Looking for Caparne Iris
Theladygardens@aol.com (Tue, 20 May 2003 11:45:30 PDT)

To any of you who can help or know of a source for Iris bred by William John
Caparne. He hybridized IBs around 1900.
Mike de Carteret from the Isle of Guernsey is working with a group trying to
establish a historic garden featuring the Iris of William Caparne. I am
including a list of the Iris they are still looking for. If you can help,
please contact him at mikedec@guernsey.net
List:
ALPHONSE, ARIEL, BLUEBEARD, BRIDE (THE), BRUNETTE, CANARY, CERES, CHARMANT,
CIRCE, CLOTH OF GOLD, COMUS, CONSTANCE, DAINTY, DAUPHIN
DIAMOND, DOLPHIN, DON CARLOS, DOROTHEA, ELEANOR, EMPRESS, ETTA
FREYA, GOLDEN FLEECE, HAYDEN, HEREWARD, HYPATIA, IVORINE, KING CHRISTIAN,
KING HUMBERT, MARS, MELPOMENE, NIPHETOS, ODIN, ORIEL
PEARL OR LA PERLE, PETER THE GREAT, PRINCE VICTOR, QUEEN FLAVIA, REINETTE
REMBRANDT, ROYAL, UNA
The group doing this project would also like some IBs Iris from Goos &
Koenemann: Fritjof, Gerda, Halfdan, Helge, Ingeborg and Walhalla
Thanks for any effort you can make to help with this project.
Carolyn Craft in Los Gatos