Re: On another note


Hi all,

I am interested in all Iris that are named after a person.

It will be fun when we have a portion of it pulled together.

Char Region 8

Ellen Gallagher wrote:

> And more Siberians:
>
> 'Chandler's Choice'- by Currier McEwen named for the AIS
> Scientic Chairman, Dr. Chandler Fulton of Mass. or he was the
> chairman...
>
> 'Esther C.D.M.' - by Dr. McGarvey named for his wife - one of
> the most widely grown white Siberians.
>
> 'Cheery Lyn' - by Anna Mae Miller named for her daughter-in-law
> and one of the loveliest pink Siberians
>
> 'Mary Louise Michie' - by Anna Mae Miller named for an executive
> of the Garden Clubs of American (I am guessing  at the exact
> name of the organization, sounds right tho')
>
> 'Forrest McCord' - by Bob Hollingworth named for a hybridizer
>
> 'Orville Fay' - by Currier McEwen named for the great daylily
> hybridizer and the first tetraploid Siberian - well, first or
> second...there is some discrepancy there :-)
>
> Do you want more? I am thinking that Char was primarily
> interested in bearded.
>
> Ellen
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> --- John  Bruce <jbruce1@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> > Two more siberians come quickly to mind:
> >
> > SHIRLEY POPE
> > PEG EDWARDS
> >
> > jb
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hensler" <hensler@povn.com>
> > To: <iris@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [iris] On another note
> >
> >
> > > If we're not limiting this to Beardeds I also raise
> > >
> > > ELIZABETH McEWEN (SIB)
> > > MAURICE POPE (SIB)
> > > EDITH WOLFORD (TB)
> > > FRED ELMER BOND (SDB)
> > > MRS. NATE  RUDOLF (AB)
> > > ANNE CHOWNING (LA)
> > > PRESIDENT HEDELEY (LA)
> > > PROFESSOR JIM (LA)
> > > HELEN ASTOR (SIB)
> > > LINDA WEST (pseudacorus)
> > > HOLDEN CLOUGH (pseud X)
> > > ROY DAVIDSON (pseud X)
> > >
> > > Christy
>
> =====
> Ellen Gallagher  <ellengalla@yahoo.com> / Berlin, New Hampshire / USDA Zone 3a
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> http://members.rogers.com/iris2003/newbb.html (clothing)
> http://www.irisregister.com/  (AIS checklist data)
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