Re: Sweet Lena versus.....

Gee guys and gals, I hope that my mentioning this iris has not caused 
some bad feelings.  I just love the fragrance and it is very pretty - but 
I am not promoting Mr. Holland - I know nothing about its registration - 
or how it compares with any other fragrant iris - as I do not have any 
other with such fragrance.

Seems to me that the problem of its registration is more in line with the 
decision on the end of AIS, tho - and not against the iris itself.  AND:
the bulletin took his ad - and I suppose collected a fee for it.  Right?

If you don't like how it came to be registered - etc. don't buy it.  I 
get nothing but enjoyment from all of my babies - including this one!

Sincerely, Donna Region 13

On 
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 CEMahan@aol.com wrote:

> I do not say it is impossible, but I find it very difficult to believe that
> SWEET LENA is any more fragrant than the old form of I. pallida var.
> "Odoratissima", first collected and described by Jacquin in 1797....or for
> that matter, any more fragrant than the delightful Iris graminea, which has a
> heavy fruity scent described by some as ripe plums or ripe apricots.  I also
> agree with Phil Edinger views on the registration of this old cultivar...if
> an iris is not bred by an iris breeder or collected in the wild it should not
> be permitted to be registered.  Otherwise, for example, someone could find
> VANITY in the garden of a home one buys, and register it as "Pinky Pink
> Pink." Clarence Mahan in VA
>
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