■(TB) 'Florentine'

1937, Cayeux

'Florentine' (Ferdinand Cayeux, 1937) Tb. Midseason bloom. Color Class W8M. 'Chaldee' x "Sigurd". Cayeux 1937. Cetificate of Merit and Special Prize, S.N.H.F. 1937.

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References

Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1937, 6e série, Tome IV, p. 173.
Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p.4.
From Carl Salbach catalog 1941: FLORENTINE. A new blue-toned plicata that deserves to be ranked with the best of the plicatas. The ground color is white, and both standards and falls are evenly dotted and lined with clear lilac mauve. Blooms of large size and good form, and are freely produced. Very beautiful and distinct. Received several French awards. Mid-season. 30". $6.00.
This appeals to me far more than the more heavily colored Cayeux plicatas. Fishburn, Junius P. (1940), Survey of 1940 Iris Season, American Iris Society Bulletin 78 (July 1940), 54.
A peppered blue plicata which is lovely when viewed as a specimen stalk. Loses garden value when viewed from a distance. Douglas, Geddes (1942). More Variety Comments, 1942. American Iris Society Bulletin, 88 (January 1943), 62.

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