HIST: Re: Double Eagle
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- Subject: HIST: Re: Double Eagle
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- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:57:45 -0800
From: Dave Silverberg <sil1812@molalla.net>
Anner: Double Eagle is not a "flattie." The standards look quite normal,
domed, with some light ruffling and lace, the falls are pendant and more
than moderately pinched.
Perhaps a second entry would be THURLOW WEED, pictured in Austin's 1954
catalog and described as follows:
"The oddest and strangest iris in my entire collection. Instead of the
usual 3 standards and 3 falls, which characterize practically all iris,
this has 6 nearly identical petals that are strongly curved and arched
in an open cup-like fashion. The form of the flower is more like a
pitcher plant or flycatcher, or even a golden tulip, than an iris. The 3
petals corresponding to falls sometimes have slight vestiges of beards
down inside; but all 6 petals are quite beardless from external
appearance. So this is, essentially, a "Bearded" iris without a
beard-and without petals that act as falls. There are no stamens but
stigmas are normal so crossing would seem possible. A creamy white,
heavily flushed and veined in yellow."
I don't have a scanner, but if someone else has one and has access to
Austin's 1958 catalog, perhaps they could scan in the of two flatties,
Clementina (page36) and Rhythm (page 42).
Dave Silverberg
Molalla, Oregon, USA zone 7/8ish
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