RE: CULT: Reversion to ....YELLOW!
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- Subject: RE: CULT: Reversion to ....YELLOW!
- From: B* S* <B*@hsc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:34:02 -0600 (MDT)
>Well, in the Henry Field's catalog, they show a picture of Dutch iris
>- YELLOW, tangerine, chocolate, copper, violet and bi-colors. I don't
>know if they are truly Dutch iris or not, they claim it's true
>though.
>Teresa
>
>
><previously...
>I'm thinking she maybe means Dutch irises , but Eaves says he can't
>find any yellow Dutch iris so who knows. The answer gurus said she had
>stealth yellows mixed in and those wily bullies overran the others.
>>
Yellow Dutch Iris certainly exist--abundantly so. However, Henry Field's
catalog is not true color, but is colored like a newpaper comic strip. The
colors are only approximations and in many cases are wildly inaccurate.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
