JANE MILLIMAN, NEW YORK Editor’s Message
April’s annual AIS
convention in New
Orleans was, to put
it mildly, a blast! My
associate Cathy
Monrad attended with
me, and it was her first
AIS convention and
the first time either
of us had visited the
Big Easy. We had a
wonderful time—thank
you to everyone in
attendance for being
so welcoming and
hospitable.
Cathy’s mystery iris
I moved into my new house this spring, and was
delighted to find…one iris, by the central air unit, getting
too much shade and basically not able to stand up
on its own. Cathy also has irises, but hers come from
her mom, are proven hardy, and have had time to get
established. (Cathy’s mom remembers that they were
on her grandmother’s farm in the ‘50s.) We think they
are ‘Princess Beatrice’ (Barr 1898, TB), but they could be
‘Dalmatica’ (collected pre-1600, TB). They are about forty
inches tall and do have a strong scent of grape soda....
What do you think they are?
Cathy gave me a bag of these mystery irises that I’ll
plant this year (and I’ll move the yellow one) out by the
street in plenty of sun. I’m sure that will not be the end of
iris acquisitions, if prior behavior is any indicator of future
actions.
Onward and upward with irises!
OMISSIONS AND ERRATA
From the Spring 2018 IRISES:
Page 9
“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
—mark twain
Apologies to Bill Kuykendall of Keyser, West Virginia,
whose death we reported in the last issue of IRISES.
Mr. Kuykendall is most definitely alive!
Page 35
The membership secretary of the Tall Bearded
Iris Society is Phyllis Wilburn, not Judy Nunn.
Connect with us!
Subscribe to News & Notes
Join the AIS crowd on Facebook!
Visit our website
www.irises.org
World of Irises, the AIS Blog
theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com
Follow us on Twitter
irises@janemilliman.com
Below are instructions for obtaining Certificates of
Insurance when required by the venue where an event
is being held. Please be aware I DO NOT obtain the
certificates of insurance for the local clubs, etc. It is the
responsibility of the club, etc. hosting the event to obtain
the necessary Certificate of Insurance.
To obtain a Certificate of Insurance go to www.irises.org.
Click on the Member Services link and then click on AIS
Insurance and you will be taken to the page that has the
instructions for obtaining the necessary Certificate. The
form can either be downloaded and faxed to the number
Insurance
shown or it can be completed electronically and sent
via email. There is a statement that says “Is Certificate
Holder requested to be named as an additional insured?”
If you only need to show proof of insurance, circle No. If
the venue needs to be named as an additional insured,
circle Yes. As always, if there are any problems associated
with obtaining the needed Certificate, or if you have any
questions in general regarding insurance, please contact
me at either 928-282-5867, or sammygiz@aol.com.
—Michelle Snyder, Insurance Chair
Deadlines for receiving materials are February 15 (Spring Issue), June 15 (Summer Issue), September 15 (Fall Issue), and December 15 (Winter Issue). All
images must be submitted electronically in a minimum 300 dpi resolution for publication. Failure to provide quality images at time of submission may
result in those images not being published. Manuscripts should be submitted via email in MS Word format without excess formatting and nonstandard
fonts. The editor reserves the right to schedule submissions for the appropriate issue regardless of the date of submission.
Summer 2018 AIS Bulletin 5