April 



1&20 



HORTICULTUEE 



281 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



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 *Dd a fnll line ef all other Greens. 



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lowing the precedent set in Phila- 

 delphia, at the proper time various 

 committees would be appointed to 

 take charge of the work of the show. 



The secretary was authorized to 

 proceed at once with the selling of 

 space in the trade section of the 

 show, with the understanding that it 

 for any reason the show be not held 

 in Cleveland, the contracts made 

 would became void through cancella- 

 tion. The rates for space it was ar- 

 ranged should be determined at the 

 next meeting of the committee. 



JoHx Young, Secy. 

 1170 Broadway, New York City. 



"BEARDED IRIS" PREFERRED 



American Iris Society Like That 

 Name Better Than Liberty Iris. 



Doar Sir: 



I was interested to see in your 

 issue of March 2fith. in your depart- 

 ment. "Rambling Observations of a 

 Roving Gardener" a reference to the 

 fact that some nurserymen have re- 

 christened the so-called German Iris 

 "Liberty Iris". 



We feel in this society that the 

 name "Liberty Iris", from whatever 

 patriotic motives it may bkve been 

 originally inspired, is not a name that 

 will long survive in our catalogs or in 

 our gardens. As your correspondent 

 says, it is sometimes difficult to carry 

 through an innovation of this sort, 

 particularly when such innovation has 

 no sound reasoning behind it. The 

 name "German" is or course a mis- 

 nomer as we have no evidence that 

 any of the Bearded Irises are native 

 to Germany; but most gardeners seem 

 unaware of the fact that botanically 

 the name "Iris germanica" applies 

 only to a very small group of the 

 bearded irises of gardens, namely to 

 the early blooming purple flag, to 

 Florentina, Pontarabie, Kharput, 

 Kochii, Siwa, etc., all of which bo- 

 tanically are closely related to Iris 

 germanica. 



The great majority of our garden 

 Irises are forms of hybrids of Iris 

 pallida of Italy and Asia Minor, and of 

 Iris variegata of Hungary and South- 

 eastern Europe.. They have no close 

 relationship to Iris germanica nor has 

 the latter name ever been rightfully 

 applied to them. The American Iris 

 Society will endeavor to popularize, 

 instead of the meaningless name 

 "Liberty Iris" the name "Bearded 

 Iris." a name already in common 

 usage, and a name instantly differ- 

 entiating the Irises of this great group, 

 from the Irises of the other great 

 group, the "Beardless Iris" which in- 

 cludes such garden favorites as the 

 Siberian Iris; our native swamp Iris, 

 veriscolor; the true French Fleur de 

 Lis. Iris Pseudacorus; and the won- 

 derful .lapanese Irises, forms of I. 

 Kaempferi. 



We believe the names "Bearded" 

 and "Beardless" will soon become 

 standard in both American and Eng- 

 lish horticulture, and that the French 

 or Latin forms of these names will be 

 used in France. Under botanical 

 rules Iris gennanica must continue to 

 be the name representing a small sec- 

 tion of the great group of Bearded 

 Irises. 



Yours truly 



JOHX C. WiSTER. 



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