■(TB) 'Shah Jehan'

1932, Neel

'Shah Jehan' (E. W. Neel, R. 1932) Tb, 38", Late bloom. Color Class-S9D. Standards buff suffused gray; falls plum-red bordered buff with red-brown flush at throat; orange beard. 'Ambassadeur' x unknown. Award of Merit 1937.

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From Robert Wayman 1939 Catalog (page 20): Shah Jehan - 38 in. GIVEN AN AWARD OF MERIT BY THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY IN 1937 AND A BRONZE MEDAL BY THE IRIS SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. A most unusual and very beautiful new iris, being the most striking of the 'Amoena" type. A multicolored iris with seven distinct colors, but a flower of the greatest refinement notwithstanding its lavish colors. It is considered by many as one of the greatest achievements of iris development. S-soft creamy-buff, flushed soft lavender and suffused grey, fading to almost pure white as the flower ages; F-deep, rich ruby-red, with a one-eighth inch white border. This is but an inadequate description of this very fine iris. An extra fine large stock of this new variety enables me to off it a a very low price for such a find iris….. .35.
From Milliken Gardens catalog, 1940:SHAH JEHAN (Neel) Here is an iris that has all the rich colorings of a beautiful oriental rug. The standards are a delicate creamy buff faintly edged lavender. The falls are rich and lustrous, quickly blending from a light fawn at the haft through glowing copper and deep chestnut, to a deep velvety purple which is the predominating color. An edging of soft plum shading to light lavender completes the picture and makes Shah Jehan one of the most strikingly colored of all irises. Medium size flowers on 3-foot stems. 35c; 3 for 75c.
From "The Vancouver Province" (Vancouver, Canada); Saturday, 16 Sep 1933; Sunday Magazine, pg. 6, col. 1: Achieving the highest honors in the world, a seed iris, SHAH JEHAN, developed by E. W. Neel of Duncan, won the Royal Horticultural Flower Show award for the type in London. An English nurseries company [Orpington?] is listing it at a high price.
Shah Jehan (Neel). A most fascinating iris, saw it with four branches—blossoms open on each one. Flowers well balanced in size for stalk. Most unusual. Lovely. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939), 18.]

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