Re: Iris "Dragonfly" + mislabeled plants



On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, william b. cook wrote:

> > The iris in the Van Bourgondien catalog offerred as "Dragonfly" is
> without
> > a doubt Iris tectorum.  Look closely to see the white crest on the blue
> > falls.  The height as pictured and the foliage are also right for
> tectorum.
>      > Doesn't look anything like a siberian or Iris milesii!
>      > Also note that later in the catalog "tectorum variegatum" is offered
> but
> > the picture is of Iris japonica variegata.
> > 
> > Bill Shear
> 
> Bill,
>      Isn't there some way the AIS or some other group can crack down on
> this practice of selling mislabeled plants?  I have not seen this catalog,
> but I have seen mislabeled plants in others.  A few years ago, I saw a blue
> BEVERLY SILLS in one catalog, from whom I can't recall because it went
> straight to the trash can.  In another catalog, I saw a purple (SIB) KING
> OF KINGS.
> 
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, FL.
>  
> 
	Last year in the Spring Hill Catalog, there was a collection of
misnamed Japanese (one had a TB name).  They have a web site, which I
visited and commented on this error in their feedback line.  There was no
answer, and later in the fall, they offered the same misnamed collection.
I don't know if VB has a web site or not.  

	Also, check the archives for the ratings of the bulb companies.
CONSUMER REPORTS rated the bulb companies last year (mainly for quality of
product and reliability), all of which was posted here late last spring or
during the summer.  What VB sends me is their wholesale catalog, and the
minimum order is like $65.  I have never seen a retail catalog from them.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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