Re: HIST mystery iris
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- Subject: Re: HIST mystery iris
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- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:59:32 -0500
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From: "Chris Hollinshead" <cris@netcom.ca>
Okay. okay... I take it back...
crawling slowly back into my snowcovered cave.
Chris.
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
E-mail: cris@netcom.ca <c*@netcom.ca>
CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Lowe [m*@worldiris.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 08:03
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: HIST mystery iris
>
>
> From: Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>
>
> James Brooks writes...
> >
> >Christopher Hollinshead of Mississauga, Ont., Canada correctly identified
> >the Mystery Iris as Caesar's Brother. A new mystery is up at:
> >http://www.Historic-Jonesborough.com/iris/
>
> It is chancy to do an ID via photos, an even more death defying act to
> question an ID but...
>
> Here goes.
>
> Caesar's Brother is an outstanding iris even today. It is high in the
> category of absolutely distinctive 'Wow' iris. It has 'presence,'
> 'distinction' 'carry' or any other term you care to use for a 'head
> turning' flower.
>
> My reaction on viewing the photo of the 'Mystery Iris' was... "humm, an
> average iris of the 30s, no particular distinction -- a real toughie on
> which to venture a guess." "Could be any one of about three to four
> cultivars."
>
> The one thing that I was as positive as is possible on a photo
> ID, was: "It
> certainly ISN'T Caesar's Brother!"
etc etc etc.............
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