Re: Hortus - Part 2

And part two

Dennis Stoneburner wrote:
> 
> Mrs. T.B. Only
> In the eyes of Mrs. T.B. Only, there is only one type of iris - Tall
> Beardeds!!!  She is of course a garden judge.  She doesn't grow anything
> but TBs, doesn't read anything about any other types of irises, and has
> never voted to give an iris an award if it failed to be a TB.  Mrs. Only
> once had a nervous breakdown at an iris show she was judging with two
> other judges.  Outvoted, she could not endure the tragedy when a standard
> dwarf bearded iris was chosen Queen of the Show.  She has never fully
> recovered from the pain of this event.  Mrs. Only hates rebloomers and
> space aged irises.  She considers both of these types of irises to be
> "against nature."  She refers to Japanese irises as "those freaks" and
> calls Siberians "those dinky wild things."
> Some years ago when BROWN LASSO, a border bearded iris, won the Dykes
> Medal, Mrs. Only wrote a letter of resignation from AIS.  Upon second
> thought, however, she tore the letter up instead of mailing it.  No, she
> felt herself duty bound to stay in there and maintain the standards of
> the origanization.  And that she does.  In any group of people with whom
> Mrs. T.B. Only associates, it is likely that similar views will prevail.
>  After all, Mrs. T.B. Only will not associate with anyone who disagrees
> with her views, which she received through divine revelation.
> 

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