Re: Historic Iris Catalog
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Historic Iris Catalog
- From: D* S* <s*@molalla.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 21:33:06 -0600 (MDT)
CABunnell@aol.com wrote:
>
> A coworker presented me with an iris catalog 1932 vintage in excellent
> condition and with color photos!! The catalog was from Robert Wayman's
> garden in Bayside, L.I., NY. The new introductions were listed at $25.00.
> Inflation has not effected prices much in 60+ years! My real reason for
> mentioning this catalog is that I feel the need to share this with those who
> could appreciate and use the information more than I. Please offer
> suggestions. I am planning on attending the National in Dearborn this year.
> cheers,
> Chuck Bunnell,
> Lafayette, IN where frost killed my tomatoes and peppers Thursday May 15 and
> Sat. and Sun. the temperature was over 80F.!! Zone 5
Hi Chuck;
If you have no screaming desire to keep this catalogue, consider
bringing it with you to the convention, and offering it up for auction
at the HIPS meeting. If you don't want to do that, but are not
interested in keeping it for yourself, there are several people out here
who would love to buy it from you, my husband, the immediate past
president of HIPS, for one. He is a fanatical bibliophile!! At any rate,
there you have several options. Otherwise, if you do wish to keep it,
but are feeling generous, you could bring it with you, just to let the
really interested parties drool over it for a short time. Schreiner's
very kindly contributed an immaculate copy of their 1929 iris catalogue
to the HIPS archives, and I believe we will be copying it in the future,
and making copies available for sale to interested parties.
Nancy Silverberg, Archivist for HIPS,
Molalla, OR where the sun is going down after a gorgeous day spent
entirely among the irises. Oregon is halfway between heaven and
paradise.
