Re: questionable iris names
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: questionable iris names
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:49:01 -0600 (MDT)
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 lynn.woosley@juno.com wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Aug 1997 16:24:24 -0600 (MDT) Mark Thornsburg
> <thrnsbrg@flash.net> writes:
>
> >I am a little surprised to learn that there are others who have taken
> >umbrage at a few iris names. One I would NEVER gorw in my garden,
> >just
> >because of the name, is Satin Satan. I also feel a little bit guilty
> >growing ones such as Witch's Wand, and Witch's Sabbath. Maybe I need
> >to
> >surround those ones with irises such as Holy Night and Praise The
> >Lord!
> ><g>
> >
>
>
> I'm with you, Rusty. We could always go for the "biblical" iris names,
> planting BOAZ, WHITHER THOU GOEST, ARMAGEDDON, ANSWERED PRAYERS, BUBBLING
> ANGELS, HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, HEAVENLY RAPTURE, HERE'S HEAVEN, IMMORTALITY,
> PARADISE FOUND, PEACE AND HARMONY, DORCAS LIVES AGAIN, ETERNAL BLISS,
> GIDEON VICTORIOUS, GLOWING SERAPHIM, HALLOWED THOUGHT, PRAISE THE LORD,
> HOLY NIGHT, TOUCHED BY ANGELS, GARDEN GRACE, PARADISE, STAIRWAY TO
> HEAVEN, or even WITCH OF ENDOR (or, for that matter, almost anything by
> B. Miller).
>
>
> Lynn Woosley
> Marietta, GA
> USDA Zone 8
>
Please add my PURGATORY!
TIA,
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
