Re: IB - CUM LAUDE
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- Subject: Re: IB - CUM LAUDE
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:30:48 -0700 (MST)
Graham Spencer writes:
> Iris Cum Laude:
> Anyone got a description for this iris (Ensminger 1985) that is more
> descriptive than the one given in the register? What the **** is "garnet
> lake"? (presumably a mineral)
My dictiionary defines garnet (the color) as "deep red" and lake (the
color) as "a dark red pigment derived from cochineal". I would interpret
"garnet lake" as a deep (iris) red on the violet side.
There is a color photo of CUM LAUDE on page 44 of the January, 1986 AIS
Bulletin.
