Re: OT: what's in a name
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: OT: what's in a name
- From: <H*@aol.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 20:38:56 EDT
From: <HIPSource@aol.com>
Walta confessed:
<< I just collect 'corrupted' names, the favorite being ISLE OF NUNS instead
of ILA
NUNN, the great iris lady from Houston, TX. >>
I started a collection of wild names once but it didn't go much further once I
found BLUE MOUSE (Richer'34) and PRUNES AND PRISMS (Pesel, R. 1939 which is
my alltime favorite.
I am pretty partial to the elegant names of the first part of the century.
They even beat out the Old Roses for tone. I like ENSORCELEUR--sorcerer--from
Cayeux in 1926, although the impression I have formed of what it looked like
makes me doubt it would have ensorceled anyone. But the crown really must go
the to the mysterious little species iris that Clarence is so----oh, well, why
not-----ensorceled by---- Iris albispiritus--the ghost iris. Described once in
the literature by the botanist who discovered it, and apparently never.......
seen...... again ..... . . .
Anner Whitehead
Commercial Source Chairman
Historic Iris Preservation Society,AIS
HIPSource@aol.com
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