Re: OT: what's in a name
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: OT: what's in a name
- From: <J*@aol.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 20:48:33 EDT
From: <JEM300@aol.com>
In a message dated 98-08-01 19:42:08 EDT, you write:
<< Me with an original iris names story? In this heat?? I just
collect 'corrupted' names, the favorite being ISLE OF NUNS instead of ILA
NUNN, the great iris lady from Houston, TX. >>
In this vein........Phyllis Semenas shared a funny story with me regarding an
iris she had received from Stockton Gardens. It was a tall beareded with the
name of BARD.
She could not figure it out and called Abe Feuerstein and asked him. He did
not have a clue either. No one could find a registered iris with this name.
She wet one of the dried outer fan leaves and found "Alexander's Ragtime" you
guessed it....it was BAND.
Linda Doffek West Bend, WI Zone 5
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