Re: OT-BIO (British Iris Society info)

--- George Harrison <gh50@btinternet.com> wrote:

>>> I live in England and I should like to find a group similar
to this though in this country.  Does anyone here know of one? 

Home page of the British Irish Society: 

http://www.britishirissociety.org.uk/home.html

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The British Iris Society was founded in 1922. 

Publications of the British Iris Society:
Publishes the Iris Year Book annually. 

Membership in the British Iris Society:
Contact 
    Mr. E. H. Furnival
    15 Parkwood Drive
    Rawtenstall
    Lancashire
    BB4 6RP
    UK

New American members may pay by check for $15.00 (in US dollars)
made out to the British Iris Society and sent to Mrs. E. M.
Wise, 197 The Parkway, Iver Heath, IVER, Bucks, SL0 0RQ, UK. 

Awards and Shows of the British Iris Society:

The society has annually awarded the Dykes Medal since 1927. In
fact, the British Iris Society actually awards Dykes Medals for
other societies including the American Dykes Medal and the
Australasian Dykes Medal. Other awards include the Foster
Memorial Plaque, the Pilkington Award, the Hugh Miller Trophy,
the Souvenir de M. Lemoine, and the Fothergill Memorial Trophy.
It also elects irises for the Award of Garden Merit. The society
holds an Annual Dwarf, Median, and Species Show, the Chelsea
Show, and the Main Iris Show. 

** There is a very active Beardless Iris Group in Britain...as
opposed to the awarding of the American Dykes, several Siberian
irises have won the Dykes. There are many Siberian enthusiasts
in the U.K. and also Japanese irises are grown as well as many
species.*

Ellen Gallagher in New Hampshire / USDA Zone 3 

"Vermont declared war against Germany on September 11, 1941,
three days before the United States did." 

(from Wicked Cool Stuff about Vermont)

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