RUBIENT (Whiting, 1942) Each $3.50 



A taller, much redder, Amigo. Standards are rich Pansy-purple, 

 very brilliant; the falls blackish red-purple with a neat edge the 

 same tone as the standards. Stems reached a height of over 40 

 inches in our garden. Note the picture on page 21. 



RUSSET MANTLE (Schreiner, 1944) Each $7.50 



Standards soft buff; falls rich garnet-brown. The attainment of 

 perfection in this color class, long sought by hybridizers. Very 

 tall and ideally branched. Few plants. 



RUTH POLLOCK (H. Sass, 1939) Each $2.00 



One of the most beautiful and most popular of all the Sass pli- 

 catas, a smooth light yellow very heavily patterned and peppered 

 reddish purple. The flower is near perfection in all details, very 

 low branched, a heavy bloomer. HM AIS, 1939; AM, 1941. 



SABLE (Cook, 1938) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



Almost black; a uniform shade of deepest blue-black-violet, with 

 blue beard. Sable has every attribute that a fine Iris should pos- 

 sess; large size, reasonably tall stalks, thick substance and a won- 

 derfully lustrous sheen. Everybody wants Sable. HM AIS, 1937; 

 AM, 1940. See below. 



SALAR (DeForest, 1940) Each $2.00; 3 for $5.00 



Creamy flesh entirely dominated by an overlay of salmon. A diffi- 

 cult Iris to describe but the color effect is that of salmon. As large 

 as Happy Days and about the same form. Height over 3 feet. 

 HM AIS, 1941 . 



SAMOVAR (Hall, 1941) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



Rich and brilliant burnished copper overlaid rose. Appears as a 

 coppery orange mass when viewed as a clump. The flowers are 

 large but stalks are somewhat short. Very floriferous and valuable 

 for its garden effect. HM AIS, 1 941 . 



THE ADMIRAL 



SEADEEP (Thole, 1937) Each 50c; 3 for $1.25 



An excellent blue bicolor, with light blue standards of intense color 



SABLE 



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