Re: Australasian Dykes Medal
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- Subject: Re: Australasian Dykes Medal
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 19:24:59 -0700 (MST)
Mark Cook writes (7 Mar (&):
> Dear Robins,
> For those of you who might be interested, I am providing a partial
> list of the winners of the Australasian Dykes Medal. I know that this
> listing is incomplete because an article in the 1983 British Iris Society
> Yearbook mentions a proposal to implement the award. By 1990, the
Yearbook
> tells which Iris was awarded the Australasian Dykes in 1989. Since I
don't
> have the 1984 to 1989 issues of the BIS Yearbooks, I am lacking the
> information on this award prior to 1989. I also do not yet have the
> information as to the 1996 winner.
>
The earlier winners of the Australasian Dykes' Medal are listed on p. 398
of the 1989 AIS Iris Checklist as follows (Year of Award, Name, Type,
Hybridizer):
1985 HELEN NAISH LA J. C. Taylor
1986 SOSTENIQUE TB B. Blyth
1987 DURAL CHARM LA J. C. Taylor
1988 KOORAWATHA LA J. C.Taylor
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
"This is the Place" - First flower of the year in bloom today - Iris
danfordiae!
