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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blooming today in the Autumn afternoon sun shining its light on this re-bloomer. Tall! some 9 inches taller than its registered height coming in at 97cm (39"). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Buds are tipped violet with a tan gold outer opening to creamy white standards that have just a blush of violet lavender and are heavily infused with a bright gold shade in the midribs. Falls are indeed the off white with strong gold shoulders, gold on the reverse, all completely finished with an amazing bold yellow beard. The bloom stalk in this photo has had frosts and buckets of rain thrown at it and it didn't give up so there is a strong possibility that when it blooms in its regular mid season time slot later this year it will be an iris to watch out for!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">IRWELL SOFT HEARTED (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg.1771-4110. TB, 30" (76 cm), M. S. white, gold center; style arms gold; F. off-white, gold shoulders, gold reverse; beards yellow. Parentage unknown.</span><br />
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I have 4-5 plants of Irwell Jazz Time and they have bloomed non
stop for the last 4 weeks, and I must of taken 30 or 40 photos of it,
but because of the colouration and the striations on the falls the blooms </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have a tendency to confuse the camera, they never seemed to look acurate but we got there in the end despite the heavy rain.</span><br />
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2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist <br />
IRWELL JAZZ TIME (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg.1657/3057. TB, 30" (76
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arms gold, purple midrib; F. cream white ground, ¾" purple plicata
band; beards lemon. Parentage known.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ron Busch Irises are renown for their rebloom so it comes as no surprise to me that some more of his Irises are starting to poke up extra bloom stalks after last weekend's 120mm and this weeks 50mm of rain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The above "Irwell Bandit" blooming yesterday, for me it's the second year of re-bloom. Good height (115cm-45 inch) Stalk with two branches and 12 buds on the rebloom stem, . Vigorous grower, clean purple bottom foliage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">IRWELL BANDIT (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg. 1819. TB, 30" (76 cm), M, Re. Standards white flushed lavender; style arms lavender white; Falls red violet, white veining around tangerine beard, off-white edge. Parentage unknown. PBF. The Iris Garden, 2011.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Summit' photo taken yesterday.<br />
Part of my program each season is to replace the older earlier photos on
my Blog to portray a more accurate photo for ID which is after all the
purpose for the blog, its my record of the Irises growing at home. <br />
The photo is as the Waterson Catalogue description below and shows the rich yellow of the falls. <br />
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Waterson Iris Garden, Wanganui, Irises 1960-61.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>SUMMIT</i>
A lovely iris which, like Pinnacle, is a combination of white and
yellow. The standards are the same pure white, without even a hint of
cream, but the falls, instead of being primrose yellow as in '<a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.in/2011/11/new-zealand-heirloom-tall-bearded-iris.html">Pinnacle</a>',
are a rich yellow. In the clump it is breathtakingly beautiful. There
is an exquisite quality of beauty about this combination of white and
gold which appeals both to the lover of bright colours for colour's sake
and to the lover of artistic colour combinations- Summit is a tall and
stately iris with widely branched stems carrying classically formed
blooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>D'Arcy Blackburn, Clifford Street, Gisborne, Bearded Iris Catalogue, 1957-1958</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Summit </b>(Stevens) A famous iris, one of the raiser's white and yellow amoenas, which has been acclaimed overseas as an outstanding iris. Tall and widely branched, with standards of pure white and falls of golden yellow, it makes a wonderful clump. Excellence substance and habits of growth. (48 inches)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Yes I am keeping notes regarding plant habits and
bud count and all the other important things but I do not have enough
time to extrapolate the data to the blog at the moment.<br />
There are about twenty 'Ron Busch Irises blooming at the moment some in
different gardens in different parts of the North Island so gathering
the information and taking photos are the priorities at the moment. The
dots will be joined and filled in later so if you need the bud count, or information of plant health you will have to return at a later date. <br />
I hear some call these photo's glamour shots but I like to think of them
as a method to ID irises and by time I have finished 'The Ron Busch
Collection' will be well documented and after-all that's the end game.
So here is another of Ron Busch 2010 stunning introductions blooming at home today.<br />
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2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist <br />
IRWELL SIMPLICITY (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg. 1764-4015. TB, 30" (76
cm), EM. S. white, yellow base; style arms white; F. white, ¾" lavender
margin edged pale lemon, pale lavender spot with texture veining; beards
yellow. Parentage unknown. PBF.<br />
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So here is one of the early starts after a night of heavy rain.<br />
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2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist <br />
IRWELL CASUAL FLIRT (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg. 1852-4044. TB, 30" (76
cm), EM. S. lemon, violet midrib; style arms old gold, wine midrib; F.
rose wine plicata on white; beards bronze. Parentage unknown. The Iris
Garden, 2014.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hardly any iris bloom stalks anywhere at home
just yet, and it feels like it's going to be one of those 'all at
once' iris seasons once nature finally makes its mind up when spring will
start so the irises get an temperature 'go' signal that is
consistent over a few days or weeks not an hour or so like it is currently, and that the
daylight hours change from just a astronomy calculation to
reality.<br />Even with all of these challenges it seems that our garden Tall Bearded Iris season starts these
days with a couple of David Nicoll's 'Early' series Irises.<br />
'Early Beaut' is an unusual colour tone with a pollen parent that
is a well known Southern Hemisphere beauty of Barry Blyth 'Chinese
Empress' that has softened the rather coarse colour tones of its
famous pod parent 'Thornbird'. Double budded with good bud count,
good plant health with strong plant habits.<i> <br />
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Richmond Iris Garden, 376 Hill Street, Nelson. Issue #54,
2004-2005 Catalogue.</i><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Light;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* EARLY
BEAUT - D. Nicoll Early flowering Violet blue standards infused
with green at centre, falls veined violet merging to creamy
mustard edge............................$15.00<br />
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2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist<br />
EARLY BEAUT D.B. Nicoll, Reg., 2004. Sdlg. D98T12-l. TB, 33″,
(85 cm), VE ; S. light violet blue with a light infusion of
green-gold from the centre midrib; style arms light creamy
mustard with a touch of violet on the lip; F. veined violet
centres merging and fading to light creamy mustard edges, under
surface of central midrib green; beards bright orange; slight
sweet fragrance. Thornbird X Chinese Empress. Richmond Iris
Gardens 2004/05.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI Light;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">This of course includes the well known Iris photo </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">kleptomaniac in France known as 'Irisenligne' who seems to back to his bad old habits again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The unusual is to breeders and some select growers a delight, toss
in a unknown parentage or two and the intrigue goes to overdrive!!
'Burnt Toffee' is another of what I like to call my "Colour Chaos Irises" with it's original mysterious colour concoction. Smoky
copper red-violet standards, brick red edged hafts with a
airbrushed violet blue centre that expands down the falls and a
decided margining of gold bronze, a blue beard tipped with
bright old gold. Orange blossom fragrance. Impressive branching
(3 plus spur). 'Burnt Toffee' disease-resistant foliage
is a deep blue green, but plant has only average growth,
eventually producing a stunning clump in the garden. For some
though an acquired taste. <i><br />
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Schreiner’s Iris Lovers Catalog 1977<br />
</i>BURNT
TOFFEE, (Schreiner 1977) ML. 37"<i><br />
</i>No one color completely characterizes this Iris for
it subtly blends a gradation of several colors. Its standards are
medium red-violet suffused with golden bronze. The falls present a
change of pace. Their center is a pronounced blue-violet wash that
diminishes to the precise border edging of gold-bronze. The beard
starts as blue tipped but gives way to old gold deep down in the
throat. Hafts are a metallic olive-gold-bronze. This smoky colored
Iris is indeed unique! Three branches, 7 to 9 buds.<br />
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<i>Eden Road Iris Garden, Wenatchee, Washington. 19</i><i>79</i><i>
Catalog</i>.<br />
BURNT TOFFEE, (Schreiner 1977) ML. 37"
(Unknown)<br />
Very effective blending of dark chocolate and
blue-lavender. Beard is dull gold to blue. This one will make you
stop and enjoy its rich coloring.<i><br />
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</i></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i> </i><i>Tempo Two,
Barry and Lesley Blyth, East Road, Pearcedale, Victoria,
Australia, Season 1983-84</i><br />
BURNT TOFFEE (Schreiner '77 USA) ML 37". A unique smoky Iris that
subtly blends a graduation of several colours. Standards red
violet suffused golden bronze. Falls gold bronze with blue flush
through centre around blue beards. Good branching. (Parentage
unknown) HM '79<br />
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AIS Checklist 1979<br />
BURNT TOFFEE Schreiner's, Reg. 1977. Sdlg. G 1519-3. TB 37" (94
cm) ML. Standards light chocolate, flushed blue-lavender to
center along midrib; Falls richer chocolate with darker chocolate
hafts, blue blaze in center; dull gold to blue beard. Unknown
parentage., Schreiner's 1977. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Big hat tip to <a href="http://www.brightonparkiris.com/">Calos Ayento of Brighton Park Iris</a> fame for the 1977 Schreiner's description its much appreciated.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mademoiselle Schwartz.</span></span><br />
Photo courtesy Michèle Bersillon <span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 16px;">[Ref 1]</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In summer of 1973 I received from Corinne Bromberger, Redlands, California, eight varieties originated by iris breeder Dr. Samuel Stillman Berry who, along with William Mohr and Grace Sturtevant, was one of the pioneering hybridizers in the United States. The previous year I had learned that Corinne lived immediately adjacent to the Berry property where--to my surprise--Dr. Berry still lived, spry and alert in his mid 80s. Immediately I contacted Corinne to ask if he had any of his introductions from the 1920s and 1930s still in the garden. His Mauna Loa was in a few collections as was Acropolis, but all others seemingly had vanished. Her reply stated that yes, he probably had most of his originations but that the garden was in considerable disarray and the irises had no labels. But...when they flowered he would note, "Aha, there's so-and-so." She then mentioned this to Dr. Berry who was, she said, quite touched that someone remembered his work after about thirty years out of the iris world. So the die was cast. In the meantime, Dr. B. gave Corinne a nearly complete set of his catalogs (1926-1948) as a gift of appreciation--a gift that proved to be invaluable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Among the irises received from Dr. Berry's garden was his Canyon Mists (1926), a name I knew only from the Check List entry. Even accounts of his irises by Lena Lothrop in AIS Bulletins had neglected to mention it. His catalog description read, in part: "A very light mauve self, quite similar to Mlle. Schwartz, but has a longer season and does not fade out seriously in bright sun...." What flowered here was, indeed, a light mauve self, so I was satisfied.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Approximately thirty years later I received an assortment of rhizomes from The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens where they were trying to authenticate identities in plantings that had become considerably mixed in the years following the death of long-time director Barbara Walther. Most had names attached (true? false?) and a few were "what is it?" Among the latter appeared...Canyon Mists. At first I was surprised that such an obscure iris would have been grown at Presby, but then I realized that hybridizers in Presby's early years were solicited to contribute (and eager to do so!) their originations to the collection. I figured Dr. Berry had heeded the call.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The story continues in 2010 when Michele Bersillon in France sent me a short list of historic irises available in a last-chance sale from Lawrence Ransom, a British ex-pat who had rescued what he could from the shards of the Simonet collection. One in that list stood out: Lady Foster (M. Foster 1913). a significant garden iris and parent (sib to Caterina and Crusader) which had eluded collectors. So I told her to ask for Lady Foster, which she did; Ransom sent all his plants, which she thought would be better grown in her garden for a year before shipping to me. Thus in 2011 I received ten husky Lady Foster rhizomes. You can imagine my surprise and disappointment to discover, the next spring, that they were the same as Canyon Mists! But that made no sense whatsoever: why would such an obscure California origination be in Simonet's collection? That also called into question of "Why at Presby?" By this time I had a copy of Ridgway's book Color Standards and Nomenclature which was widely used in the States to precisely describe flower colors, and for Lady Foster the described Ridgway colors, along with a superb black and white photo in a Wallace catalog, proved this was not Lady Foster. But was it Canyon Mists? The "light mauve" of Berry's catalog description did fit, but I recalled the mention of a similarity to Mlle. Schwartz. The Ridgway color for her was "palest mauve." Close enough to suggest pursuing the Mlle. as the true identification. But the only photograph I had seen is in Les Iris Cultivees. and it didn't show enough to either rule in or rule out our iris. By this time Catherine Adam was in the discussion, having been in touch with Lawrence Ransom in her zeal to preserve, correctly identified, historic French irises, and from him and me she was aware of this puzzle. Her take was that it must be Mlle. Schwartz, but how to prove it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the next chapter, enter Terry Johnson to the question. The only other image of Mlle. Schwartz recorded was a note in the 1939 AIS Check List of a black and white photo in Gardening Illustrated, January 5 1929. I knew Terry had accessed old British gardening publications, so I asked if he could track down this photo. And he did, sending it with the caveat that it was a clump shot rather than closeup. Well...that is exactly what was needed: a photograph showing flowers at all angles, full stalks with branching. For my money there's no question: this iris which has traveled under the names Canyon Mists and Lady Foster actually is the seemingly lost Mlle. Schwartz--lost, but right before our eyes!</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Phil Edinger, May 2016.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of the great privileges in my iris world
has always been a email from Phil Edinger, and it was a recent email conversation we had regarding </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mademoiselle Schwartz</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light";"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that included Dr. Samuel Stillman Berry made
the above post possible, it was an email full of past and present
history that I asked Phil to write it up for the blog and wallah!!!!!! Much and many thanks to Phil.</span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A mighty big hat tip to Lawrence Ransom who
rescued what he could from the Simonet collection that eventually kick started this new
journey for <a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/french-historic-tall-bearded-iris.html">'Mademoiselle Schwartz'</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many thanks to <a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/french-historic-tall-bearded-iris.html">Catherine Adams who kept giving encouragement to give </a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/french-historic-tall-bearded-iris.html">'Mademoiselle Schwartz'</a> oxygen and to </span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #666666; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Michèle Bersillon for the above amazing photo, the plant conservation and the international logistics that also helped make this all possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #666666; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">[Ref 1] The above photo Michèle Bersillon emailed me after reading the post <a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/french-historic-tall-bearded-iris.html">Mademoiselle Schwartz.</a><br />
Her email mentioned<br /><i>
"I just read your article (bravo!) about this lovely historic that I
have had the privilege of cultivating in my garden, <a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/french-historic-tall-bearded-iris.html">Mademoiselle Schwartz</a>. I had been a bit disappointed that it didn’t turn out to be
Lady Foster as Lawrence thought, but it certainly turned out to be a
treasure and well worth the wait to send it to Phil. It is presently in
bloom here, so I took a photo the other day—before the rain!—and
thought you might like to have a copy." </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">British lovers of heritage irises will
be excited to learn that Anne Milner and Sarah Cook will be at RHS
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show celebrating 100 years of British
Irises. As for Hampton Court, they are doing a joint stand,
highlighting, and selling irises from both of their collections.
Anne has the A.J. Bliss collection while Sarah has the collection
of Cedric Morris irises.<br />
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The theme of the display will be 100 years of British Iris
Breeding, 1899 to 2000. It will be largely a photographic display,
as there will be little flower left there by early July, but the
RHS has been happy to accept that. This year, for the first time,
all the National Collections will be in the main floral Marquee,
alongside all the big nurseries, so it is quite a challenge to
come up with an appropriately dramatic stand. Anne will also be
selling copies of her informative book, "Bliss Irises- Family and Flowers; the journey to a National Collection." Their stand number
is PH309.<br />
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The plants for sale will be from both collections including the
following from Anne Milner's Bliss Collection : Benbow, Bruno,
Clematis, Cardinal, Duke of Bedford, Evadne, Francina, Lady Byng, Lurline, Majestic, Marsh Marigold, Morwell,
Mrs Valerie West, Mystic, Pioneer, Romola, Senlac,
Sudan, Susan Bliss, Sweet Lavender, Tenebrae and Tristram, with limited quanities of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Grace Sturtevant, and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Osra, and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">may be a few others also in very small quantities. They will, of
course, all be bare rooted.</span><br />
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RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the world’s largest flower
show boasting an eclectic mix of gardens, displays and shopping
opportunities spanning over 34 acres either side of the dramatic
long water with the stunning façade of the historical palace in
the background. Every year the show has more exciting and
interactive content to excite and inspire. Visitors have the
chance to experience the variety of gardens by walking through
them and getting up close with the incredible designs. There is
also a great range of garden tools, sculptures, furniture and more
on offer from the array of trade stands, as well as the best,
newest, finest and most unusual and colourful blooms imaginable in
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<br />Iris Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616914124654381895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674461137690378952.post-24624592628276463622016-05-21T03:00:00.000+12:002017-09-26T14:39:32.608+13:00French Historic Tall Bearded Iris Mademoiselle Schwartz<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463486638701_37892" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">En 2012 Lawrence Ransom m’a fait parvenir un lot d’iris anciens
qu’il avait reçus du Parc Floral de Paris lors de son inventaire
de la collection Simonet. Un plan de plantation figurait au dos du
bordereau de livraison de ces iris, noté d’une belle calligraphie,
avec la précision et la rigueur qui sont celles de Lawrence.<br />
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Un rhizome avait été envoyé à Phi Edinger quelques années
auparavant (de Lawrence via Michèle Bersillon qui s’était
gentiment chargée des modalités d’exportation).<br />
L’identification de cet iris est donc depuis longtemps à l’étude
des deux cotés de l’Atlantique. Il a voyagé incognito sous la
fausse identité de ‘Lady Foster’. <br />
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Phil Edinger et moi-même avons abouti à la même conclusion sans
nous consulter. L’iris est en réalité ‘Mademoiselle Schwartz’
(Denis 1916)<br />
"Mademoiselle Schwartz" a tous les atouts de la beauté juvénile
qui a bu à la source de Jouvence. La taille élancée, le teint
clair, une beauté immuable.<br />
La pureté de la fleur, sa couleur délicate, les fossettes
discrètes de sa gorge sont les garants de la beauté intemporelle
des œuvres d’art majeures qui suscitent l’admiration et laissent
sans voix. <br /><br />
In 2012, Lawrence Ransom sent me a selection of historic iris that
he received from the Parc Floral de Paris during his inventory of
the Simonet collection. A plantation diagram was included on the
back of the shipping list sent with these irises, with precise
annotations written in beautiful calligraphy by Lawrence. <br />
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Several rhizomes of one cultivar were purchased from Lawrence by
Michèle Bersillon at the request of Phil Edinger, cultivated in
Michèle's garden and then sent on to Phil the following year in
order to comply with export regulations. The identity of this
particular iris had been in question on both sides of the Atlantic
for some time and it was both purchased and sent under the false
identity of "Lady Foster"<br />
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Phil Edinger and myself had come to the same conclusion without
comparing our information. The mystery iris is, in fact,
"Mademoiselle Schwartz" (Denis, 1916). "Mademoiselle Schwartz"
has all the qualities of a young beauty who who has consumed water
from the Fountain of Youth: slender and tall, delicately coloured
and of unchanging beauty. The flower's purity, its delicate
colours and the discreet dimples of its throat are marks of the
sort of timeless beauty that characterises those admirable major
works of art which leave one in awe. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Les Iris Cultivés 1922 (choix de 100 variétés pages 30-31-32)</span></i><br />
<i style="font-family: Georgia;">Mademoiselle Schwartz</i><span style="font-family: "georgia";"> (Denis, 1916), bleu lilas tendre uni.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>Cayeux & Le Clerc, Quai de la M</i></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;">é</i><i style="font-family: georgia;">gisserie, 8, Paris. Catalog 1923 </i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mademoiselle Schwartz (Denis 1916). Splendid variety, very
tall with branching spikes, large flowers pales mauve. Very
scarce.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br />
<i>Frank W. Campbell, Detroit, Michigan. Rare Iris, 1923. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The Rarest and Best Iris Gathered from all the Introducer's</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mlle. Schwartz</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">(Denis 1916) Pale mauve. Somewhat color of
Caterina, but very different shape. Considered among the worlds
very best iris, and stock is always scarce. Well branched, tall,
stiff stems................$4.</span><br />
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<i>Treasure Oak Nursery, Mays Landing, New Jersey, Catalog of
Select Iris and Peonies, 1923.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>The Best and Rarest of the Iris.</i><br />Mlle. Schwartz . (Denis 1916. CM., Paris.)
......................................$5 00<br />
Pallida X Ricardi.<br />
A light blue overlustered with pink.<br />
This magnificent Iris, the work of the French amateur, Mons.
Denis, is considered to be the best of his many successful
seedlings. It is tall, possibly one of the tallest Irises in
cultivation, with finely poised spikes much branched and bearing
beautiful, durable blooms of Pallida form. Larger than Caterina
and more freely inclined to bloom; wonderfully qualified for mass
display. The growth of this plant is rapid and vigorous even in
the North; the foliage is yellowish green.</span><br />
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<i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, January, 1923. Number 7.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">European Visits in 1922. John C. Wister.<br />
.................we were well repaid for the trip by seeing such
magnificent flowers of Mlle.Schwartz and
Cornuault............................Mlle. Schwartz was again very fine
and I marked it 9.2<br />
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<i>The Sam Carpenter Gardens, Oswego, Kansas. Irises-Peonies-Gladioli-Dahlias, 1925</i><br />
87-</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mlle. Schwartz </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">, TB. (1916)-Splendid variety, very tall with branching
spikes ; large flowers; palest mauve. Scarce and choice·------------
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Cayeux et Le Clerc, Quai de la Mégisserie, 8, Paris. (Annotations L. R.)</i><br />
Mademoiselle Schwartz (Denis 1916).
Plante très haute, aux longs épis ramifiés, portant de grandes
fleurs mauve très pâle. Teinte exquise, fraiche et délicate.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie, 4 Quai de la Mégisserie, Paris (1er), Deuxième Série, 1925-1926</i>. <br />
Iris des Jardins Nouveaux<br />
Mademoiselle Schwartz (Denis). Demi-tardif. Grand et beau pallida,
à longues hampes de 110 à 125 cm. Grande fleur de bonne tenue, de
teinte unforme, bleu lavande très pâle ; les divisions inférieures
sont longues et étalées et les onglets très finement striés,
styles de même couleur que les divisions. A obtenu un Certificat
de mérite à la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France.</span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia;">Cornell Extension Bulletin 112, 1925</i><span style="font-family: "georgia";">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Bearded Iris A perennial suited to all Gardens. Austin W.W. Sand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mille. Schwartz (Denis, 1916). Color effect a mauve veined self.Standards pale mauve. Falls pale mauve, faintly veined the same over the light yellowish outer haft. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">The plant is moderate to vigorous in growth, producing exceptionally tall, well-branched flowering stalks. The immense size of its bloom is its outstanding feature. Rating 87.</span><br />
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</i><i>Carl Salbach Berkeley, California, Irises Catalog, 1926.</i><br />
Mlle. Schwartz (Denis). 87-A lovely pinkish mauve of fine, size
and height. $3.50<br />
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</i><i>Iris Fields, West La Fayette, Indiana. Iris of Quality,1926</i><br />
87 </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><b>Mlle. Schwartz </b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">(Denis, 1916). A pale mauve self. Very large and
of fine form. One of the most outstanding varieties and a great
favorite................ 2.00</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br />
<i>Lee R. Bonnewitz Catalog,Van Wert, Ohio, A Descriptive Iris
List, 1926</i>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mlle. Schwartz (Denis, 1916).<br />
Pale mauve. One of the most artistic Irises. Flowers of good size
and form. One of the best irises in commerce, although we believe
Mother of Pearl will prove more satisfactory due to its hardier,
more vigorous growing habit. The color is somewhat similar.</span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia;">Bearded Iris Tried at Wisley 1925-1927, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Class V a. Varieties with standards and falls of the same shade of pale blue-purple</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><b>Mlle. Schwartz.</b> Foliage nearly green, 20 inches. Flowering stems 38 inches, 6 or 7 fld. Flowers of medium size, well proportioned, rather wrinkled, pale lavender mauve ; standards domed ; falls hanging straight ; beard tipped yellow. Flowering for three weeks from May 14 1927.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Image from Gardening Illustrated January 5th, 1929. Scan courtesy <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_2069328500"></span>RHS, Lindley Library<span id="goog_2069328501"></span></a>.</span></i></td></tr>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia;">Indian Springs Farm, Baldwinsville, New York.Iris Catalog 1927</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mlle. Schwartz (Denis 1916) 8.7. A large, free-flowering self of finest form. Uniform, soft, light lavender-blue, or mauve, that is distinct, delicate and beautiful. A shade lighter than Mother of Pearl. 48 inches. If given a well-drained location this is a free, robust grower and produces a marvelous garden effect.................. $1.00 each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1928,"Iris Riccardi as a parent and Nurseries for its children", Geoffrey L. Pilkington.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">....The first enthusiast to appreciate this fact, and to put it into practice, was Mons. Denis, who, living on the Mediterranean, near Marseilles, was well located to grow the species Riccardi satisfactorily. He has produced many seedlings using Riccardi as a parent, some thought difficult to grow well, are admittedly beautiful varieties. Perhaps the best known are :- </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mdlle. Schwartz 1916 (Riccardi X pall.dal) which is to be found in many collection of Irises, and which in spite of it's Riccardi parentage is tolerably hardy. 3ft.6in to 4ft.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia;">A.H.Burgess and Son, Iris Specialists, Waikanae, Wellington. 1930.</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mille. Schwartz - Magnificent variety, Very Tall. Colour is a pale Mauve. 4ft. ..............7/6</span><br />
<i style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></i><i style="font-family: Georgia;"></i><i style="font-family: Georgia;">Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie, 4 Quai de la Mégisserie, Paris (1er), Série Générale, 1930.</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Mademoiselle Schwartz (Denis). Demi-tardif. Grand et beau pallida, à longues hampes de 110 à 125 cm. Grande fleur de bonne tenue, de teinte uniforme, bleu lavande très pâle; les divisions inférieures sont longues et étalées et les onglets très finement striés, styles de même couleur que les divisions. Certificat de Mérite de la S.N.H.F.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">AIS Checklist 1939<br />
MILLE. SCHWARTZ (Ferdinand Denis, 1916) TB. M. B7L. Millet &
Fils 1916; The Garden 1919;Lee R. Bonnewitz 1920; Earl Woodward
Sheets, 1928; Garden Illustrated 1929; Gilroy 1929; Fillmore
Gardens 1937; Tip Top Gardens 1937; Rowancroft Gardens 1938;
'Ricardi' x 'Dalmatica'. AAA Journal Royal Horticultural Society
136; C.M., S.N.H.F. 1922; Journal Société Nationale d'Horticulture
de France. 23; 214, June 1922; A.M. R.H.S. Award of Merit,Royal
Horticultural Society 1931;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Merci beaucoup to Catherine Adam for sharing with us all the above information </span>and amazing photos.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Its always a
privilege to have Catherine Adam write for Heritage Irises.
Catherine officially vets the Iris collection at the Parc Floral
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My father, Bryan Dodsworth, died in June 2009, he was 89. During the last ten years of his life he had continued to manage the iris garden at the Old Rectory single-handed and his enthusiasm for hybridising was undimmed. This is borne out by the detailed records that he left in his battered 'Red Book', with entries right up to the end of 2008. He received his last Dykes Medal in 2001 for 'Darley Dale' when he was over eighty, bringing his tally to twelve, a record that is unlikely to be bettered. Bryan's aim as a hybridiser was to create a plant that would perform just as well on the show bench as in the garden. His legacy is to leave an extraordinary Collection of Irises – he has been described as the creator of the 'Quintessential Modern British Iris'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Prior to his death my father had neither discussed the future of the garden with the family nor with Barry Emmerson whom he had mentored for nearly twenty years. At his funeral Barry kindly offered his expertise to the family at a time when we were struggling to know what we should do for the best. This was a lifeline and Barry's enthusiasm offered real encouragement, and I resolved then and there to accept the challenge, but with hindsight was probably unaware of the level of responsibility that this entailed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We hatched a plan! Barry was familiar with the 'Red Book' with its detailed hybridising log and bed plan and we both thought this was the best place to start and should be relatively straightforward, but after initial scrutiny it soon became clear that the task would be much tougher. We had not banked on Bryan's attention to detail, his coding system influenced no doubt by the secretive nature of his wartime work. We have still not cracked this, despite several serious efforts to do so five years later. This setback drove us to log, label and map each plant in the iris garden, and introduce a simple numbering system which is still in active use today. The process took the best part of four months and involved numerous visits and proved to be pretty arduous. We experimented with different labelling systems, Dymo being the best. In May/June 2010 I started photographing individual irises and recording the photos against the plant numbers. This process continued throughout the 2011-13 flowering seasons. By the end of 2013 we had a reasonably comprehensive record, but this was far from complete due to a number of plants that refused to flower, influenced no doubt by the fact that regular splitting of rhizomes had taken a back seat as my father grappled with a pernicious outbreak of oxalis which drove him to despair and which still makes managing the garden really tricky today, not least from a distance of some 130 miles. Bryan's final task in 2008 was to dig up approximately twenty yards of plants along the boundary wall with the church and attempt to spray the oxalis. This was a gargantuan effort, but alas was only partially successful, and after carefully reinstating the plants in 2010, I regret that the oxalis is now as bad as ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Plant identification was the next challenge! Here Barry's extensive knowledge has been invaluable. We have had a reasonable degree of success with the 'named varieties' which are located along the church wall. The 'pinks' are still to be bottomed, but we feel pretty confident with the rest. Bryan left a comprehensive slide collection, with most slides named. The main problem, however, is with the colours, and there is predictable difficulty with the 'blues' and 'purples' where the slide images are unreliable. We managed one day in the Bridgford garden in 2014 looking at the named varieties. Barry drove from Suffolk and I met him there from Norfolk, we had grouped the slides into colours, and then with Bryan's ancient handheld slide magnifier compared these with individual blooms gathered from the garden. We had some positive ID, and some where further work is required, but the exercise proved to be a success, despite the fact that it rained all day, and we were</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The seedlings however present a different challenge altogether as we tackle at least six beds grown between 2003-2008. The 'Red Book' should have given us a head start, but difficulty in deciphering the planting layout and bed plans has made it hard to pinpoint individual plants, and this gets more tricky as time moves on. However my father's slide records during the last ten years are good and we remain confident of further success. Over the last couple of years I have started to move a number of seedlings to my garden in Norfolk, which will allow them to be evaluated properly, and the best retained. This is very much work in progress and more work is required next year or two to complete the task.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Barry continues to use Bryan's breeding lines in his own hybridisation programme. His recent success with 'Iceni Sunset' which was awarded the Dykes Medal in 2014 is a great accolade. I started hybridising in 2012 and will see the first results in 2015; I also produced a number of crosses in 2013 and 2014 and believe that some of these could be interesting. Bryan's records of crosses made each year, and his scoring system of the results, are still available and provide a clear insight into what he was trying to achieve during the last ten years of his life when he went largely below the radar in the iris world. What is clear is that it was during this period that he made some of his best crosses and most are entirely unknown to the iris world let alone the general public. I am mindful that my father will be watching my own results, with a critical eye; in turn I will endeavour to adopt the same rigour and ruthlessness that resulted in his naming less than fifty varieties in as many years from over 100,000 seedlings. I am in no doubt that the majority of my own efforts will end up on the compost heap, as he would expect, but I do have some confidence that with excellent breeding lines to choose from, and aided by Bryan's current record of crosses made, it should be possible to produce something reasonably respectable before too long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Looking to the future, there are three priorities. The first is to ensure that there is a comprehensive collection of all the extant named varieties in my Norfolk garden; the plan is that these will form the basis of a new National Collection of Bryan Dodsworth's Irises; I have been in contact with Plant Heritage, and this is subject to their approval. This is an Autumn project. The second is to raise the profile of my father's irises in the context of promoting and championing the British Iris at a time when interest is at a very low ebb, and the number of British hybridisers of Tall Bearded Irises can almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Barry and I set up <a href="http://www.englishiriscompany.com/">The English Iris Company</a> in 2013 to do this and have just started to make some of the best varieties available to the public, some for the very first time [<a href="http://www.englishiriscompany.com/">www.englishiriscompany.com</a>]. Finally, I am keen to take up my father's baton and highlight within the horticultural press the importance of form and structure in Tall Bearded Irises at a time when the commercial growers are focused almost exclusively on new colours and flower shapes, irrespective of the structure of the plant on which the flowers are carried. This means, I believe, that many modern introductions are substandard, and of poor quality, with flowers that fail to open properly, and with some that are unsuited to UK growing conditions. Then, there is the question of colour..... I will not exhaust your patience further and save this topic for a further article.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bryan Dodsworth's irises are alive and well. I remain indebted to Barry Emmerson for his guidance and support and whose encouragement has made this possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>~ 'Taking on an Important Iris Collection'. </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.englishiriscompany.com/">Simon Dodsworth</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.englishiriscompany.com/">Bryan Dodsworths Irises can be viewed at The English Iris Company when they have their National Gardens open days on the 4th and 5th June 2016. Be sure to visit the gardens to walk amongst and see these irises at their very best.</a></span><br />
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Major Hat Tip to <a href="http://www.englishiriscompany.com/">Simon Dodsworth</a> for sharing the with us all the well written article and the super photo's.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Taj Rani' is a very classy iris that has every chance of becoming another of Barry Blyths small but growing list of disappearing gems. Thirty eight years old and some will claim this contemporary iris as Historic because of the thirty year rule, and technically it is, but as I have already stated in one of my September 2012 post <i><a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/historic-iris-time-for-change.html">"When groups of Irises emerge with characteristics sufficiently different from those that have gone before, the subject of a classification that is determined by a time line needs to be addressed."</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The one really important classification that 'Taj Rani' definitely is, 'it's rare', only grown in three gardens that I know of in New Zealand and I received an email reply today from a ex-commercial grower in Australia who I knew catalogued this iris a few years ago and message stated <i>"I no longer grow Taj Rani. I have found better irises of that colour and it probably was never a huge seller in its time. It probably continues in a number of backyards."</i> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">So the only known
Southern Hemisphere commercial source bites the dust you might say, and I
have never seen it commercially listed in any other country. </span><br />
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New Zealand irisarian Shirley Spicer used 'Taj Rani' in her breeding
program and it is the pod parent of her 2001 tall bearded introduction
'Bright Fine Gold', and I know </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hooker Nichols used 'Taj Rani' in the breeding of his 1991 introduction 'Diddler' and 'Diddler' (Taj Rani x In Tempo) is the pod parent of '</span><a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2009/07/tall-bearded-iris-scene-stealer.html" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Scene Stealer</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">' so 'Taj Rani' was/is in the States somewhere perhaps!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's not hard to like this iris a massive amount, with good branching, high plant health, nice clean foliage, reasonable vigour, strong stalks, amazing sooty black purple buds that open into a shimmering smooth voluptuous lavender self with a unique lavender beard tipped tangerine- get it and enjoy it- you can even get to call yourself a conservationist- if you can find it available for sale anywhere that is!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> TAJ RANI (Blyth '78 Aust.) M 32" . Some 15 years ago we grew a lovely Iris called Lavender Diadem and ever since we have been looking for an improved version, until now none of the hundreds of imported varieties or seedlings have been even near it until Taj Rani first bloomed. It is a silky smooth satin lavender self with perfect form, beards are lavender tipped tangerine. Branching is good. A lovely Iris that has to be seen to be appreciated (Orchid Song x Fond Wish).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Bay Blooms Nurseries, Cambridge Road, Tauranga Spring / Summer 1988 </i>Catalogue.Bearded Iris.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">TAJ RANI A silky smooth satin lavender self with perfect form, beards are lavender tipped tangerine.Branching is good. A lovely Iris that has to be seen to be appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">TAJ RANI (B. Blyth, R. 1978). Sdlg. J21-1. TB 32" (82 cm) M. Ruffled satin lavender self; tangerine beard. Orchid Song X Fond Wish., Tempo Two 1978/79.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">It is my belief that when the breeders of any
particular class of iris fails to put out new varieties, that class will
gradually become stagnant and inactive. That has been the reason for
the slump in dwarf interest in the past. Therefore it is necessary that
our hybridizers continue with new production to keep this interest
alive.<br />
In the past our hybridizers like Caparne, Burchfeild, and the Sass
Brothers worked with the chamaeiris species almost entirely because this
species was available and gave the best performance though it was
lacking in color and pattern range. The Sass Brothers used only Socrates
and its seedlings for all of their varieties, and chamaeiris gave only
purples, yellows and a few rare whites.<br />
I. pumila and other dwarf species had never been in this country before
our time. Apparently the first pumilas were seed sent to Bob Schreiner,
who grew them and selected Sulina, Carpathia and Nana; though these were
not registered with the AIS. Later our Robin members on Europe such as
Hansel-Mayer, Eckers Berlin, Hugues de Balzer went into the wild and
collected and sent species to me and I distributed them to our breeders.<br />
The species I.pumila apparently has the widest color range of any iris.
But I.pumila won't grow well in some areas, like in California, and down
south in Georgia, Arizona and Texas. In pumila we have the true blue,
purple violet, white, yellow and such patterns as the spot pattern with
gives us amoenas,variegatas, Pinnacles, neglectas, and from these colors
and patterns the variations are unlimited.<br />
So if we can get all of these colors and patterns up into the chamaeiris
forms, with that performance which is inherent in this species, we will
have a dwarf that is everything.<br />
I have a plan which will achieve this, which will not only give us the
the dwarf of the future, but keep our breeders busy for half a century
like the AIS has done with the Talls, and this will put our dwarfs on
the map and keep it there. So here is my plan.<br />
This new dwarf will be called Chammy Dwarf. In other words it will
become like the present chamaeiris varieties but with all of the colors
and patterns known in the pumilas. So how do we achieve this miracle???<br />
First we cross the particular pumila onto a tall bearded iris, to get a
Lilliput, with the form desired among it's seedlings. No Doubt this will
to big and coarse, with the usual faults known in the Lilliputs. But
the important thing is color or pattern. Next we cross this Lilliput with a
Chamaeiris "tool" which we have developed and tested for giving a
desirable form from this coarse Lilliput, smaller and more dainty.<br />
This tool will take some time to develop, but it can be done. No doubt
it must be a white form, which will be neutral in color yet pass along
the color of the Lilliput. I am working on this and making some
progress. We will need a spot tool also, as spot requires a full dosage
of spot factor to give good expression, An anoema tool will be the best.
At present we have a tool in yellow, which I call Little Yellow but
will test this further.<br />
And as usual with development of a specific color or pattern if or when
this cross does not give full satisfaction, we can sib cross the two
best seedlings to improve it. This is not a case of quick results. It
can take perhaps three generations in some cases, which is six years
ordinarily, but remember we are creating relatively a new species, and
it is worth the trouble.<br />
No doubt some of us will find a more easy way to achieve certain things.
For instance by selection of a certain tall as a mother plant for a
more desirable Lilliput. Or perhaps a reverse cross like tall upon
pumila may be desirable. Anyway the selection of a tall parent can make a
big difference on size of plant, branching, and especially form of
bloom. All of this must be worked out as there are no rules to follow.
This is a new approach.<br />
Several things can be calculated. For instance, pumila has an inhibitor
that will erase all anthocyanin pigments from the progeny, leaving the
yellow if present, in the seedlings. But if yellow is avoided, only the
pumila colors will be present.It erases only the anthocyanin, not
anything else.<br />
Just imagine if we can get a true blue in a chamaeiris form, a black,
brown, violet, red, purple, amoena, Pinnacle, maybe yellow standards and
blue falls. All of this is possible in our Chammy Dwarfs. And when we
get all of this in a plant that will perform well in vast areas, our
dwarfs will continue as with the Talls today.<br />
At present we have two Chammy Dwarfs, by chance. These are 'Fashion
Lady' and Lilli-White. Both are still in bloom here, full of bloom, not
damaged by the freezing apparently, and the only one in bloom in my
border where it is planted with all my varieties. This has been a lesson
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LILLI-WHITE (Welch, R. 1957). Sdlg. L-56i. SDB 12" L. W1. Pure
white self, white beard. (Blue Shimmer x Carpathia) x J-538: (Bouquet x
(Fiancee x Fairy))., Welch 1958. HM 1958.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Pretender is Paul Cook's so called blue variegata that came to fame before his 'Progenitor' breeding programme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Iris Culture and Hybridizing for Everyone. Wilma L Vallette, 1961.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few diploid variegata had blue-violet or red-violet falls, such as Nibelungen, but most tetraploid variegata and have a reddish or brownish ones. The two exceptions are Decennial (Williamson ‘30) and Pretender. The latter came from two seedlings which both go back three or more times to Blue Boy </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[Ref 1]</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a chance seedling of aphylla, and Mr Cook is said to suspect that it's unusual combination of colours-yellow standards, violet falls-is due to some sort of interaction between genes from aphylla and variegata. Pretender is said to throw unusual seedlings, which though not too good, often have big splotches of people cover and the yellow standards, not all like a flecking caused by virus, which Mr Cook believes may also be due to aphylla-a belief strengthened when he learned that crossing Pretender with yellow or light blue pumilas gives violet or purple, showing any aphylla violet in it is not affected by pumilas inhibitor any more than that of dark violet aphylla itself. Decennial may also stem from aphylla, thanks to Mr Williamson's habit of using mixed pollen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When we remember the clear bright blue in Snow Crystal and Blue Shimmer, which both stem from aphylla, and the blue beard adorning many of its descendants, it might seem worthwhile trying to combine it with variegata as well as blues. In them, the appearance of a violet or purple fall means that yellow is not beneath this "spot", which must be the case with Pretender, since even the light each around at spot is white, not yellow. Regardless of the fact that Louvois x dominant white gave 11 creams with white spots, as if spot was inhibited, the fact that with these few exceptions all variegata have red or brownish red "spots" shows that yellow is present beneath them, else the colour would be purple to violet not red. However, Pretender’s violet falls may not be entirely due to aphylla, as this tetraploid species could not possibly have been involved in the older diploids with purple falls-perhaps in them yellow failed to appear in the centre of the falls by natural segregation, the same as in variegata itself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Longfield Iris Farm, Bluffton, Indiana. Williamson Iris, 1952.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">PRETENDER (Cook 1951). This Iris has proved to be the best of a series of seedlings Mr. Cook calls his "blue falled variegatas." The modified variegata coloring is both distinct and pleasing. Standards are soft medium yellow, without suffusion of other color; Falls are solid velvety purple with narrow margin of lighter color. Those who find the yellow and red of the usual variegata too harsh to use in the general Iris planting will like the more harmonious colors of this new bicolor. 35 inches. $12.00</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">PRETENDER (Cook, 1951) Each $12.00</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The best of a series of "blue-falled variegatas" from the originator of Amigo, Indiana Night, Pink Bountiful, Dreamcastle, Tranquil Moon and a multitude of famed varieties. Standards are soft yellow, falls solid velvety blue-purple with narrow lighter margin. Genuinely different ! 35 inches tall with large flowers. HM AIS, 1952.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are delighted with a most accurate reproduction on page 55. Marked boldly with two distinct color hues, yellow and violet, this iris is a standout for original coloring. H.M '52 A.M. '55 .....................................$7.00</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, October 1953, Number 131.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Region 9 Varietal Report, Hurbert Fischer, R.V.P. III.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Notes taken during the 1953 Iris Season.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pretender-an iris that is different with soft yellow standards and blue purple falls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mrs. Glen Suiter, Caldwell, Idaho</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pretender-A splendid, very different variety. Blue purple falls and yellow standards. Performing like a veteran on a first year plant. A stunner and no mistake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, October 1954, Number 135.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MRS. JAMES A. SAPP, Mo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pretender-A new race of variegatas-yellow standards and blue falls good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Comments from J. Donavan Bolger, Morristown, Pa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Amoena and Near Amoenas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pretender - Pale yellow standards and deep blue falls edged yellow. Not too crazy about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Varietal report Hurbert Fischer, R.V.P. III.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pretender (Cook) - Unusual and startling with soft yellow standards and velvety purple falls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Region Two, New York.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mrs. W. B. Melnick.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In my own garden, Pretender stole the show, the first and last to bloom. It has medium sized flowers and tall stalks with good placement. There is lovely contrast between the bright yellow standards and I would almost say "purple" falls, though catalogs describe them as "blue".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">PRETENDER (P. Cook, R. 1951). Sdlg. 7746. TB 35" M. Y4. Yellow amber and prune-purple bicolor. Cook 1339 X Cook 5042., Longfield 1951. HM 1952; AM 1955.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><big><big><span style="font-size: x-large;">BLISS IRISES<br />
FAMILY AND FLOWERS;<br />
THE JOURNEY TO A NATIONAL COLLECTION</span><br />
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<small><span style="font-size: large;">Anne Milner<br />
Watercolours by Fern Harden</span></small></big></big><br />
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Anne Milner presents her family history intertwined with the history of Bliss irises, which are now part of the Plant<br />
Heritage family of National Collections of plants worth preserving.<br />
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<b>The collection was featured in the second series of The Great British Garden Revival </b><b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bliss Irises combines family history and gardening in a unique and very personal journey. Initially triggered by interest in her great, great grandfather who built the Bliss Tweed Mill in Chipping Norton, Anne Milner discovered Arthur J. Bliss, a cousin of a grandfather, and his work with early 20th century irises. Having travelled to New Zealand and South Africa, Arthur had many adventures before becoming famous in the horticultural world for breeding and introducing Dominion , an iris that took the world by storm when it was first introduced in 1917. It has since gone on to be found in the pedigree of hundreds of modern irises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With stunning photographs, watercolours and line drawings throughout, the second part of Bliss Irises focuses on the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">flowers themselves and details the range of irises registered by Anne Milner s ancestor Arthur Bliss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bliss Irises will appeal to readers with an interest in irises, historic plants and family history, as well as those with a more general interest in gardening and horticulture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ANNE MILNER learned her love of plants while
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her family history in the early 1980s and discovered her Uncle Arthur and his irises. She has no formal gardening training but has been enjoying gardening for over 40 years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /></span>Iris Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616914124654381895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674461137690378952.post-53562052346516615242016-03-14T01:46:00.001+13:002016-05-16T16:41:01.367+12:00Tall Bearded Historic Iris DEMI-DEUIL<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"> Demi-Deuil bred by Fernand Denis was
eventually in 1931 placed on the American Iris Society 'Black List' one
of the most crazy surveys in the Iris world, and in my opinion it was
the iris equivalent of 'Burning Books'. It was a decade of 'Iris
Shaming'.<br />
William Caparne was so concerned with the American Iris Society
encouraging the discarding of older Iris varieties for the best new
varieties that started in "The Flower Grower" in 1919-1920. In his
article 'On Discarding Irises' I think he summed up his concerns well in
the following paragraph.<br />
<i> There are various ways of looking at flowers, as at most things;
1st, by themselves; 2nd, in company with others; 3rd, en mass; and each
of these ways demands separate methods of mind. In the mass we can and
do arrange colours to agree and to tell with effect. In a group, small
or large, we had better do so, but the individual is at home to us and
has all its points and characters available to be read, delighted in and
conversed about. It is indeed very beautiful, but it by no means
follows that these beauties either shine or are even exhibited in
company. And, if you want them to, you must make special arrangements as
you would for a concert performer; don't put him or her into a crowd
with several other pianos going, and then discard him as over-rated, not
up to the mark, etc. I think it is distinctly part of the business of
the Iris Society to help people to see more beauty in things beautiful
and in this connection it is well to remember the old saw that "the
better is ever the enemy of the good and the best can kill both".</i><br />
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Demi-Deuil is a iris of distinct character, is a strong grower and is
still admired by growers with taste. Should it have been registered
today there is a strong possibly it would be classified a Table Iris <br />
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<i>Cayeux et Le Clerc, Quai de la Mégisserie, 8, Paris.</i><br />
Demi-Deuil (Denis 1912). <br />
Coloris distinct à fond blanc tigré et zébré violet pensée.<br />
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</i><i>Lee R. Bonnewitz,Van Wert, Ohio, Peonies and Irises,1926.</i><br />
DEMI-DEUIL (Denis)<br />
We are told this French name means 'half-mourning' so you must not
expect this Iris to contain bright colors. S. pansy-violet shaded
copper; F. red-violet with white markings; yellow beard stippled
brown.Two rhizomes at 45c each, five or more rhizomes at 40c each.<br />
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</i><i>Carl Salbach Irises,Creston Road Berkeley, California,1926.</i><br />
Demi-deuil (Denis). A very odd dark plicata. White ground almost covered with dull purple veins and dots. 50c.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Lee R. Bonnewitz,Van Wert, Ohio, Peonies and Irises,1928.</i><br />DEMI-DEUIL (Denis)<br />This
Iris originated in France, has pansy-violet, red-violet and copper
tones, and it's name when translated in English is "Half Mourning." It
is valuable as a novelty only............$0.38<br /><i><br /></i><i>The Dean lris Gardens, Moneta, California. Choice Iris, Price List for 1921-1922.</i><br />The Largest Collection West of the Rocky Mountains and one of the Largest in the United States.<br />Introductions of English and French Origin.<br />Demi-deuil
(Denis). S. amber yellow, heavily veined and dotted deep livid purple;
F. white, veined and dotted dark dull purple. A dark Plicata of unusual
color. Each, $1.00.<br /><br /><i>Bearded Iris Tried at Wisley 1925-1927, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society.</i><br />Class VI a (1)<br />Varieties with standards of shot shades, pale blue or lavender, the yellow being scarcely perceptible .<br />Planted in the General Collection<br />DEMI-DEUIL 26 inches. June.</span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"> </span></span><br />
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TB-S8D (Denis 1912) Maron 1919; Denis 1920; Earl Woodward Sheets,1928;
Class VI a (1) Journal Royal Horticultural Society, Trials January 1928;
Commended, Royal Horticultural Society 14th June 1916; Journal Royal
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light";"><br /></span>Iris Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616914124654381895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674461137690378952.post-16603830775625201182016-01-30T17:25:00.000+13:002016-05-16T14:54:05.810+12:00THE EVOLUTION of the BEARDED IRIS Arthur J. Bliss<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The very considerable developments, during recent years, in the characteristics of </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fascinating flower are but the harbingers of even more extensive developments </i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the not distant future.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">IMPROVEMENT in our principal garden flowers is always going on. At times it may be slow or even seem to cease, then, perhaps, a new species may be introduced, or it may be simply that a freer imagination is applied to the task, and once more the flower sets forth on its onward course towards that ideal of perfection which will always be just beyond. When a flower is in its most active period of development one is tempted to try to forecast its future. Not too far ahead, for that can be little better than random guessing. But for the immediate future we can have every confidence, and even certainty within limits, in the light of the knowledge that Mendel's laws have given us, and especially if we have records of the ancestry of our present varieties. In fact, breeding will some day become an exact science, and when all the characters of a flower have been analysed and their factors and their interrelationship determined (as Miss Saunders and Miss Wheldale have already done for the colours of Stocks and Snapdragons), flowers will be made to order. The Iris is now in such an active period of development. Let us roughly analyse its characters and see wherein has been the improvement that </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">has made the Iris of to-day so greatly superior to the earlier varieties. We may then see perhaps what further possibilities there are on these lines in varying combinations, and gather suggestions of improvement in other directions that appear to have been so far neglected or overlooked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We deal chiefly with the individual flower. For those whose ideal in the garden is masses of harmonious and contrasting colour the florist's ideals of perfection of the individual flower are no doubt scarcely understandable, but it is in the flower—its size, form, colour and substance— that the progress has been made. These are the essential characters—habit, height and freedom of flowering, though by no means negligible, are of secondary importance in displaying the flower to best advantage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In freedom of flowering the Flag Iris of to-day is, perhaps, no better than the earlier varieties, and there are, indeed, some with the highest qualities of size, form and colour that are all too shy, but on the whole the free-flowering qualities have been at least maintained, and this is a notable achievement, since increased size and quality is so often accompanied with fewer flowers. There is, then, every indication that the Iris of the future will not only be as free flowering as those in the past but will surpass them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The introduction of Trojana has given us generally a taller and wider branching habit, well adapted for specimen plants. The type of the older varieties, however, was often equally freely branched, but with shorter and less spreading side stems, thus holding the flowers closer, and these are more suitable for massing. The two types, as they each have their use, will be maintained side by side in the future, but the tendency is towards the wider branching habit, as it displays best the larger and finer formed flowers of the newer Irises.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The general height of Irises has also been increased, so much so that except for special positions 2ft. is a minimum, and the average is between 2ft.6in, and 3ft, The introduction of Ricardi, Junonia and Mesopotamica has produced still taller plants with noble spikes 5ft. high, but as yet the flowers are poor in form and colour, and the constitution of these varieties is so weak and uncertain that they are of no use for general cultivation at present. There is no doubt, however, that these drawbacks will be overcome in time and that the average height of Irises will be between 3ft. and 4ft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is in the individual flower that the greatest and most remarkable advances have been made. We must try to see what it is that constitutes this general improvement. There can be no single or exclusive ideal of beauty for any flower; but that there are some principles which, applied in various ways, will give several or many different types of beauty, each ideal in its own way, no one could doubt if they compare the best of the newer Irises with the older varieties. And I think that the main principle is symmetry or balance. A f.lower may be small or large, and its form may vary within limits, and yet it may be beautiful if perfectly proportioned. Again, in colour, the ultimate criterion of excellence seems to be richness and purity—harmony and contrast being much more elusive and indefinite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Let us then sum up the qualities in the flower of the modern Flag Iris. Already it is, on the average, larger—much larger—than the older varieties, and so long as the symmetry and balance of the flower and its substance and colour is maintained no limit can be set, and it may be that even larger flowers will be attained. There are, however, already in existence flowers so large in comparison with the species that have helped to produce them that the work of the immediate future will be in perfecting the form of these giants and producing them in the full range of Iris colours (the pure yellow standard variegata type is still comparatively small) than in any appreciable increase of size. These include such varieties (to mention only a few) as Lent A. Wiliamson (the finest and largest American </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">variety), Vilmorin's Magnifica and Ambassadeur, Hort's Ann Page, Yeld's Asia and Prospero. Denis' Mdlle. Schwartz, and my Titan, Cardinal and Bruno. Nevertheless, the Iris will eventually be larger even than these. In substance likewise there has been a very great advance, of which Dominion was the first and is still the most remarkable example. Many of even these largest-sized Irises have great substance and stand firm through sunshine or rain to the last. It may be noted also that this increase of substance is always combined with, and is probably partly the cause of, the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">richer colouring of these flowers. The only one of the old standard varieties that has anything like such substance is pallida dalmatica Princess Beatrice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When we compare the newest with the old varieties, the most obvious improvement in the form is in the broadening of the segments. And it is the most important In this the old florists </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">were right, but when they laid it down that the circular outline was the one and only ideal form they fell into the error of pushing things to extremes. For though it is true that a circle is the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">logical conclusion of the principle of broadening a surface in proportion to its length, beauty is not based on logical conclusions. The Iris, like all flowers has a distinctive form of its own with three upright </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">standards and three either hanging or spreading falls. In the perfect flower these two sets of petals must be balanced One of the effects of the introduction of Trojana has been to give us oblong unbalanced flowers. Not even the beauty of colouring of Isoline can compensate altogether for its lack of refinement of form. This defect is now being bred out by mating Trojana hybrids </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with broad-petalled varieties, and in the near future we shall have perfectly proportioned flowers with all the size of Trojana and Macrantha. Such, indeed, are already in existence, and they demonstrate </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">beyond question that size is no bar to refinement </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The form of the standards still needs much improvement. They are always of less substance than the falls, but they should have enough to stand up stiff and not flop in hot sunshine. They should curve outwards from their base, meeting again at their tips. At present few Irises do more than approximate to this ideal, and 1 do not see any special tendency yet to an improvement in this direction. But when such flowers, having finely arching standards, are compared with those having flatter or overlapping or open or erect standards and it is realised how essential this character is to the beauty of form, its selection will be more carefully attended to in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The falls are more nearly approaching perfection, in smoothness and in outline. Their disposition gives scope for varying types—the flat hanging, the rounded drooping, and the spreading or "flaring" (to use the American term). The standards with revolute edges displaying the interior of the flower is often an effective and beautiful type, especially when the style arms are of a contrasting colour, and this form strengthens the standards though it gives a narrower appearance to the flower. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even the type with open cupped standards is sometimes pleasing when it is accompanied, as it usually is, with broad-hafted spreading falls. All these types are being developed, but not, I think, with any definite selection. It is in the colouring that the greatest general advance has been already made, and yet it is also in colour that we may expect the most important developments in the near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The richness of the colouring of the falls of the most recent varieties and seedlings already in existence far surpasses anything seen in all but a very few of the old varieties, such as Jaquesiana or Maori King, and this richness is accompanied by a velvety or satiny surface which seems very likely to be due to their extra substance. This will undoubtedly be a feature of all Irises in the future. In all the self flowers we have, now, purer and brighter colours, but there is still scope in this direction, especially in deeper coloured self-violet pallidas, and these may be expected very soon. The range of colour is also extending, and colours are now beginning to appear (as in many other florists' flowers since the adoption of Mendelian methods in breeding) of art blends, soft and delicate in the standards, contrasting harmoniously with warmer, richer tones in the falls Vilmorin's Isoline, Mount Penn, Wyomissing and others of Mr. Farr's seedlings, M. Denis' Troost and Deuil de Valery Mayet, and, in deeper </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tones, Vilmorin's Opera are examples, and are being added to and surpassed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Among other new colour developments may be mentioned Miss Sturtevant's Shekinah, a luminous yellow self of pallida form and habit, and Citronella with soft yellow standards and crimson veined falls, also of pallida size and form and exceptionally free flowering. From these it is only a step to a true yellow-ground plicata in fact, a slightly different but similar series of crosses such as produced these should produce it, and it may be even now in existence. Plicatas are now appearing in giant size and more perfect form, and with a wide range of margin colour and often finely spotted. Flowers with yellow standards and white falls are likely to appear someday. Crusader and Blue Bird show that we may hope for a flower at least as near blue as the Monspur or the Sibirica sanguinea hybrids, and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">though the crimson Iris is still far off, we may at least hope for a substantial advance towards it in the near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All these forecasts are, in the light of the knowledge that Mendel's laws have given us, well within sight. There are other possibilities, hints of which have been given by chance seedlings— that may perhaps be mutations—which may be realised some day but in the more distant future. I will mention but one. The seedling I have named Samite, a self-cream white, is remarkable in several characters, and I hoped to get new types from it, but all the more obvious crosses that I made were failures. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One chance cross, however, most unexpectedly produced a series of seedlings, all of which were more or </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">less of the Tigridia type, with small weak open standards and very broad falls spreading almost horizontally, and some with abnormally broad hafts that, together, almost formed a cup, as in Tigridia. Furthermore, the hafts are covered with comparatively large and defined spots. The resemblance to a Tigridia is certainly far away, especially in colour, but it is suggestive. And it is from such suggestions that our flowers give us that new types come rather than from our unaided imagination. At any rate, it is safe to say that for all the great improvements already, obtained the Iris is yet only at the outset of its career, and there are still infinite possibilities of its development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">'Beyond Riches' is an iris introduced by Alison
Nicoll, Richmond Iris Gardens, New Zealand, and certainly has inherited the genes from the pod parent George Shoop's
'Prince George', with an extra large dollop of added zest and wow!!<br />
Standards are a lilac white with a distinctive gold edge, hafts are
veined leading to a solid magenta purple with a mandarin orange coloured
beard. Large slightly fragrant blooms on well branched stems, that carry a upmarket sophisticated bling look with a dash of Parnell. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">A very nice iris with </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">good plant health, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">a sister seedling to the </span><a href="http://historiciris.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/new-zealand-tall-bearded-iris-atavus.html" style="font-family: Georgia;">New Zealand Dykes medal winner, 'Atavas</a><span style="font-family: "georgia";">'.</span><br />
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Richmond Iris Gardens, 376 Hill St., Richmond</i><i>,</i><i> Nelson, New Zealand</i><i><br />
</i><i>Specialist Growers and Hybridisers of Beautiful Bearded Irises Catalogue, Issue 62,</i><i> </i><i>2012-13.</i><br />
BEYOND RICHES: [A. Nicoll ’07] Standards, pale lilac blue with fine gold
edge. Falls, Purple blend on magenta, white area around tangerine
beards.<br />
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<i>New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist 2015 </i><br />
BEYOND RICHES (Alison Nicoll, R. 2007) Sdlg.
A00T2-1. TB, 30" (76 cm), ML S. light pale lilac-blue, fine
gold edging; style arms lilac blue, darker lilac center, gold
tips; F. rich magenta and purple blend, white area around beard,
fine gold edging, gold and violet veins; beards tangerine; lightly
frilled, ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Prince George X
Outrageous Fortune. Richmond 2007/08.</span><br />
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THE BEARDED IRISES</span><br />
W. R. DYKES, M.A., L.-ès-L.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">SOME weeks ago there appeared in these columns an article on Bearded Iris species, which summed up what was known of them about thirty years ago, at the time when Baker compiled his Handbook of the Irideæ The so-called species were described in the order in which they appeared in Baker's book, and in many cases the wording of the descriptions was identical.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Since 1892, however, much research work has been carried out, and our knowledge of the wild species of Iris and of natural and garden hybrids between them has grown very considerably. This growth has been made possible by the examination of the very numerous dried specimens of wild plants which are preserved in the various herbarium collections and by the cultivation of living plants from known localities. Thus we now know the difference between I. pumila and I. Chamæiris. The former has practically no stem and a long perianth tube between the ovary and the flower, while the latter has a stem which is at any rate always longer than the tube.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Colour alone is no guide to specific difference, and both these species may have either yellow or purple flowers. The curious thing is that in some localities there is apparently very </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">little colour variation, while in others every plant seems to be different.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Thus I. Chamaeiris on Mount Coudon behind Toulon is all yellow or yellow flushed with brown, while at Roque-haute on the coast of Herault there is every variation. I. pumila in the Deliblat in Hungary is always purple, while on the Geissberg outside Vienna and on the Dalmatian coast near Zara and Sebenico there is infinite variety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Many of the plants sold as pumila are in reality Chamæiris, but no one who has once seen the ripe seed-pods of I. pumila will ever again confuse the two species. The capsules are literally on the ground, broad at the base and tapering to a conical point to which is still attached the long, withered perianth tube and the remains of the flower. The ripe capsule splits open, not from the apex, as in I. Chamæiris, but below the apex, as in I. arenaria and in the species of the Regelia group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">I. Chamæiris is found only in South-Eastern France and in Northern Italy I. pumila in Austria and Hungary, Croatia, Greece and Southern Russia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">In Sicily there is a rather delicate species like a large I. Chamæiris, but with the long tube of I. pumila. It looks not unlike a natural hybrid between the two species, but it can hardly be so, because artificial hybrids between them are quite sterile and differ in some slight but well marked details. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">For some unknown reason Balkan Irises have sharply keeled spathes — the green or membranous sheaths in which the buds are contained. There are, in fact, quite a number of Balkan species with keeled spathes, which have counterparts in Western or Central Europe, in which the spathes are either shapeless or merely rounded. Thus I. spuria and I. graminea correspond to I. Sintenisii and I. Urumovii. In the same way the Balkan I. mellita and I. Reichenbachii correspond to I.pumila and I. Chamaeiris. Of both there are yellow and purple forms, which have been described as distinct species. Thus serbica and bosniaca are merely yellow forms of I. Reichenbachii, while balkana and Athoa are purple. I. mellita is dwarf like pumila, but has sharply keeled spathes and is the species of which one variety from Skutari, opposite Constantinople, is in cultivation under the name of rubromarginata. I. Reichenbachii has a stem from 3ins. to 9ins. in height and a comparatively short tube. I. mellita has a long tube and is nearly always stemless.</span><br />
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These four species, pumila and Chamæiris in the west and mellita
and Reichenbachii in the Balkans, are never more than a foot in
height, and the only other species which are certainly natives of
Central Europe seem to be I. aphylla, I. variegata and I. pallida,
of all of which there are many local varieties. All those who have
grown them know how readily and persistently they all set seeds,
while it is comparatively rare to see a pod on any so-called
germanica, lurida, flavescens or sambucina, and rarer still to
find more than one or two seeds in them.<br />
I. aphylla, as its name implies, loses its leaves entirely in
autumn ; so, too, do I. variegata and I. pallida to a very large
extent. This is only what we should expect of plants which are
natives of countries like Central Europe with a rigorous winter
climate.<br />
I. aphylla has a host of synonyms, such as biflora, bisflorens,
bohemica, hungarica, furcata, etc., some alluding to its habit of
flowering a second time in the early autumn, some to the branching
habit of the stem, which forks characteristically below the
centre, and others to the various localities in which it is found.
It is characteristic, also, of I. aphylla to have spathes of thin
membranous texture either wholly green or more or less flushed
with purple. The colour of the flowers is usually a deep purple,
though both yellow and almost white forms are not unknown.<br />
I. variegata comes from Hungary, Croatia and the Balkans, and is
the source of the yellow colour in our garden Bearded Irises. In
the wild plant the standards are yellow and the falls more or less
closely veined with some shade of brownish purple on a yellow or
creamy ground. The spathes are green and remain persistently so,
even when the flowers are fully developed.<br />
In I. pallida, on the other hand, they are always wholly scarious
or papery, even long before the buds emerge from them. It is
interesting to remember that all such plants as sambucina,
squalens, lurida and even germanica have spathes which are
scarious in the upper part and green or herbaceous in the lower
part, an indication that they are hybrids which owe their origin
to a cross between a species with herbaceous spathes and a species
with scarious spathes.<br />
Another fact, which appears only to have come to light in the last
ten or fifteen years, is that in the only two localities where I.
variegata and I. pallida are both known to grow wild, namely, near
Bozen in the Tyrol and on the Velebit Mountains above Carlopago on
the Croatian coast, natural hybrids also occur identical with
those to which such names as squalens and sambucina have been
given. In such hybrids it is easy to see the struggle for mastery
of the purple of pallida and the yellow of variegata. Moreover, it
is quite easy to raise these hybrids in our gardens by crossing
the two species.<br />
I. germanica is frankly a puzzle. All we know for certain is that
it has never been found undoubtedly wild anywhere. Moreover, it is
extremely reluctant to set seed under any conditions, and it has a
habit of making its new growth in the autumn, which would mean
that its foliage would suffer in a continental winter and the
plants remain flowerless, as they not uncommonly do even in this
country in a season of late frosts and in exposed situations.<br />
Again, there is not one germanica but several. The common form in
this country is bluer than those we find in Southern France. The
variety Kharput was sent to Foster from the town of that name in
Northern Asia Minor and is naturalised near Srinagar in Kashmir,
while atropurpurea grows in masses at Beaucaire, opposite Tarascon
on the Rhone, and at many other places in the South.
Moreover, it was found growing abundantly at Khatmandu in Nepal a
hundred years ago! Three years ago I found an Iris growing high up on the
rocks between the two arms of Lake Como, in a position where I felt
sure it must be wild and not an escape from cultivation. When the
plants, which I brought home, flowered they proved to be Kochii,
but, unfortunately, they will not set seed, as we should expect them
to do if Kochii were a wild species. No form of germanica has been
known to reproduce itself from seed. The few seedlings that have
been raised are all dwarf plants, resembling I. aphylla more than
any other species.<br />
Another puzzle about germanica is that each purple form seems to
have a corresponding albino form. The so-called germanica alba is
one, another even whiter was found growing by the roadside in
Istria, while the well known florentina is another. This is the
albino of a slender form of germanica which is used along with
pallida in the manufacture of orris root near Florence. Streaks or
patches of purple not infrequently occur in flowers of florentina
and also in the other albino forms of germanica.<br />
Florentina has nothing whatever to do with I. albicans, which is the
albino of the Arabian I. Madonna. I. albicans and I. Madonna can
easily be picked out of a collection in winter by their curiously
twisted leaves and by the fact that the tips are always browned by
the frost. Albicans has been transported all over the world as an
ornament for Mohammedan graveyards, while Madonna was only
discovered in, and introduced from, South-Eastern Arabia less than
twenty years ago.<br />
I. pallida has many local forms. Near Bozen it is a sturdy plant
3ft. high with a stiff stem and very glaucous leaves. In Dalmatia it
is much more slender, with either green or glaucous leaves and
flowers of every conceivable shade of purple, using that
unsatisfactory word in its very widest sense. Ciengialti and Loppio
are only two forms among a vast number to be found on the eastern
coast of the Adriatic, and the so-called pallida dalmatica is almost
certainly of hybrid garden origin and not a native of Dalmatia. It
is much nearer to the Bozen form than to anything that grows in
Dalmatia. Moreover, it very rarely sets seed and, when it does,
gives a long series of variations.<br />
Another old garden plant, flavescens, is similarly almost certainly
of hybrid origin. It seldom sets seed and is quite distinct from I.
imbricata, with which it has been confused. The latter is a plant
from the south-western shores of the Caspian, and was once grown at
Kew under the name of obtusifolia. The flowers are of a curious
greenish yellow, sometimes streaked with purple, and the spathes are
very large, green and inflated. In cultivation a purple-flowered
form of it has appeared. Neither flavescens nor imbricata are found growing wild in the Balkans.<br />
I. kashmiriana is a difficult plant to flower in this country. It
wants a thorough roasting in summer, and has a purple counterpart,
which seldom finds its way beyond the borders of Kashmir. The white
form is used for decorative purposes by the natives, as is also
albicans, and the purple form is as neglected as I. Madonna.<br />
The so-called plicata can hardly be a wild species. It does not come
true from seed, and it is not known to occur in the wild state
anywhere. It seems rather to be a seedling or hybrid of I. pallida
and is, in fact, a pallida in which there is some factor which
prevents the purple colour from spreading all over the segments of
the flower. The colour is confined to the veins and usually to the
extremities of the veins near the circumference of the petals.<br />
In Asia Minor and in the hill country to the north of Mesopotamia
there are undoubtedly several little-known or unknown species of
Bearded Iris. Specimens have occasionally been in cultivation, but
never apparently for very long, nor has anyone tested their validity
as species by raising them from seed. Moreover, the specimens seem
always to have come from inhabited areas and not from regions in
which it was obvious that they were wild plants. Probably, now that
we are once more at peace with Turkey, it will be possible to obtain
further specimens and to decide how many species there are.<br />
At present the claims of I. trojana to specific rank seem
undeniable. It has a tall branching stem, long, narrow pointed buds
and comparatively narrow foliage. It is supposed to have reached the
Vienna Botanic Garden from the neighbourhood of Troy, but it is
obvious that a plant from such a locality might not necessarily have
been a native of it if, as now seems probable, Irises were in
cultivation as garden plants when Minos reigned at Cnossus in Crete
about 1600 B.C. However, I. trojana seeds readily and reproduces
itself with those slight variations in the tone of colour in the
flower which we expect to find when raising a species from seed. It
is probably to I. trojana that we owe the tall, branching habit of
many of the newer hybrids. W.R.D.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /></span>Iris Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00616914124654381895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674461137690378952.post-57210961036031918622015-05-03T08:49:00.000+12:002016-05-16T14:57:43.586+12:00Historic Tall Bearded Iris CLEMATIS and the British controversy.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">June 4th 1921</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><b>A New Iris to which we take exception</b>. — The Bearded Irises of June have an old-world charm, and so long as this is preserved we have no fault to find with the hybridists, but there is a tendency on the part of some hybridists to develop the size of the flowers at the expense of grace and form.<br />There is one new variety to which we take exception — it is named 'Clematis' — in which the standards of the flower open out like the falls or lower petals. The flowers appear like those of a large six-petal Clematis. All six segments of the flower reflex horizontally. But why turn half a flower inside out ? And why produce a beard on petals on which there should be no beard ?Does not the Iris owe much of its charm to its beautiful curves and natural outline of its flowers ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br /><b>A Champion for Iris Clematis</b>. — A recent note has provoked a vigorous champion to defend Iris Clematis and the hybridist. We hope others will enter the lists, and that they will not all be on one side! It is very remote from our wish to belittle the labours of the patient and painstaking workers to whom garden-lovers owe heavy debts ; but it must be conceded that they do not always realise their own ambitions, any more than they invariably please the taste of all and sundry even when they produce what is evidently satisfactory to themselves But where taste is concerned who shall be the final judge ?<br />Anyhow we think an interesting discussion should follow our correspondent' s valiant defence of the criticised Iris.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">IRIS CLEMATIS: THE TENDENCY OF HYBRIDISATION</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br />THE exception taken to the above Iris in The Garden of June 4 is at once interesting and illogical. Interesting because it opens up the question as to where the aims of the hybridist should cease ; whether, for instance, a change of form in any particular flower is as permissible as a variation of colour. Illogical because it concludes that such change is not permissible, and argues from this conclusion, and also a purely personal objection to the form taken by this particular flower, that there is in it a lack of beauty. More illogical still is the suggestion that the hybridist is responsible for this particular variation of form. The point to which " exception " is taken appears to be that " the standards of the flower open out like the falls, or lower petals."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Does the writer really think that this detracts one iota from the
beauty of the flower ? If so, he rules out of the scope of his
admiration other Irises, both species and varieties, that possess
the same characteristics. All the six petalled Iris Kæmpferi would
be excluded. Neither Iris tectorum nor gracilipes would have a
place in his garden. Surely he would not " take exception " to
these, among the most admired of the whole genus.</span><br />
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Returning to the effect of hybridising,</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the development of the
peculiar characteristics of Clematis was the very natural result
of a very natural process. There was no intention, or </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">effort, on the part of the hybridist to " turn half the flower
inside out." The only artificial act was in conveying the pollen
from one flower to another. Neither of the two parents showed the
tendency developed in the offspring. Even the act of the hybridist
was unnecessary. A chance seed from a bursting pod, in a garden
where the science of hybridisation was unknown, might conceivably
have produced the same results, and had 'Clematis' been a natural
hybrid, collected in some far distant comer of the world, should
we still " take exception " to its shape. If Nature chooses to
make the interior of the standards more beautiful than the
exterior, and then, in her wonderful economy, rather than waste
her effort makes the standards reflex to show that interior, for what
shall we blame her ? If there is any blame it is on Nature and not
the hybridist, for she alone is responsible.</span><br />
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But there is a deeper and more serious suggestion in the paragraph
referred to. The writer is willing to find no "fault with the
hybridists," providing they preserve that indefinite,
unprogressive and elusive attribute called " old world charm." If
this is to be the foundation of judgement, it will eliminate from
cultivation 99 per cent, of all the Irises, Sweet Peas, Dahlias,
Roses, Carnations, Carrots, Potatoes, Cauliflowers and every other
product of the modern garden. Chelsea Shows would be no more, and
that bright little periodical 'The Garden' would either become a
botanical catalogue of known species, or die from lack of material
to fill its columns. Horticulture might survive for a time by
collecting and distributing the weeds of the world, and the garden
would become a very dull place, for if the "charm" is " old world
" enough it would resolve the modern garden into a collection of
species.<br /> </span><br />
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Please do not misunderstand me. There is something absorbingly interesting in a collection of species, whether of Irises, Roses or anything else, but who would care to go back to a garden of types ? Some months ago I remember the " Notes of the Week " in The Garden opened with a quotation from the pen of Mr. Eden Phillpotts : "Man has availed himself of the great laws of evolution in mightier matters than the Iris : but in no theatre of his unsleeping efforts has he created purer beauty, or wakened for the flower lovers, truer joy than among the bearded Irises of June."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The bearded Irises of to-day are just as much departures from the original species, in one way or another, as 'Clematis' is from its first parents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Is not the whole scientific effort of the day directed towards developing the best and eradicating.the worst characteristics in every genus? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is not a question of developing " size of the flowers at the expense of grace and form." Man cannot of himself breed a new form. Nature may do so by taking a hand in his efforts, but even she is bound by her own laws. She only reproduces unequally the good or bad attributes from remote or near ancestors. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one knows better than the hybridist how accidental some of his best results appear to him to be, and this despite all the laws of Mendel. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Twelve seeds from a single pod may produce as many variations, and of them one may be half the size and one twice the size of the parent, and one only, as in the case of 'Clematis', may choose to assert itself as a variation of form, and the hybridist is impotent. He cannot even be assured that the form will reproduce itself from seed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The probabilities are that it will if Nature has endowed the new characteristics with strength and individuality sufficient thereto. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If we take exception to a form adopted by one Iris because it reproduces the form of another, or even if we object to the form of one flower because it resembles that of another species, where shall we stop ? Orchids resemble butterflies and bees. Shall we " take exception " to the Orchids, or the butterflies and bees ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some of the characteristics that have been bred into the newer
Irises are just as pronounced as this reflexing of the standards
horizontally in 'Clematis'. Standards have been strengthened and
elongated. Falls have been broadened and rendered horizontal or
drooping, as the case may be. Stems branch low down where once
they bore their flowers rigidly, alternately on each side of an
erect stem. Colours have been mingled, and new colour shades
introduced that have added infinitely to the charm of the Iris as
a garden flower. So much is this the case that we are all in the
position of the little girl who, when asked to describe the colour
in an Iris, said : " I really cannot tell you what colour it is,
but it's every kind of fairy colour." <br />
All this is tolerated, together with the wave, in Spencer Sweet
Peas, and other modifications ; and yet because Nature chooses to
adopt a form a little different from the standard set up by man as
the ideal, " we take exception." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It may be argued that Nature sometimes produces monstrosities, which is true ; but it is not in violation, but in pursuance of her own laws. The stronger characteristics of one parent may be reproduced in unequal proportions to the best of the other. The scientist may make mistakes in endeavouring to assist Nature by trying to impose on one variety the desirable characteristics of another, which may be due to his ignorance of what has gone before. Nature never forgets what has gone before. Mere size has nothing to do with beauty, in flower or animal. It is proportion that counts. The hybridist cannot " develop the size of the flowers at the expense of grace and form" unless Nature retaliates for some precious violation of her laws by producing inequality, and thus lack of proportion. The little Iris gracilipes magnified to the size of the largest Iris Kæmpferi would be just as beautiful if all its characteristics were equally magnified, nor would it be less beautiful than the finest Kæmpferi. We may admire diminutiveness, but smallness does not in itself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">constitute beauty. It is the little thing that reproduces perfectly the characteristics of the larger that attracts us. Therefore mere increase in size does not necessarily mean loss of grace and form. Little things are valuable when they are seen quite near. The largest flowers become smaller to the eye when seen in the distance. Who would reduce Iris Lord of June to the size it appears to be 20 yards. away ? Would they not rather have gracilipes magnified so that its beauty is not lost to sight at that distance ?<br />
There is a very apt quotation from a well known author in his
attempt to define beauty which is appropriate here : " Beauty is
the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow
into other forms." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">March 24th, 1923.</span><br />
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........This characteristic they undoubtedly derive from Iris
setosa. It is interesting to note that the Bearded Iris
Clematis, which almost certainly represents, a cross between a
June-flowering Bearded Iris and a Kæmpferi form, not only has
six petals all in the horizontal plane, but that all the petals
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 7th, 1923.</span></div>
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...............How the Japanese have evolved their hybrids from
the single- flowered wild form of I. Kæmpferi is not known ; but
probably, as in many other garden plants, these double forms have
merely arisen in cultivation without any admixture from another
species. The same explanation applies without a doubt to the
Bearded Iris Clematis. Seedlings of I. pallida not infrequently
appear with some or all of the " standards " changed in form, and
there is even extant a paper by a learned Professor of Innsbruck
who seeks to prove that this flat form of flower is the archetype
of all Irises. His whole argument is based on an I. pallida
identical in shape with the variety I. Clematis. Mr. Bliss was the
raiser of Clematis, and he will probably support the statement
that I. Kæmpferi was in no way responsible for its shape. There is
in fact, no authenticated hybrid between a bearded and a beardless
species of Iris. — W. R. Dykes. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 28th 1923</span></div>
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MR. DYKES in his notes on moisture-loving Irises, in your issue of
April 7, refers to the origin of Irises of the type of the Bearded
Iris Clematis in which all six petals reflex. So far as Bearded
Irises are concerned, I. Kæmpferi has certainly nothing to do with
the appearance of this type. The parentage of Clematis is Cordelia
x Princess Beatrice. It was the only one of the batch of seedlings
of the cross which displayed this form. Clematis is the most
perfect example of this type that I have raised, but the form in
varying degree of perfectness has appeared casually from many
other crosses of Bearded varieties. It is probably a teratological
form — a freak. I should not be inclined to agree with the learned
Professor of Innsbruck that this flat form of flower is the
archetype of all Irises, since it is the standards that are
modified from the normal form, and in assuming the position of the
falls they not only take up the special colouring of the falls but
also develop (more or less perfectly) a beard. That is, the
transformation is from a simpler form of petal to a more highly
specialised. If it was a reversion towards an ancient type, one
would expect that the transformation would be, on the contrary,
from a more specialised to a simpler form. Therefore it is much
more likely that the Crocus or Sparaxis form of flower was the
original and most primitive form of the first Iris. But these
Clematis forms, furthermore, raise interesting questions in
heredity, since they do not appear to transmit according to
Mendelian laws and, indeed, are not constant, flowers of quite
normal form often appearing on the same plant, and even on the
same spike as the Clematis forms. — A. J.Bliss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Is flat form of the Bearded Iris flower the archetype of all Irises?? I think the augment has an enormous amount of validity. 'CLEMATIS' is an interesting Iris which today would be celebrated as a 'Flattie', but created some controversy in the 1920's. John Wister at the time the President of the American Iris Society had very strong views regarding 'Clematis' enough to make a note to himself to "throw it out of his own garden". The American Iris Society had real straitjacket views when it came to irises that did not follow their point of view on what constituted the form and look of a bearded Iris. The publishing of the Discard List in 1931 was a extraordinary low point in the "We Know Best Iris world". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Arthur Bliss had 35 Irises including 'Clematis' entered on the discard list.<br />Its not like the form of 'CLEMATIS' flowers was anything new, Peter Barr showed an red coloured form of pallida with a clematis like appearance named 'MANDRALISCAE' (Collected Italy) which was given a certificate of Commendation by the Royal Horticultural Society at Hampton Court flower show in 1903, its plum colour was also noted for crossing.<br />Bertrand H. Farr in 1922 also registered an Iris of similar form which he named 'JAPANESQUE' and this was also listed on the AIS 1931 Discard List. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The Iris </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">'CLEMATIS' </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">is so interesting there is more information in the following post, I have tried to keep my research as comprehensive as possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /><i>The Gardeners Chronicle June 14th 1919<br />Nursery Notes<br />Irises at Colchester<br /> </i>A rather unusual form was seen in the variety Clematis, for instead of having a well-defined standard the segments hang down as in the falls and moreover, the standard segments have beards so that the flower must be regarded as an abnormality. The effect was that of a more regular flower than is usual in Irises, and it is from this fact that the name Clematis was given to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>Cayeux & Le Clerc, Quai de la Mègisserie, 8, Paris. Catalog 1923.</i><br />
Clematis (Bliss 1917). Special variety. The shape of the flower is more
like and exceptionnally fine I. Kaempferi or a large six petalled
Clematis flower. All six segments of the flower are beardless and
reflexed horizontally. Colour light violet with variable veining at the
base. Strong growing. Has obtained a Certificate of Merit of
S.N.H.F.when shown by us on May 1922.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /><br /><i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, January 1923, Number 7.</i><i><br /></i><i>Descriptions of Varieties, Part II.</i><br />CLEMATIS 78 (9)<br />Self, veined. VR-V. (1). Bliss, 1917<br />Brief. Light lavender violet, both the falls and the horizontally held standards veined darker at the haft; stalk low and well-branched-;<br />growth vigorous; 30 in.<br />Details. Styles and F. flaring; beard white.<br />Remarks. Not distinctive until the standards open flat forming a clematis, or rosette shaped flower. Cert. S. N. H. F., 1922-.<br /><br /><i>Treasure Oak Nursery, Mays Landing, New Jersey, Catalog of Select Iris and Peonies, 1923.</i><i><br /></i><i>The Best and Rarest of the Iris</i>.<br />7.8 CLEMATIS. (Bliss 1917.) $2.00<br />Clear light violet. Segments in these blooms reflex horizontally, giving it a clematis-like flower or appearing somewhat like a Japanese Iris, an effect more novel than handsome.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>The Dean lris Gardens, Moneta, California. Choice Iris, Price List 1924.</i><i><br /></i><i>Some of the More Recent Introductions of Tall Bearded Iris</i><br />Clematis (Bliss). An open flower of pale violet, base of standards and falls veined darker. Very floriferous.<br />Each, $2.00.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, January 192</i><i>4</i><i>, Number 10.</i><i><br /></i><i>Practical Points, </i><i>R.</i><i> S. Sturtevant</i><br />ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT<br />Analogous development occurs in other irises when the beard is transformed into a crest or ridge, when two flowers are closely superimposed or juxtaposed, and when the standards are held horizontally and develop the beards (very rare) and haft markings of the falls. This last occurs commonly in the varieties Clematis, Rosette, and Japanesque and Dorothea, Eldouard Michel, and others tend to this formation, often it is more, a matter of poor substance: rather than actual intention.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /></span></span><i>Rainbow Iris Gardens, Farmington, Minnesota, 1925.</i><br />CLEMATIS Unique. Shaped like an exceptionally fine Japanese iris or a large six-petaled Clematis. All six segments of the flower reflect horizontally. Color light clear violet with variable veining at the base. Strong grower, free flowering and fragrant.<br /><i><br /></i><i>Lee R. Bonnewitz Catalog,Van Wert, Ohio,1926.</i><br />CLEMATIS (Bliss)<br />S. deep lavender; F. deep lavender-purple with white reticulations at the base. Yellow beard. Strong growing, free flowering and fragrant. This variety has very much the form of the intermediate variety, Dorothea. Although it is an English Iris, it received an Award of Merit at the International Iris Show in Paris three years ago, but I am not altogether sure it deserved this high honor. It does, however, resemble the Clematis after which it is named.</span><br />
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American Iris Society</i><i><br />
</i><i>Discard List 1931.</i><br />
BEARDED IRISES<br />
Compiled by J. E,.Hill and E. A. S. Peckham<br />
Explanatory Note<br />
The varieties of Bearded Irises marked with the sign, $, in the
Alphabetical Iris Check List 1929 as extinct or superseded,
together with numerous additions, are named in this list.<br />
The order of presentation, i.e., varietal name, class and
authority for the name, and the abbreviations, are those used in
the Check List to which the reader is referred for more complete
information.<br />
The classes in the Bearded group are abbreviated thus:<br />
DB: Dwarf bearded.<br />
IB : Intermediate bearded.<br />
MB : Miscellaneous bearded. Hybrids between the species of the
sections Oncocyclus, Regalia, and Evansia, and the species of the
group Pogoniris.<br />
TB: Tall bearded.<br />
Care should be used in the application of the list. Of two
varieties which have the same name only one may have been
discarded. It is for this reason that the authority for the name
is given. For example: Princess Beatrice - TB - Barr, is retained,
Princess Beatrice - TB - Sal., a white blue feathered variety, is
discarded; Fairy - TB - Ken., is retained, Fairy TB - Cap., is
discarded, etc. It is hoped that the reasons for the preparation
of the list will be respected and that ultimately discarded irises
will not be grown.<br />
<b>Clematis-TB-Bliss</b><br />
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<i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, April 1932, Number </i><i>43</i><i>.</i><i><br />
</i><i>ARTHUR J</i><i>OHN BLISS</i><br />
Irises Raised or Introduced by A. J. Bliss, by E. A. S. Peckham.<br />
CLEMATIS caused much discussion because of its peculiar flat form
and Mr. Bliss had to come to its defence as he was criticised for
allowing it to be introduced. The color was a very clean, clear
blue, much more a real blue than was the case in iris as known
then and it made a good mass in the garden and so it had its
defender, but the sticklers, for a particular form in irises were
irate and said it was a cripple in exactly the same manner as
discussion raged over BRANDYWINE, some upholding it for its
blueness, others damning it because of its bad habit of having
extra parts and trying to "go double." I do not mean that CLEMATIS
had a doubling habit but the standards lying flat as they do gave
an appearance not unlike the kaempferi hybrids we know as.
"Japanese" iris.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i><br />
</i><i> A H. Burgess and Son, Iris Specialists, Waikanae,
Wellington. 1936 Irises.</i><br />
CLEMATIS - The shape of the flower is like a six petalled
Clematis. Standards and Falls reflex horizontally. Colour, light
clear blue, veined at base. Strong growing and fragrant.
Mid-season.. 2ft. <br />
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</span> AIS Checklist 1939<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">CLEMATIS </span>
TB-M-B3M (</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Bliss,
1917) Wallace 1917, Garden Chronicle 14th June 1919; John
Scheepers Inc, 1920; Lee Bonnewitz, 1920; Earl Woodward Sheets,
1928; The Garden 85: 304. 18th June 1921; Novato Nursuries,
1933; Buccleuch Nursuries,1938; AAA Journal Royal Horticultural
Society 137;</span> <br />
(CORDELIA X PRINCESS BEATRICE) , C.M., S.N.H.F. 1922; Journal
Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France. 23; 218, June 1922; $ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Checklist status of the varieties Illustrated above;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">#1. CUPERO., is not listed in either the 1929 or the
1939 Checklists</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br />#2. PARISIENSIS., is not listed in either the 1929 or the 1939 Checklists.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><br />#3. FULDA., is listed in the 1929 checklist as TB-W3L which is a White light blue toned bicolour, and is attributed to no hybridiser. By time it gets to the 1939
checklist it becomes a midseason blooming Intermediate Class Iris
with the same colour tone still with no known hybridiser and in 1939 it is
now listed as obsolete.<br />
<br />#4. CRAMER., Cottage Gardens Nurseries of Queens Long Island in their
1903 Catalog list 'Cramer' as Light blue, falls slightly
darker.<br />
The 1939 Checklist says Cramer is a synonym for ATTRACTION an
Intermediate class, light blue self and considered nearly obsolete.<br />
<br />#5. MADAME CHEREAU (Jean-Nicolas Lémon, 1843) and #6., QUEEN OF MAY (John
Salter, before 1859.) are listed in both checklists, they are two of the greats by two of the greats of
historic world and are still grown in many Historic Iris collections
around the world.<br />
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</i>Two out Six is not a lot of 'know where they live' irises to
show for an amazing colour plate of named irises that was
published in 1927 and these are just some of a large number of
named and catalogued irises that the early checklists left in a
Iris 'no man land'. Perhaps the missing variety information can be
found in
earlier Garden Journals and I will keep an eye out for them. Perry
Nursery Company, Rochester, New York, also is not listed in the 1929 or
1939 Checklists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Within the framework of the in-depth study concerning French horticultural heritage that I have been working on for many years, the Parc Floral de Paris asked for my help checking the identification of the cultivars they possess and the reorganisation of their collection of both bearded and species irises. They sent me certain plants in order to achieve that objective and ‘Archevêque’ is one of the plants I have had the pleasure of observing first hand. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The rigid but fine bloom stalk is 50 cm high, has four buds and one can understand the particular name, ‘Archevêque ‘ as the flowers open, with their colours which are reminiscent of the luxury and colours of priestly clothing worn by the , 'Archevêque' (Archbishops) of the Catholic Church. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Assessment under different types of light reveals the delicate qualities of all the parts of this flower. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Archevêque is a sumptuous iris which increases slowly - it has the good taste to not act as if it were an invasive weed like some cultivars. It does honour to the unique genetic heritage of bearded irises of which France is the birthplace. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CATHERINE ADAM, FRANCE, 2015.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>G. G. Whitelegg & Co, Chislehurst, Kent,Catalogue of Irises
1921</i><i><br />
</i><i>June Flowering Irises, General Collection.</i><br />
ARCHEVEQUE (Vilmorin).-A brilliant coloured variety of French
origin, Standards rich violet-purple, Falls bright Velvet crimson.
An exceedingly fine flower ............. .. ..<br />
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<i>Les Iris Cultivés 1922, choix de 100 variétés pages 30-31-32</i><br />
Archevêque (Vilmorin 1911). Divisions supérieures violet rougeâtre
clair, divisions inférieures violet velouté.<br />
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<i><i>Bulletin of the American Iris Society, October 1922, Number 6.</i><i><br />
</i><i>Descriptions of Varieties, Part 1.</i><br />
</i>ARCHEVEQUE 8.3 (22)<br />
Bicolor. RR,-V. (d). Vilmorin, 1911<br />
Brief. Standards, light hortense violet; Falls, velvety raisin
purple; stalk, short branched; growth, vigorous; 2 ft.<br />
Details. Beard yellow, brown tip; styles pearl gray and violet.<br />
Remarks. Unusually deep rich color, effective in mass.<i><br />
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Treasure Oak Nursery, Mays Landing, New Jersey, Catalog of Select Iris and Peonies, 1923.<br />
The Best and Rarest of the Iris.<br />
</i>8.3 ARCHEVEQUE. (Vilmorin 1911. CM., RHS.) $0.75<br />
S.-Deep purple-violet (hortense Violet).<br />
F.-Black-purple of velvety surface.<br />
True stock of this variety is in demand as it is slow in increasing and
at times backward in blooming but these faults are overlooked for its
wonderful bloom of finest texture and color.<i><br />
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<i><i>The Dean lris Gardens, Moneta, California.Choice Iris 1924.</i><b><br />
</b></i><b>Archeveque (Vilmorin)</b>. Standards purple·violet; Falls very
dark velvety purple. Beard, ocher tipped brown. A very rich,
handsome Iris and free bloomer, blooming in mid-winter in Southern
California. Each, 50c; dozen $5.00.<i><br />
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Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie, 4 Quai de la
Mégisserie, Paris (1er), Deuxième Série, </i><i><i>1925-1926</i>. <br />
</i><b>17. Archevêque</b> (Vilmorin). Hâtif. Divisions
inférieures grandes, violet foncé velouté avec médiane plus claire;
les supérieures violet rougeâtre. Haut 0m60.<br />
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<i>Carl Salbach, 657 Woodmont Avenue, Berkeley, California. Irises,
1926.</i><br />
<b>Archeveque</b> (Vilmorin). 83-Standards red violet, Falls deeper
and velvety. Fine color and inclined in California to bloom in late
fall as well as spring. 2 ft.<br />
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<i>Iris Fields, West </i><i>La Fayette</i><i>,
Indiana. Iris of Quality,1926</i><br />
83. <b>ARCHEVEQUE</b> (Vilm. 1911). An old variety that has not
been surpassed in its color. Standards deep purple violet; Falls
velvety raisin purple. 2 ft.<br />
<small><i>(DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES The figure before the name is
the rating of the American Iris Society on a score of 100 as
perfection. Those not preceded by a figure</i><i><br />
</i><i>have not yet been rated. Any Iris receiving a score of 70
or over is considered good.</i></small>)</span><br />
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<i>Longfield Iris Farm, Bluffton, Indiana. Price List 1926</i><br />
83. Archeveque (Vilmorin 1911). A richly colored Iris fine in clump or
mass. Standards violet; falls a deep violet purple. Neither large nor
tall but a general favorite on account of its fine coloring. Two feet. -
$0.50<br />
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<i>Leamon G. Tingle, Pittsville, Maryland. Tingle's 1927 Catalog of
Nursery Stock</i><br />
8.3. ARCHEVEQUE (Vilmorin 1911). A striking flower of brilliant
coloring. Standards, rich violet-purple, Falls, bright
velvet-crimson. 40c<br />
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<i>Indian Springs Farm,Baldwinsville, New York.Iris Catalog 1927<br />
</i><b>ARCHEVEQUE</b> (Vilmorin 1911) 8.3. Standards deep
purple-violet; Falls rich, deep, velvety violet. An exceedingly
fine flower of rich coloring. 24 inches. - 35 cts. each; 85 cts.
for 3; $3.00 per doz.<br />
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<i>Lee R. Bonnewitz Catalog,Van Wert, Ohio, Peonies and Irises Catalog, 1928. </i><br />
ARCHEVEQUE (Vilmorin 1911) The cheapest and the best quality of the rich
red-purple Irises for landscape effect. If, with its high quality and
its bright color, it possessed also size and height and were scarce,it
would sell at an extremely high price. <b>$0.35</b> <i>Five Rhizomes for $1.00; 1 Dozen rhizomes for $2.00; one hundred rhizomes for $15.00</i><i>;</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Shenandoah Nurseries</i><i>, Shenandoah, Iowa. Peonies Iris-Lilies & Bulbs</i><i>, 1929</i><i>.</i><br />
ARCHEVEQUE, (Vilmorin 1911) 8.3. Standards, deep velvety violet, Falls,
deep purple, an unusual and rich color effect seldom found in Iris. 24
inches.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i><br /></i>
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<i>Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie, 4 Quai de la Mégisserie, Paris
(1er),</i>
<i>Série Générale, 1930.</i><br />
<b>17.Archevêque</b> (Vilm.). Hâtif. Divisions inférieures
grandes, violet foncé velouté avec bande médiane plus claire, les
supérieures violet rougeâtre. Haut 60 cm.<br />
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<i>The Orpington Nurseries Co. Ltd., Orpington, Kent. Irises 1930.</i><br />
<b>Archevêque</b> (Vilmorin 1911).A brilliant variety of French
origin. S. rich violet-purple, F. bright crimson-purple./ A small
flower,but very rich. Rather dwarf. Early</span><br />
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<i>Rainbow Fragments, A Garden Book of the Iris, J.Marion Shull,
1931.</i><br />
General list of varieties.<br />
ARCHEVEQUE (Vilmorin 1911) Rich deep red-tone purple. Fragrant.<br />
Freedom of Bloom......Moderate to free.<br />
Season of Bloom ........Early-Midseason<br />
Garden Value.............Good<br />
Flower;<br />
Color Class.................Bicolor<br />
Color effect Ridgway symbols...RR-V dark<br />
Size............................Medium<br />
Standards...................Arching<br />
Falls...........................Drooping incurved<br />
Substance...................Good.<br />
Stalk;<br />
Character...................Erect<br />
Height........................Low<br />
Buds per stem.............Average<br />
Branching...... ............short high<br />
Foliage;<br />
Character...................Stiff and broad<br />
Leaf Color...................glaucous blue green.<br />
Growth.......................Vigorous with good increase <br />
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AIS Checklist 1939<br />
ARCHEVÊQUE IB-M-B9D Vilmorin 1911<br />
Vilmorin 1911; 1938; Quality Iris Gardens 1915; Charles Wing, 1920; G H
Francis 1920; Earl Woodward Sheets, 1928; Amos Perry 1938; Rowancroft
Gardens, 1938; Charles F. Wassenberg, 1938; Brookdale Nurseries, 1929;
A. B. Katkamier, 1939; Gilbert Wild & Sons,1939; AAA Journal Royal
Horticultural Society 135; Commended,Royal Horticultural Society 1916.<br />
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