I didn’t really know how many, many iris varieties mom and her mom had raised until after mom died. I’m starting an alphabetic posting of the names I have found, so you can see what they were up to in the 1930s and ’40s.
1. Albatross (“large white” as described by LBD—that’s grandma, Lillie Buswell Davie, not ‘little black dress’…)
TB 1922 Perry: Lillie says, “pale lavender, falls veined and tipped darker”
Note: TB = tall bearded; Perry = Perry Plant Co.
This is the link to the earliest Perry catalog I have found; it mentions “Albatross,” but there are no photos. Have yet to find a photo of this variety.
Things mom saved. 