Re: CULT - (or news)

Hi all.
Regarding the article in the New York Times, I looked for it yesterday 
but didn't find it in our local (Hudson Valley) edition.  I assumed that 
the article was in a city edition or a New Jersey edition?  
Coincidentally, the Hudson Valley Iris and Daylily Society visited the 
Presby Memorial Garden yesterday.  We had a wonderful time and the 
garden, packed full of TB's in bloom, was drop-dead gorgeous. It is not 
far from New York City and certainly worth a day trip if any of you are 
in the area during bloom season.  There are a few beds of relatively 
recent introductions, but it seemed to me that they were mostly older 
irises that are pretty much out of commerce today. They also have a good 
representation of Dykes Medal Winners.  The frustrating thing about the 
garden was the haphazard labling of the irises.  Many had no lables at 
all and flowers were so close together I often couldn't tell which iris 
the label was intended for.    

 Titan's Glory was getting a lot of attention from the visitors.  It 
could probably have won a ribbon for most often photographed with small 
children, if such an award were offered.  Personally, I really liked it. 
 It was incredibly BIG and dark.  It's now on my want list (My Black 
List?). But it definitely is not one that will be universally loved.  I 
overheard it referred to as a "scary iris".  You might say that it is an 
iris that is difficult to overlook.  

ECPep@aol.com wrote:
> 
> FYI,
> The New York Times has done an article on irises yesterday (Sunday Times).
>  The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens In Upper Montclair, NJ are discussed and
> the garden supervisor is interviewed.
> 
> The much discussed Titan' s Glory is treated this way "Yuck, I hate these big
> blowsy types  -it's like one of those puffed-up pastries in tacky diners"
>  This quote is from the writer not the gardener.
> 
> The Presby gardens feature historic irises and state 4000 varieties are grown
> in a six acre mountain side park.
> 
> Some sources are given and times and directions to the garden are also given.
> 
> Those on AOL can find the complete text on "NY Times on AOL".  The NYTimes is
> also on the web in complete form somewhere.  This article is in the Metro
> section, Sunday June 8, page 54.  I have this on my bookmark and note that
> the net Times contains an index which may help find the article.
> 
> A note to Bob Keup, if you are reading this.  We saw you garden  Saturday and
> were accosted by a neighbor who was checking up.  Rams. Jane, Ed and I were
> there about 45 minutes Saturday afternoon!
> 
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau, NY zone 4 - getting pretty dry here.
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