(TB) 'Hesperis'

1926, Williamson

'Hesperis' (E. B. Williamson, R. 1925). Sdlg. 155. TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-S6M. 'Nancy Orne' x unknown. Longfield Iris Farm 1926. Synonyms: Hesperia; Hespesis.

Introductory catalog description from Longfield 1926:

Longfield's 1926 introductory catalog description mispells the correct registered name Hesperis. There are multitudes of synonyms of many registered iris in the 1939 Check List. Some nursery companies were quite notorious in listing wrong names but it was less common to find a new introduction mispelled.

See below:

• * References

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References:

American Iris Society, Peckham, E. (Ed.). (1940). Alphabetical iris check list: 1939, (p. 271). American Iris Society.
Longfield Iris Farm (Bluffton, Ind.) & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1926). Price list with descriptions of varieties (p. 4). Longfield Iris Farm. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44425525
From Indian Spring Farms catalog, 1927: HESPERIA (Williamson 1926). A large and striking bicolor of distinct coloring of the same light brown effect as Nibelungen, but larger and of heavier substance. S. light drab; F. a solid, blackish red-purple, flushed amber. 36 inches. A strong-growing and free-flowering variety. $2.50 each.

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Synonyms

Hesperia, Hespesis.

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