Hybridizer Dr. Wylie McLean Ayres

From Wooster Pike, Cinncinnati, Ohio. Oculist, amateur gardener, Iris collector and breeder. Past Director, A.I.S. Hybridizer of 'Coralie', winner of the The American Dykes Medal in 1933, and 'Venus de Milo', runner-up for The American Dykes Medal in 1936.

Among the first winners of the first American Iris Society's Hybridizer Award in 1941.

Registrations/introductions:

Intermediate Bearded: 'Arizona', 'Minnell'.

Minature Dwarf: 'Itta Bitta'.

Tall Bearded: 'Alight', 'Ball O Gold', 'Burning Bronze', 'Byzantium', 'Cheerio', 'Cheerios Brother', 'Cincinnati', 'Coralie', 'Ethereal', 'Indian Chief', 'Indigo Bunting', 'Ivory Bowl', 'Jacquard', 'Jasmania', 'Kaitvee', 'Kenwood', 'Killyleagh', 'K. V. Ayres', 'Lady Lavender', 'La Lorraine', 'Madrid', 'Margaret Rowe', 'Meldoric', 'Mrs. Silas Waters', 'Nanook', 'Ningal', 'Order of The Purple', 'Persia', 'Persian Garden', 'Red Dominion', 'Robert', 'Tapestry', 'Theodolinda', 'Tint O' Tan', 'Venus De Milo', 'Zuni'.

-- BobPries - 2011-06-16