(TB) 'Castilian'

1937, Washington

'Castilian' (Thomas Washington, R. 1936) TB. Midseason late bloom. Color Class R3D.

See below:

• * References
• * Synonyms
• * Nursery Listings

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References:

CASTILlAN (Washington 1937) A large deep wine-red iris with standards just a shade lighter than the falls, which are semi-flaring of velvety Bordeaux-red with some reddish venations at the haft. Heavy yellow beard. Tall and well branched, with strong heavy substance. 43 in. $8.00. [Mrs. Thomas Nesmith, Fairmount Gardens Catalog, Lowell, Massachusetts, Introductions for 1938, Catalog, Summer 1938-Spring 1939].
American Iris Society. (1950). Alphabetical iris check list 1949: compiled from the records of the Registrar, Charles E.F. Gersdorff and Assistant Registrar, Mrs. Walter Colquitt. The American Iris Society.
Peckham, E. (Ed.). (1940). Alphabetical iris check list: 1939. The American Iris Society.

Synonyms:

• Castallian (Bull. A.I.S. 63: 106. Oct. 1936)
• Castillian (Bull. A.I.S. 63: 29. Oct. 1936)

Nursery Listings:

• Nes. 1937

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