Hortus - Part 2

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.


Part 3 tomorrow.
Dennis
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