Masochism (was Re: color codes)
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- Subject: Masochism (was Re: color codes)
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 19:09:35 -0700 (MST)
Linda Mann wrote:
> Has anybody written an annotated guide to the color charts used in the=
> R&I books?
Yes, but I don't know whether I
still have a copy tucked away =
somewhere or it's one of those
pieces I loaned out that never =
came back.
> For those on the list not trying to wade through these charts, the
> latest frustration is learning that I also have to know what year new
> colors and patterns appeared in order to know what POSSIBILITIES there=
> were for hybridizers to make up new improvisations about.
Trying to make sense of codes
from the 30s & 40s based on a
knowledge of cultivars from the
80s and 90s is like trudging UP
the "Down" escalator.
It's easier if you go back to basics
and look at how the old patterns
translated into codes. Next
"homework" assignment: =
I. amoena
I. neglecta
I. plicata
I. squalens
I. variegata
Although some are no longer accorded
species status, all were standards in
use when the original codes were =
devised. Find the accepted code for each
of these and you'll have a good example
of what that code originally meant.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
