(TB) 'Sonata'

1929, Williamson

'Sonata' (E. B. Williamson, 1929) TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-S6L. 'Shekinah' x 'Lent A. Williamson'.

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From Longfield Iris Farms catalog, 1929: Sonata (Williamson No. 295, 1929). (Shekinah X ?, probably Lent A. Williamson). Tall Bearded. Height 38 inches, stalk well branched, 8 flowers well spaced. Flowers medium to large, 4-1/2 inches high and 4 inches wide. Standards arching cupped; obovate; Deep Olive-Buff, shading to Sulphine Yellow at the base before the claw; the latter with faint and reduced Maroon markings. Falls straight hanging; very broadly wedge shaped; central area, distal to apex of the beard. Lilac, quickly shading out at the margins to the color of the standards; at the level of the apex of the beard and midway of either side a faint wash of Pompeian Red; haft about the color of the standards, heavily veined Old Gold and Maroon; beard Cadmium Yellow. Style branches Sulphine Yellow. The name of this variety was suggested by Mrs. Thura Hires. This is a delicate and refined Iris which pleases every admirer of Mme. Durrand. It has been referred to several times by different authors of garden notes. It is very vigorous and hardy and flowers freely. Once in our garden Mr. Mead showed several of us what a wonderful combination Avatar, Rhea and Sonata make. $5.00.

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