Jan; the American Iris Society was born in 1920. One
of the main reasons
for forming was that there were so
many hybrids with similar cultivar names
and often the
same iris with several names that they saw the need
to
form an organization to straighten things out. Because
registration
didn't exist before 1920 that is the
earliest registration date. But there
were many Iris
hybrids mentioned in the botanical literature
and
sometimes the date of their publication is listed.
These are the
dates one would find before 1920. The
first accumulated checklist was 1929
but sometimes
yearly lists were published between 1920-1929. I
believe
we really didn't get yearly R&Is until after
1939 which is why that
checklist is so important. The
39 checklist also gave references to
mentions in the
horticultural and botanical literature with the
early
dates. I believe today the AIS has one of the best
registration
systems of all cultivated plants. It is
hard to say when the first Iris
hybrids were
intentially created but I would guess that Sir
Michael
Foster might have been the first, his first Iris
publication was
in 1881, If I remember correctly he
produced a series of seedlings called
Monspur becaues
they were crosses of Iris monnieri and Iris spuria,
Barr
selected from they seedlings some to introduce.
--- Jan Lauritzen
<janicelauritzen@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Thank you. I was wondering about the 1920 and 1924
>
intro dates in your book. Can you introduce the
> same iris twice? How
does that work?
>
> I tried to answer Steven's question
about
> collected vs hybridized before I received your
> response.
You should be able to give him a much
> better explanation than I did.
Mine was a quick
> answer. If I had known you were online this
morning
> I would not have answered. You are the expert.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jan in Chatsworth
>
>
Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> No this was any early experimental hybrid.
> It was
not
> collected.
>
> --- Jan Lauritzen <janicelauritzen@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> > Andi -
> >
> > Is this really
1910? I assume that it was
> > collected, not hybridized, if the date
is that
> > early.
> >
> > Jan in
Chatsworth
> >
> > "a. rivarola" <andinsky@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> > This is Spuria Iris MONSPUR CAMBRIDGE BLUE
> >
(Barr 1910)
> >
> > Andi
> > Valley Glen,
CA
> >
>
>
>
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