Re: Found? Irises
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- Subject: Re: Found? Irises
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 21:01:36 -0600 (MDT)
Michael Cook wrote:
>
> Marte,
> I find it interesting that you found a clump of Bearded Irises in the
> middle of nowhere. I know that you mention that there has been no human
> habitation there for the past 44 years, at least. There is a possibility
> that there may have been an old homestead there many years ago, back during
> the early part of this century or even in the 1800's.
> Here in Kentucky, in the springs, old homestites can be identified by
> the presence of blooming Daffodils even though there may be no other sign
> of habitation ever having been there. Most likely, this is how those
> Irises got there.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> macook@iglou.com
> Lexington, KY
And another possibility, Mark and Marte, is that it may have been a
grave site. I have found irises on graves in Kentucky, Mark, where only
a few gravestones from the mid-to-late-1800's were left. As I posted
many months ago, this was a Turkish custom that was brought into Europe
and may have transferred thence to America.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
