Reprint: White List / Black List [1925]
Official White List
By vote of the Directors, January 29, 1925, the publication of a White List of Recommended Varieties of Tall Bearded Irises and a Black List of varieties marked for discard was authorized.
The White List is composed of good varieties that are reliable, fairly generally listed at a reasonable price, fully representative of the inherent color classes, and worthy of increased popularity. In no sense is the list to be considered a “Best List” with the coollary that anything not included is unworthy. It is simply a Selected List of varieties to which, from time to time, will be added varieties at present too new or too expensive for inclusion. The beginner should be guided in his purchases by the White List, the non-specialist grower should list only varieties selected therefrom.
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Afterglow |
Georgia germanica Golden Fleece Harriet Presby Her Majesty Hiawatha Ingeborg Innocenza Iris King Isoline Jacquesiana Juniata Katheryn Fryer Kharput Kochi La Neige Lent A. Williamson Lohengrin Lord of June Loreley Ma Mie Magnifica Mandraliscae Mary Garden Mary Orth Medrano Merlin Minnehaha Miranda Mme. Cheyeau Mme. Chobaut Monsignor Mount Penn Mrs. Alan Gray Mrs. Fryer Mrs. Horace Darwin Nancy Orne Navajo Neglecta Nibelungen Nine Wells |
Ochracea |
Official Black List
By vote of the directors, January 29, 1925, the following varieties of Tall Bearded Irises are considered as unworthy of further propagation. All members should refrain from assisting in their dissemination whether by purchase, by sale, by exchange, or by gift.
Plants of these varieties are on record at the New York Test Garden, Upon the request of five members the judgement of a variety may be reconsidered, and upon action of the directors, other varieties will be added to this list.
| Abdul Aziz Abu-Hassan Ada Admiral Togo Adonis A. F Barton Agnes Aika Albatross Aletha Alfred Fidler Alice Barr Amabilis Amie Annie Jane Antinous Apollo Ardenta Argentea Arlequin Malinais Assuerus Astarte Atrocaerulea Atroviolacea Attraction Avenir Aymard Barbara Baxter Beaconsfield Beatrice Beauregard Beauty Belgica Berghi Bigotini Bismark Blanche Blue Beard Boccage Boismilon Britanicus Bronze Age Bronze Beauty Brooklyn Buriensis Buriensis Elizabeth Butterfly Calypso Candelabre Celia cengialti purpurea Chalcedonica Charles Darwin Chateaufort (Duchess de) Chelles Chenodolle Chereau Clarissa Cleopatre Conqueror Copperman Crepuscule Cytheree Donna Maria Edina Edward Simmons Esmeralda Esperance Eugene Bon-vallet Eugene Sue Exquisite Fairy Queen Faustine |
Favourite Florence Barr Florence Wells Ganymede Garibaldi Gen. Grant Gisele Gladstone Gloiette Goldbound Goldweir Goliah Gorgeous Grand Boquet Grand Master Hannibal Harlequin Harrison Weir Hermia Herodotus Honorabile Hugo Humboldt Idion Ignace Ignacite Incognita Iroquois Jean Sisley John Bull Hohn Frasier Judith Jungfrau Justinian Khedive Kochosum Lady Seymour Lady Stanhope Lady Stump Laurentinus Lavater La Reve Leda Lemon Leopold Libaudii Lilacina Lizzie Loie Fuller Lord MaCauley Lord Ross Lord Salisbury Louis Meyer Louis van Houtte Loute Lucy Maggie Magnet Malvina Marenco Marie Corelli Maritana Marjolin Marmora Mephistopheles Mexicana Mikado Minos Mirage Miriam Miss Eardley Mist Mme. Guerville Mme. Patti Mme. Thibault |
Modest Guerin Monhassan Mont d’Or Morphee Mozart Mr. Shaw Mrs. A.F. Barron Mrs. Dugdale Munico Munite Murat Nemours Orleans Orpheus Pacquita Palissy Pameron Pancrace Penelope Perfecta Pharaon Phidias Plicata Sappho Plumeri Poiteau Pres. Thiers Prince of Orange Prince of Wales Princess of Teck Queen Victoria Racemosa Radiance Rebecca Rembrandt Reticulata Reticulata Alba Robert Burns Ruberissima Samson San Souci Sappho Saturn Savignian Sincerity Sparta Speciosa St. Clair Swerti Sylphide Sylvester Sympathy Tecumseh Tendresse Theresita Thora Tom Cook Topaz Tregastel Tunisie Ulysees Unique Van Geerti Venusta Vesuve Victory Virgile Virginie Vondel Wagner Walneri Walneriana Walter Reuthe Walter Scott Willie Barr |
[The Lists would seem to have been successful, either that or pre-scient, as very few varieties from the Black List have survived to this day. Those that do survive are known to thirive on neglect. Many of the varieties on the White List are still grown and enjoyed today. – Mike]