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(TB) 'Moonglo'
1935, Williamson 'Moonglo' (E. B. Williamson, R. 1933). Sdlg. 1563. TB. 32". Midseason bloom. Color Class-Y8M. Longfield Iris Farm 1935. Honorable Mention 1936. MOONGLO (Williamson). A splendid golden blend, one of the few yellow iris enriched by blending, having a distinct and attractive pinkish-violet flush. One of the finest of the Williamson introductions. H.M. A.I.S., 1936. $2.50. (Salbach, 1938). See below:
References:
| American Iris Society., Sturtevant, Robert Swan., American Iris Society., & Sturtevant, Robert S. (1920). Bulletin of the American Iris Society (No. 63, October, 1936, 63). American Iris Society. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58611874 |
| Longfield Iris Farm (Bluffton, Ind.) & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1935). Williamson iris : [catalog] (p. 2). Longfield Iris Farm. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44443640 |
See John C. Wister Collection, Scott Arboretum Archives, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College  |
| Peckham, E. A. S. (Ed.). (1939). Alphabetical iris check list. American Iris Society. |
| Salbach, Carl., & Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. (1938). German or bearded iris, as well as Dutch, spuria, Japanese and other types, 1938 : [catalog]. Carl Salbach. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60036701 |
| Moonglo is an early low growing variety, a honey yellow flushed violet and gold with a smudge of blue at the end of its orange beard. I remember, in detail, the exquisite banding of gold leaf around the edges of this iris. [Lila McCombs, “A Critical Evaluation of Older Irises”, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 110 (July 1948): 58.] |
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