Re: Cult:[Historic] (Sans Souci)

Scarlett,

The entry for SANS SOUCI in the 1939 AIS Checklist indicates that it was first offered by Van Houtte, a prominent Belgian nurseryman, in 1854. It is listed without attribution to a specific hybridizer, but a cross-reference states that "(Van Houtte) irises marked 1854 are probably Lemon seedlings". (Lemon was a French nurseryman who raised and selected bee-pod seedlings - his most famous selection in MME CHEREAU).

The color/pattern description code in the 1939 Checklist indicates that SS is a medium intensity variegata. There is also a note that SS had become confused with HONORABILE in commerce.
 
Jeff Walters
in upstate South Carolina
(USDA Zone 7b)


--- On Sun, 8/3/08, SDAyres2@aol.com <SDAyres2@aol.com> wrote:

> From: SDAyres2@aol.com <SDAyres2@aol.com>
> Subject: [iris] Cult:[Historic]
> To: iris@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 8:21 AM
> I looked up Sans Souci in the AIS checklist database.  It
> was there  but it 
> didn't have a description by it.  Does anyone know the
> hybridizer,  year 
> introduced and awards?  I know it is pretty old.   My 
> database has a hole it.
>  
> Thanks 
> Scarlett
> MVIS
> Region23

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