Just as guess:
Mrs.Horce Darwin?
Good Luck!
Rae Ann

Here is a link that might be useful: Mrs Horace Darwin

Does it have purple coloration at the bases of the leaves? That's an essential bit of information for identification purposes.

Yes, I do believe it has purple coloration at the base of the leaves. Just going from memory... we finally have about 4 inches of snow on the ground. :) Thanks for your help. I looked up Mrs. Horace Darwin but could not find photos.

Might be Mrs. George Darwin. The two Darwin's are very similar. Sorry I don't have a pic of MHD.

Mike

Here is a link that might be useful: Mrs. George Darwin

How tall is this iris? When does it bloom? It seems there is some 'color break' in the falls, where there is some bits of additional purple bleeding thru.
It does look like Mrs Horace but there were other iris with this color pattern from that era (late 1800's), and I have never seen Mrs Horace with color breaks in the falls.
Laetitia

NJ - LaurieF and Mike: Wow, you guys are amazing! Thank you for your help and good gardening in 2007. I have never come across anyone who could ID this - and it looks like we are close to it! Now, if only I could find a photo of Mrs. Horace... that might help. On the Garden of Mu website, the Innocenza looks like its falls are much broader across than my iris. In my iris, the falls are quite narrow, they seem to fold on themselves and also bend back towards the flowering stem. It is generally speaking a small iris - each flower no more than 3 inches tall. BTW - also in my garden (a pass-along from another iris lover) is "iris lucastris" - each flower no bigger than a quarter. It's a species from the north shores of the Great Lakes, I'm told. If any of you come to visit Canada some time, please consider a visit to the Ottawa area (our country's capital) I would be happy to share iris pieces with you! In October, a friend in Strasbourg, France sent me three rhizomes that someone gave her. They seemed to be all different and I can't wait till they bloom, since the sender did not know the colours.

The link by my post takes you to a picture of Mrs Horace.

Dear RB Legend: I don't understand your message above, don't see any link. Can you help?

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Here is a link that might be useful: CLICK here to see Mrs Horace Darwin!