■(TB) 'Ad Astra'

1967, Babson

'Ad Astra' (Sanford Babson, R. 1964) Seedling N60-8. TB, 38" (97 cm), Early to late bloom. Standards sharp medium yellow; Falls white edged yellow. Seedling J1167-11 X 'Melodrama'. Melrose 1967. High Commendation 1966; Honorable Mention 1968; High Commendation 1968; Judges Choice 1968; Award of Merit 1970.

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From Melrose Gardens catalog, 1968: AD ASTRA (Sanford Babson '67) 40 M. Sdg. N60-8 (JI67- II, yellow X Melodrama) The name (pronounced Ahd Ahstra) is from the latin motto of the Astronauts: "Ad Astra Per Aspera." A free translation would be: "To the stars through aspiration." And a likely name it is for this out-of-the-world iris! Out of the world and among the stars -this iris will become, in its own right, a star! On a monumental plant and stem you will find these spacious blossoms, far greater in size than average and such widely expanded falls that you will be out measuring them. It won't take a slide rule to figure the volume of this flower but don't try a six inch ruler, either. And the standards spread out and upward to arch into a full dome over the heart and the decorative style crests. Ruffles and flounces surround all of the petal edges. Like a star the standards are a twinkling unobscured lemon yellow and the falls are the clean white of a spring cloud with a glittering edge of bright sunlight. The hafts deepen to lemon butter yellow and the beard is white tipped with yellow. HC'66. $25.00

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