1940 -1970.<br />
Ozark <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens<br />
Tammy & Tom Skahan<br />
25 Wembly Dr., Bella Vista, AR 72715<br />
(479) 685-5004 or (479) 685-4323<br />
E-mail: ozarkirisgardens@cox.net<br />
Website: Available this Fall with on-line catalog.<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> Median, Tall Bearded, and Louisiana <strong>Iris</strong>es.<br />
Superstition <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens<br />
Rick Tasco & Roger Duncan<br />
2536 Old Highway, Dept. H9, Cathey’s Valley,<br />
CA 95306<br />
(209) 966-6277<br />
E-mail: randrcv@sierratel.com<br />
Internet Photo Album: http://community.webshots.<br />
com/user/rickt103<br />
Catalog $1.50 ($1.00 to HIPS members)<br />
Export to all, except New Zealand, Ukraine, & EU<br />
countries. A unique assortment featuring selections<br />
for both the beginner and advanced collector.<br />
Ever Seen A <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> You Didn’t<br />
Love/Want/Need?<br />
HIPS Slide Shows now available as<br />
CDs!<br />
-- Robert and Linda Karr, HIPS Slide<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
The HIPS Slide Co-Chairs now have<br />
Slide Show Sets 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 available in<br />
CD format. Each picture includes the name<br />
of the iris, the hybridizer, and date, thereby<br />
reducing reliance on the written script.<br />
Slide Set 2 is also available on CD, but the<br />
quality of the pictures is poor. If anyone<br />
has good photographs of the iris in Set 2<br />
(see list in the Fall 2009 Roots) that could<br />
be scanned or has slides to loan to remake<br />
this show, please contact the HIPS Slide Co-<br />
Chairs.<br />
CDs may be rented for $12.00 and will<br />
include a written script. CDs may be purchased<br />
for $15.00 and will include a written<br />
script. All HIPS Slide Show sets are being<br />
converted to DVD as well.<br />
Robert and Linda Karr,<br />
205 N. Craig Avenue, Newport, WA 99156;<br />
509.671.1540; iris@sprucecorner.com<br />
below: 'Truly Yours' (Fay 1949)<br />
Wildwood Gardens<br />
Will Plotner<br />
P.O. Box 250, Molalla, OR 97038<br />
(503) 829-3102<br />
E-mail: gardens@molalla.net<br />
Website: http://wildwoodgardens.net On-line catalog.<br />
Printed Catalog: $5.00 (refundable with order).<br />
Export: contact owner. Featuring <strong>Historic</strong> bearded &<br />
beardless irises & species.<br />
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2010 HIPS <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> Designation<br />
Survey<br />
Background<br />
At the request of a HIPS member (and AIS<br />
board member), the HIPS board was asked to consider<br />
a revision of the current designation of historic iris<br />
as iris which were introduced 30 years ago or longer.<br />
It is a matter of concern to some AIS board members<br />
(and some HIPS members) that many recent historic<br />
iris are quite similar in appearance to modern iris, and<br />
that this may cause confusion among the public at iris<br />
exhibitions. There was also concern expressed at the<br />
fact that the HIPS 30-year designation is out of step<br />
with the Department of Interior historic designation<br />
of 50 years. After considerable discussion, and the<br />
formation of a separate committee to study the issue,<br />
the board has decided to poll the membership of HIPS<br />
to get their opinions on this issue. This is an important<br />
decision - there has been no change to the historic iris<br />
designation in the 20+ year existence of HIPS. We<br />
value your opinion as a HIPS member, and request<br />
that you complete the following survey on this topic.<br />
Procedure<br />
You can respond to the survey in one of three ways.<br />
1. You can respond in writing to <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong><br />
Designation Committee chair Jean Richter, 1226 High<br />
Street, Alameda, CA 94501.<br />
2. You can respond via email to<br />
hist.designate@gmail.com<br />
3. You can respond to the survey on the HIPS<br />
web site: www.hips-<strong>roots</strong>.com<br />
Whichever way you choose to respond, please<br />
indicate your name in your response, so we can verify<br />
your membership in HIPS. This will also allow us to<br />
prevent any member from voting more than once.<br />
Question I: What is your opinion on changing the<br />
30-year rolling designation of historic iris (i.e. designating<br />
iris which have been introduced 30 years<br />
ago as historic):<br />
Note - the effect of changing the rolling designation to,<br />
say, 50 years would be as follows: no new iris would<br />
be designated as historic until the year 2031 (the point<br />
at which iris introduced in 1981 would be 50 years<br />
from introduction). If the designation were changed<br />
to 40 years, a similar “freeze” in historic designation<br />
would occur until 2021.<br />
_____ Option 3: Remove the rolling designation - no<br />
iris introduced beyond a certain date would be considered<br />
historic. This date will be:<br />
_____ a. 1959 _____ b. 1969 _____ c. 1979<br />
This would mean there would be no more iris (newer<br />
than the given introduction date) designated as historic.<br />
If you prefer this option, do you want iris introduced<br />
beyond this date but introduced more than 30 years<br />
ago to be:<br />
_____ a. Classified in a separate class<br />
(say, "Collectible"), or<br />
_____ b. Just be considered modern iris?<br />
Question II. Do you support using fixed introduction<br />
years to separate various eras of historic iris?<br />
This would enable iris of similar appearance to be<br />
shown as a group in iris exhibitions. Please choose as<br />
many or as few classifications (including none) as you<br />
feel are appropriate, but choose only one date for each<br />
classification.<br />
_____ Antique iris: iris introduced before<br />
_____ a. 1900 _____ b. 1910 _____ c. 1920<br />
_____ Heirloom iris: iris newer than antique iris, but<br />
introduced before<br />
_____ a. 1950 _____ b. 1960<br />
_____ Option 1: Do nothing - leave the 30-year rolling<br />
designation as is.<br />
_____ Option 2: Change the rolling designation to:<br />
_____ a. 50 years _____ b. 40 years<br />
_____ Contemporary historic iris: iris introduced after<br />
_____ a. 1949 _____ b. 1959 _____ c. 1969<br />
_____ d. 1979<br />
Thank you very much for giving us your opinion on<br />
this important issue! Jean Richter<br />
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Catalog Corner<br />
‘Clara Noyes’ (H.P. Sass 1930) An unusual<br />
new variety with colors blended much as<br />
in a Talisman rose. Low growing, but so distinct<br />
that it is entirely different from any other iris.<br />
Standards tan, flushed heliotrope; falls reddish<br />
bronze, lined deeper bronze. yellow beard and<br />
haft undertone of the same color.<br />
Decidedly popular. Should be ordered<br />
early, as the demand is heavy. A.M., AIS, 1932.<br />
Rhizomes naturally small. Mid-season. 22-inch.<br />
[1937 <strong>Iris</strong> - Carl Salbach]<br />
‘Dauntless’ (Connell 1929) The Dykes<br />
Medal <strong>Iris</strong> of America for 1929. A Cardinal x<br />
Rose Madder seedling. A plant imported in August<br />
1931, produced a spike three feet six inches<br />
tall of great sturdiness and well branched. The<br />
flowers are beautifully carried and are of excellent<br />
form with almost horizontally-held falls.<br />
The colour effect is red bronze. At the time of the<br />
award I can well understand that this <strong>Iris</strong> marked<br />
a very great advance in regard to both colour and<br />
all-round excellence, but in the light of newer<br />
American “reds", I would suggest that the falls<br />
might be more velvety in appearance, which<br />
would considerably brighten up the flower. Still<br />
we can’t “have it all ways,” and I have not yet<br />
seen a “red” touch it for real aristocratic bearing.<br />
[The <strong>Iris</strong> Year Book, 1932, The (British) <strong>Iris</strong> <strong>Society</strong>]<br />
‘El Capitan’ (Mohr-Mitchell 1926) One of<br />
the largest iris grown, supreme in its color class,<br />
graceful and well proportioned, this magnificent<br />
giant is an iris of dignity and grandeur. Striking<br />
for garden effect, and each of the candelabrum<br />
type stalks carry a large number of the immense<br />
blooms, giving it signal value as a cut flower. No<br />
garden should be without this most outstanding<br />
long-blooming, light violet blue iris. A sell-out<br />
for the past two seasons, so early ordering is<br />
advisable this season. H.M., AIS, 1929. Early.<br />
Mid-season. 38-inch. [1937 <strong>Iris</strong> - Carl Salbach]<br />
‘Eros’ (Mead-Reidel 1934) Considered<br />
the “pinkest” iris. A fine flower characterized by<br />
iridescent shades of near-pink with warm yellow<br />
haft and beard, giving a definite garden effect of<br />
salmon pink. Silky texture, and reported with as<br />
many as 12 flowers on a 42-inch stem. Color by<br />
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Ridgway -- “Vinaceous.” A.M., AIS, 1936. Midseason.<br />
36-inch. [1937 <strong>Iris</strong> - Carl Salbach]<br />
‘Fire Dance’ (O. Fay 1947) M. ((Elsa Sass<br />
x Orloff) x (sister sdlg.)). Lovely, heavily marked,<br />
red plicata. Would like to see seedlings from this<br />
and Rare Marble. H.M. ’47. [1951 Tell’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
‘Harriet Thoreau’ (P. Cook 1944) M.<br />
(Sister to Dreamcastle.) Clean orchid-pink. Fine<br />
parent. H.M. ’45. [1951 Tell’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
‘Indian Chief’ (Ayres 1929) M. 38”. Still<br />
one of the most outstanding irises in any list. S.<br />
pinkish red; F. velvety red; the huge flower is of<br />
exceptionally heavy substance and holds its color<br />
well. A rampant grower and prolific bloomer.<br />
Should be in every collection. [1936 Quality Gardens]<br />
Well named, for while classed as one of<br />
our superior reds, it carries a bronzy overcast,<br />
being regarded by some as a red blend. At any<br />
rate, Indian Chief is one of the most popular of<br />
the newer things, and a credit to Dr. Ayres, its<br />
introducer. The velvety falls are deep bloodred,<br />
blended with bronze, and the standards are<br />
considerably lighter in tone. A large flower, quite<br />
tall, and very well branched. [1937 Cooley’s]<br />
‘Jean Cayeux’ (Cayeux 1931) Beautiful<br />
blending of Havana or coffee brown, with golden<br />
glint. Considered one of the finest iris ever imported<br />
from France, including among its many<br />
laurels the W. R. Dykes medal. Mid-season. 34-<br />
inch. [1937 <strong>Iris</strong> - Carl Salbach]<br />
'Klamath' (Kleinsorge 1929). 40 in.<br />
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Dauntless or Desert Gold, its parents. Produced<br />
from a cross definitely planned for pinks, Miss<br />
FOR $50.00 FOR A SINGLE PLANT. In fact I California was easily the choice from among a<br />
paid that price for my original stock. It is just as number of pink-toned seedlings, and coming<br />
fine to-day as it was then and is one of the largest from two hardy parents, its own hardiness is assured.<br />
Growth vigorous, flowers very large, and<br />
and finest <strong>Iris</strong>es we have. The flowers are of huge<br />
size, perfect form, and heavy substance, with lobelia<br />
violet standards and rich velvety mulberry season. 48-inch. [1937 <strong>Iris</strong> - Carl Salbach]<br />
of perfect form and excellent substance. Mid-<br />
falls, with a border the color of the standards. A ‘Paradise Pink’ (Lapham 1950) L. 33<br />
gift at the present low price. [1940 Rare <strong>Iris</strong>es and in. This is the deepest colored of all the famous<br />
Peonies -- Robert Wayman]<br />
flamingo-pinks. A clear flamingo-pink, nicely<br />
‘Lady Boscawen’ (Graves 1946). E.- formed flowers and a vigorous grower. A plant<br />
M. (Purissima x Cloud Castle.) Large white of soon makes a clump, so thrifty is its growth and<br />
quality. Sister of Helen McGregor. Can’t miss profusion of bloom. Nor does it pale out and it<br />
as a parent for blues and whites. A.M. ’48. [1951 withstands wind and rain. A most meritorious<br />
Tell’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
development. H.M., 1950. [1958 Gilbert H. Wild<br />
‘Marquita’ (Cayeux 1931) One of the and Son Peonies-<strong>Iris</strong>-Daylilies]<br />
finest French iris ever produced -- a remarkable<br />
‘Prospector’ (Kleinsorge 1950). M. Lovely<br />
flaring yellow with light area in falls which<br />
variety which should eventually find its way into<br />
the gardens of all iris lovers.<br />
surely harks back to its progenitor Treasure<br />
Overlooked in the awarding of the French Island. [1951 Tell’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
Dykes Medal because it was so late of bloom that ‘Rainbow Room’ (J. Sass 1946) M. 34”.<br />
most of the judges missed it. perhaps the largest<br />
of all variegatas, but so distinctly different in creamy, mellow yellow, which blends into lilac<br />
Standards and bordering of the falls are rich,<br />
coloring from the average variegata that it hardly on the falls, punctuated by a blaze of metallic<br />
seems to belong under the same classification. blue below the yellow beard. [1958 Edenwald Gardens<br />
<strong>Iris</strong> and Daylilies]<br />
Simply huge blooms, standards of clear creamy<br />
yellow, frostily lustrous, and with falls of cream, ‘Rosy Veil’ (H. E. Sass 1953) M. 38”. One<br />
but so heavily lined rose pink that it seems more of the loveliest of iris, a cleanly marked plicata of<br />
like a suffusion than a lining at the end of the glistening white with delicately applied stitching<br />
petals. Late. 42-inch. A.M., AIS, 1936. [1937 <strong>Iris</strong> of rosy heliotrope. Fairly large flowers of graceful<br />
form on a well-branched stalk; this is a quality<br />
- Carl Salbach]<br />
A Spanish dance in a flower. Something iris of first rank. [1958 Edenwald Gardens <strong>Iris</strong> and<br />
entirely different that is so striking that it immediately<br />
attracts your attention. The standards are ‘Sable’ (Cook 1938) E.M. 37 in. Almost<br />
Daylilies]<br />
a very clear ivory flushed with yellow and the black, a uniform shade of deepest blue-blackviolet<br />
with blue beard. Has every attribute that<br />
falls are the same color, evenly veined with brilliant<br />
ruby lines. The petals are stiff and round, a fine <strong>Iris</strong> should possess -- large size, tall stalks,<br />
giving a very trim appearance to the flower. If thick substance; a wonderfully lustrous sheen.<br />
you wish to light up a spot in your garden with [1964 Gilbert H. Wild and Son Peonies-<strong>Iris</strong>-Daylilies]<br />
gay colors, try a clump of Marquita. over 3 feet<br />
"Suzette' (Knowlton 1945). M. (Seduction<br />
x Tiffany.) Delicately marked light yellow<br />
tall and a strong grower. [1939 Milliken <strong>Iris</strong><br />
Gardens]<br />
plicata. H.M. '45. [1951 Tell’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
‘Miss California’ (Salbach 1937). At last, 'White Smoke' (C. Rees 1950). M.-L.<br />
a beautiful and entirely distinct tone of pink in a (Snow Flurry x "Big Dipper".) Very large, beautifully<br />
formed white with blue-smoke cast. One<br />
fine, upstanding iris. The color, lilac pink (Tyrian<br />
pink to amaranth pink by Ridgway) was most of the last to fade at the end of the tall bearded<br />
popular and certainly marvelled at by our garden season. We think it has promise as a white and<br />
visitors this season. The flowers were of Dauntless<br />
form, but larger, and it is taller than either<br />
blue parent. [1951 Tell’s <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
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In Retrospect . . .<br />
{note -- these cultivars are available in our<br />
2010 Rhizome Sale}<br />
'Santa Cruz' (Mitchell 1945)<br />
A striking new type variegata<br />
that always catches<br />
the visitor’s eye as it is so<br />
different from ordinary<br />
<strong>Iris</strong>. Standards clear yellow;<br />
falls yellow, gaily<br />
decorated with heavy red<br />
veining. Colorful and<br />
intriguing, as may be seen<br />
from my new true-to-life<br />
photo. EM 38”. [1950<br />
Rainbow Offerings, Lloyd<br />
Austin]<br />
'Sable Night' (P. Cook 1950) A rich blackviolet<br />
with a claret undertone. The uniformity of<br />
coloring, coupled with a harmonious dark brown<br />
beard, makes this one of the most sensational of<br />
all new dark <strong>Iris</strong>. The flowers are large and full<br />
petaled and with heavy substance and a smooth<br />
finish.<br />
(Captain Wells x Indiana Night) x ((Modoc<br />
x Black Wings) x Sable), HM 1952, AM 1954,<br />
Dykes Medal 1955. [1952 Marble <strong>Iris</strong> Gardens]<br />
'Demi-Deuil' (Denis 1912) We are told<br />
this French name means 'half-mourning' so you<br />
must not expect this <strong>Iris</strong> to contain bright colors.<br />
S. pansy-violet shaded copper; F. red-violet with<br />
white markings; yellow beard stippled brown.<br />
[1926 Descriptive List, <strong>Iris</strong>es, Bonnewitz]<br />
'Mexicana' (Salter pre-1859) Color effect<br />
a brilliant light yellow, maroon veined bicolor. S.<br />
pinard yellow, brown dotted and reticulated on<br />
claw. F. velvety Hay's maroon, veined the same<br />
on the lavender-white outer haft, which bronzes<br />
toward the center.<br />
The edge of the narrow fall is brightly<br />
tinted and bronzed yellow. The plant is of moderate<br />
growth, and has stiff, slender, deep glaucousgreen<br />
foliage. The flowers are rather flat in carriage,<br />
with spread segments. The unusual color<br />
contrasts are interesting in mass. Gold Bound is<br />
very close to this if not identical with it. [Bearded<br />
iris - A Perennial Suited to All Gardens, by Austin W.<br />
W. Sand, Cornell Extension Bulletin 112, June, 1925]<br />
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From your Editor<br />
Thank you to the people who have<br />
sent me articles for Ro o t s! and to the people<br />
who have articles in process. It feels to me<br />
as if we're starting to wake up the garden<br />
spirits.<br />
I hope you will all take a few moments<br />
to respond to the HIPS <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Iris</strong> Designation<br />
Survey on page 32 -- the HIPS board has<br />
been asked to consider revising the current<br />
definition of historic iris as "iris which were<br />
introduced 30 years ago or longer". This of<br />
course speaks to the heart of HIPS, and our<br />
definition of "what is a historic iris" affects<br />
many aspects, including conservation and<br />
availability. Let us hear from you!<br />
Thank you's go as always to Jean Richter,<br />
Bonnie Petheram, and Phil Edinger.<br />
"Imperative necessity"! Gesine Lohr<br />
above: 'Malibran' (Cayeux 1938)<br />
with mountain
In Retrospect . . .<br />
above: 'Santa Cruz' (Mitchell 1945)<br />
below: 'Demi-Deuil' (Denis 1912)<br />
above: 'Sable Night' (P. Cook 1950)<br />
below: 'Mexicana' (Salter pre-1859)<br />
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