■(TB) 'White City'

1939, Murrell

'White City' (Olive Murrell, R. 1937) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-WW. 'Pageant' x 'Pervaneh'. British Dykes Medal and FCC, 1940. AM (AIS) 1945.

1939 AIS Checklist: WHITE CITY (Murrell 1939) TB-M-WW Orp. 1939, R. 1937 (Pagent x Pervaneh), Silver Medal I.S. 1937, AIS AM 1945, British Dykes Medal 1940

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From Western Iris Gardens catalog, 1948: WHITE CITY (Murrell, 1939). EM. 42". Of English origin and winning Dykes Medal, England, 1940, WHITE CITY is a blue-white. There is a flush of plumbago (lead) blue around the heart. A crisp finish lends to unusual ice-cold effect. $1.50
WHITE CITY (Murrell) is a large "white," which this year was palest blue. I must see it again. It has been reported on very favorably by those who should know. [Cave, N. Leslie (1943). Comments from England. American Iris Society Bulletin, 88(January 1943), 52.]

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• The flowering begins with a very very light purple, then changes to almost pure white with yellow nuances and plum stripes at the beginning of the petals.