(TB) 'Malvina'

1857, Lémon

'Malvina' (Jean-Nicolas Lémon, 1857) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class S3L.

See below:

• References
• Synonyms

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References

From Wing Seed catalog, 1919: SHAKESPEARE — S. bronze flushed violet strongly tigered brown and yellow at base; F. maroon, reticulated on white at base. Good sized flower. Twenty-six inches. 15c.
From Wing Seed catalog, 1919: SIR WALTER SCOTT — S. light bronze-yellow; F. rich crimson-brown veined on white and yellow at upper part. Twenty-six inches. 15c.
From Fryer's catalog, 1921: MALVINA - Standards yellow; Falls veined and tipped madder-brown. 25¢.

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Synonyms

Bougainville, Eleon, Elion, Jokanum, Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott.
note: Sambucina major by Lémon not a synonym; it isn't the same iris : "Plantes s'élevant de 70 cm à 1m; Sambucina major, fond lilas terne, pét. ext. lilas pourprés." (Lémon, Annales de Flore et de Pomone, 1839-1840, p. 370). See picture on SFIB Website.

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