1924, Shull
'Tropic Seas' (J. M. Shull, R. 1924) TB. Early bloom. Color Class-B3M. I. trojana x 'Lent A. Williamson'. Shull 1924. Honorable Mention 1924. 1939 Checklist citation: HM 1924; Bull. A.I.S. 14:26, 49 Jan. 1925.
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From Indian Spring Farms Chevy Chase Iris Garden, Marion Shull catalog, 1927: 1926: TROPIC SEAS (Shull 1924). — H.M., A.I.S.,1924 — A sister plant to Morning Splendor and Julia Marlowe, representing the blue extreme, extreme as Morning Splendor represents the red extreme, extreme of this family. S. Dauphin's violet; F. Standards Dauphin’s Violet. Falls velvety mulberry-purple Mulberry Purple to haemacoxylin-violet, Hematoxylon Violet, giving a very deep blue blue-purple purple general effect, and conspicuously lit up by a the rich golden beard. Large flowers, splendid growth, fragrant. A large flower on stems 45 to 50 inches. $5.00 each. inches high and a splendid grower. Fragrant. $7.50. |
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