karyotypes, kashmiriana etc.

I posted the following to Iris-species around 10:30 am yesterday but 
the message never appeared on the list.  The text follows:

A further reference to Michael Foster's garden and species that were 
growing there occurs in TWOI, p. 52, in Melba Hamblen's chapter, "The 
Drama of Iris Development."
 
Melba says, citing Randolph, that growing in Foster's garden 
were "*I. trojana,* *cypriana,* Amas, and three color forms of 
*kashmiriana,* one of which was white."
 
She adds on the following page, "The parentage of two of Foster's 
important introductions, Kashmir White and Miss Willmott, has been 
subject to speculation for many years.  Generally it has been assumed 
that *kashmiriana* was one parent, with supporting evidence uncovered 
by Randolph when he studied Foster's original records and notebooks, 
preserved at the headquarters of the Linnean Society in London."
 
I hope this adds some significant information to the ongoing 
discussion.

A correction:
My finger slipped when I made reference to Randolph in a post 
yesterday.  I wrote "L. R. Randolph" by accident.  That should 
read "L. F. Randolph."  He was often called by the "F" part of his 
name--"Fitz."
 
Neil Mogensen  z 7  western NC
 




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