RE: FYI Dr. Rodionenko 100th Birthday Letter in Mail 3/25/13

[cheryl deaton <region15kids@hotmail.com>]

Lovely letter Jim.  Thank you.Cheryl
 > From: MORRISJE1@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:31:34 -0400
> Subject: [AISdiscuss] FYI Dr. Rodionenko 100th Birthday Letter in Mail
3/25/13
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>
> Jim Morris, President
> American Iris  Society
> 682 Huntley Heights  Dr.
> Ballwin, MO 63021  USA
>
>
> Dr. George I.  Rodionenko
> 197376,  St. Petersburg, ul. Prof.  Popov, 2.
> Botanical  Institute. VL Komarova  RAS
> Botanical Garden of Peter the  Great
> Russia
>
> March 25, 2013
>
> Dear Dr.  Rodionenko,
>
> Congratulations on your  100th birthday anniversary!  You have reached this
> momentous attainment in  life joining our own Helen Reynolds of El Dorado,
> Kansas who is well known for  saving the Sass brothers hybridizing stock
> many years ago.  You, of course,  are well known to Americans for your
> publication The Genus Iris L.,  translated for the English speaking world by
The
> British Iris Society in  1984.  Whether known as iris, Russian "kasatik,
> petushok, or pivnik" the  plant "whose flowers personify that most beautiful
> manifestation of nature --  the rainbow --" has served to bring us closer
> together.
>
> You may remember that my  wife, Jean Morris, introduced you (through a
> translator) on your 82nd birthday  in March 1995 to the attendees at
Missouri
> Botanical Garden in St. Louis,  Missouri, where you attended and spoke to
the
> International Symposium on  Gardening with Iris Species.  That was a
> personal honor to her and to me as  well.
>
> On behalf of the members of  the American Iris Society we extend our best
> wishes on your personal centennial  celebration.
>
> Sincerely  yours,
>
>
>
> Jim Morris,  President
> American Iris  Society
>
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