----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 36, Issue 15 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New E-mail address (Patricia Bender) > 2. Iris cristata (Jane McGary) > 3. Re: Iris cristata (Dennis Kramb) > 4. Re: Using Wiki pictures (John Longanecker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:49:07 -0800 > From: Patricia Bender <pbender@premier1.net> > Subject: [pbs] New E-mail address > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Cc: Pat Bender <ppbender@comcast.net> > Message-ID: <d604b32b023fdd6f33491683cf430652@premier1.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I have a new E-mail address: > > ppbender@comcast.net > > Pat Bender > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:43:53 -0800 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > Subject: [pbs] Iris cristata > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20060113104337.010e40a0@mail.earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > The cover subject for the spring 2006 issue of the Rock Garden Quarterly > will be Iris cristata. I searched the archives for an appropriate article > to reprint and found nothing except a 1982 piece by Roy Davidson, which is > mostly devoted to comparing the species with other crested irises. > > Would someone like to write up a current view of Iris cristata, with > mention of the cultivars now available? Davidson mentions 'White Pearl', > 'McDonald', 'Millard', 'Whisper', 'Crested Ivory', 'Skylands', 'Crested > Fairy', 'Gold Crest', and "Abbeys Violet' as having been grown. I remember > seeing the last named. Are any of the others still in gardens? Are there > new ones now in commerce? > > Perhaps one of you can write about these, or direct me to someone who can? > > Thanks much, > Jane McGary > Editor, NARGS > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:15:16 -0500 > From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris cristata > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.0.20060113220547.01d6eec0@pop.bizland.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > I wrote an article for SIGNA last year about an "iris hunting" trip where > I > found a fabulous population of Iris cristata blooming amongst Aquilegia > canadensis and Cypripedium sp. in southern Ohio. It was just a one-page > article, but I included lots of great photos. My favorite was a flower > that had falls that actually drooped rather than flare outwards. It > reminded me of a dwarf Iris tectorum. > > Anyway, being in SIGNA I know quite a few folks growing (and selling) > modern cultivars of Iris cristata. I'll see if I can stir up any support > for your RGQ issue. If you want to use any of my photos, I'll be happy to > share them. > > Dennis in Cincinnati > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:57:31 -0800 > From: "John Longanecker" <jlongane@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Using Wiki pictures > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <BAY103-F37B71A32292BB5363A3335C5190@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Hello All: > > I was asked permission to use my Wiki photos in a wikipedia, I gave > written > consent to place them in the public domain and requested to see the > results. > In the wikipedia I am given credit for the photos and my release to the > public domain is also presented. When I began putting photos on the Wiki > pages, I did so with the idea that they are essentially in the public > domain > whether I officially release them or not. > > Wet and mild; repotting lily seedlings as weather permits. > John Longanecker, > zone 7 banana belt > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 36, Issue 15 > *********************************** >