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The first catalog listing for Spanish Irises was by William Booth |
Conrad Loddiges listed Iris zyphium in 1820 and the 1820 Prince Catalog listed Spanish Flag Bulbous Iris |
By 1830 the Prince Catalog was offering 30 varieties (unlisted) of Spanish Irises and in 1837 listed a double form variety plena |
In 1842 James Carter offered the following 50 varieties: SPANISH IRIS. 'Aimable Louisa', blue variegated; 'Cato', white and green; 'Christine', purple, green and yellow; 'Comte d’Orleans', blue var.; 'Cornelia', blue variegated; 'Ciipido', citron; 'Dorothea', purple and green; 'Diana', yellow and white; 'Elisabeth', white; 'Favorite', brown and yellow;' 'Gygas', yellow; 'Hebe', green, yellow and purple' 'Haute Berle', feuillemort; 'Helene', yellow; 'Henriette', blue and yellow; 'Hortensia', brown and yellow; 'Isabella', blue variegated; 'Jaune Constante', deep yellow; 'Jeanette', porcelain; 'Jonquiline', purple var.; 'Juno', blue and purple var.; 'Jupiter', dark yellow; 'La Belle Parisienne', cream; 'La Bergere', blue variegated; 'La Cadeau', blue and green; 'La Comtesse', purple, yellow and green; 'La Candeur', feuillemort; 'La Comte', yellow and do. 'La Delicatesse', yellow var.; 'La Hautesse', brown and yellow; 'La Herbe', green, yellow and purple; 'L’Ornament du Parc', fine blue; 'La Princesse', fine yellow; 'La Duchesse', feuillemort; 'Leander', violet; 'Le Due', yellow; 'Leopold', yellow; 'Ma Chere', yellow and grisdelin; 'Maria', porcelain; 'Merveille du Monde', white and yellow; 'Maria Louisa', feuillemort; 'Marmontel', yellow and white; 'Magasin des Couleurs', var.; 'Neapolitaine', pearl; 'Nimrod', orange; 'Pavilion', dark blue; 'Recompense', blue and orange; 'Reconnoissance', feuillemort; 'Reine d’Ispahan', brown; 'Susanna', purple; | 50 extra fine varieties, 10s.6d.; 12do.3s.Fine mixed, per 100, 6s. per doz. Is | |
The The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine vol. 10, p.261, 1842 provided the following list of Spanish Irises grown in England | ||
The 1857 Prince catalog offered 30 unlisted varieties; and the 1860 catalog offered a collection of 25 named unlisted varieties | ||
Thorburn's catalog of 1844 only listed "six sorts of Spanish Irises" without providing names or descriptions | ||
In James Carter's 1845 catalog the list of Spanish Irises had grown to 102 varieties | ||
In The James Carter 1851 catalog the list of Spanish Irises was reduced back to 50 varieties, but the 1852 Fall catalog had 114 varieties, and then in The 1853 catalog it was back to 50 varieties |
The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine vol. 10, p.261, 1842 provided the following list of Spanish Irises grown in England |
William Bull 1861 catalog offered 17 named varieties |
Barr & Sugdon 1866 catalog offers collections with 25 named varieties of Spanish Irises; |
Barr & Sugdon in their 1867 catalog offered colections that would contain as many as 50 varieties but the varieties were not listed separately. |
Dreer in their 1870 catalog offered assorted Spanish Iris with no indication of the number of varieties. |
The General Bulb Co.'s 1902 catalog offered 20 named Spanish iris cultivars; |
Leedham Bulb Co. offered in 1907 Spanish irises grown in California |
In the 1911 Veitch catalog several Spanish Irises are listed along with a photo. |
The 1915 Van Waveren catalog listed 9 varieties. |
The General Bulb Co.'s 1902 catalog offered 20 named Spanish iris cultivars; |
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