Hybridizer Lyman W. Cousins

London, Ontario, Canada

Cousins (1888-1973) was a printer with Wright Lithographers, Wellington Street in London, Ontario. His hybridizing years stretched between the early 1920s until 1963. (CIS-N v23 n4 p84-85) Space appeared to be a constant problem with his medium sized lot on Tecumseh Ave. Plants were grown in neighbour’s gardens, and likely at the Regent Street home of his friend, Everett O.Hall, a science teacher at Central Collegiate.[B] Both eventually arranged for more space on the Dickie farm west of Hyde Park village, northwest of London. 'Great Lakes' was to remain on the AIS Popularity Poll for 21 years, with only three or four other iris having a longer stay on that list. (CIS-N v22 n1 p19; v26 n4 pp82-84) Awards: AIS Bull.78 p3 July 1940. (Researched by Don McQueen)

See below:

• Gardens
• Registrations and Introductions
• Awards
• Iris Publications
• Biographical Notes
• Hybridizing Notes

Gardens

Registrations and Introductions

Tall Bearded: 'Canadaway', 'Great Lakes', 'June Glamour', 'June Quest', 'Midnight Sun', 'Regatta', 'Tundra', 'Vesper', 'Voyageur',

REFERENCES:

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/15337072/canadian-iris-society-cis-newsletter-e-clipse-technologies-inc

Note the above reference CIS Newsletter Spring 2010 can also now be found here: https://wiki.irises.org/pub/Hist/InfoCISNewsletters2010To2018/2010V54N2Spring.pdf

Awards

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Lyman W. Cousins' AIS Medal Awarded Iris

Below you will find a picture gallery with a link to Lyman W. Cousins' iris that won the American Dykes Medal.

1974:

'Great Lakes', Tall Bearded American Dykes Medal 1942 Award of Merit 1940 Honorable Mention 1939

Lyman W. Cousins 'Canadaway' had an Honorable Mention in 1953 and a High Commendation in 1952.

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Iris Publications

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Biographical Notes

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Hybridizing Notes

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-- BobPries - 2012-05-18