Re: little spring iris
- Subject: Re: little spring iris
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 96 11:19:38 MST
In a message dated 96-02-28 07:52:17 EST, you write:
>I am not sure, but in Sweden (Us zone 5) we can grow some wild bulbs from
the
>part
>of turkey that consist of mountains.
In Bulbous Irises (London, 1882), Sir Michael Foster on page 12, wrote: " ..I
must speakof a little yellow Iris growing in the South of Cilicia, imperfect
specimens of which many years ago the accomplished traveller and botanist,
Mrs. Danford, sent to Mr. Baker. This he described as I. Danforiae....Qute
recently Dr. Bornmuller rediscovered the same plant in another region of Asia
Minor, namely Amasia....." Regards. Clarence Mahan, Virginia, USA
