Hybridizer H. R. F. Miller

Kent, England

Obituary Hugh F. R. Miller, of Sevenoaks, Kent, England, a past president of the British Iris Society and a member of AIS, died at his home in November 1962. He was an iris breeder and his tall bearded KANGCHENJUNGA, a white self, was awarded the Dykes Medal by the British Iris Society in 1960. His other horticultural interests included the genus Sempervivum, on which he wrote a monograph, and dwarf evergreens.

Registrations/Introductions:

Tall Bearded: 'Blue Kang', 'Green Ensign', 'Hastings Festival', 'Ice Grotto', 'Kangchenjunga', 'Kentish Cordelia', 'Kentish Maid', 'Persian Tapestry', 'Rosebank', 'Violet Pasha', 'Wendy Margaret'.

-- BobPries - 2012-05-18