Black Magic Wayman, 1935 IB 26" E & Re B1D, From National Iris Gardens catalog for 1940: "This variety is identical in color, size, shape, height and habit to Eleanor Roosevelt, but the originator assures us that it is a more deendable twice-bloomer in some sections and that it has a tendency to bloom several weeks earlier in the fall than Eleanor Roosevelt." Note: Please see the article concerning ER and BM in the Reading Room entitled 'A Tale of Two Iris... or Maybe Not.

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