Zobacco Koad 



Each $20.00 



When this iris first opened m Dr. Kleinsorge's garden, it was 

 so different, so remarkable in both color and form, that we 

 lost all interest in the many other splendid seedlings in the 

 same garden. But the sad part of the story was the fact that 

 there was just one fan of increase! Since then we have 

 looked forward to the day when we could propagate enough 

 rhizomes to show it in our catalog and offer it to a waiting 

 iris public. That day has arrived — now. 



You have seen or read about brown irises before. Many of 

 them are basically deep crimson purple, or dirty lifeless 

 blends. Some of them are fine irises, such as Louvois, or 

 Brown Thrasher. But these are on the very dark side. 

 TOBACCO ROAD is a golden tobacco brown, the color 

 plate above being very true to the actual color. Standards 

 are upright and almost closed, with heavy mid-ribs. The falls 

 are broad, very wide at the center and held stiffly horizontal. 

 Height three feet or possibly a little less, with very good 

 branching. Flowers are large to very large, but not gigantic. 

 This unique iris does not have a single weak point and we 

 recommend it with all the enthusiasm we can muster. 



J^ew for '42 



Not only new because they have never 

 been offered before, but because of their 

 absolutely new colors and combinations of 

 color, the four 1942 introductions from Dr. 

 R. E. Kleinsorge rival any group we have 

 ever presented in a single season. 



TOBACCO ROAD, ORMACO, BATAAN 

 and IDANHA are not just four new seed- 

 lings. The first named and Bataan are 

 strikingly different than anything you have 

 ever seen in an iris. Ormaco is the first 

 member of Ormohr's offspring that we have 

 brought out for sale, and Idanha is a lovely 

 flower in pastel yellow-tan and pinkish 

 lavender that will captivate you. 



DAYBREAK, FORTUNE and GRAND 

 CANYON, presented for the first time a 

 year ago, were seen by many qualified 

 American Iris Society judges both in the 

 East as well as on the West Coast last 

 season, and were so well received that stock 

 on all three was sold quite low. We have 

 limited stocks of all three, but advise reser- 

 vations early if you desire them this year. 



Daybreak 



Each $7.50 



Kleinsorge, 1941 . Featured on the cover. A huge golden pink, 

 with slight undertones of copper. The flowers are well 

 shaped, with closed standards and falls that are semi-flaring, 

 but there is a suggestion of ruffling in the entire blossom. 

 This iris might be visualized as a giant Noweta, of perfect 

 form and with more intense coloring, it has excellent branch- 

 ing and the stems are three to four feet tall. The name is 

 most appropriate. Sample plants sent to Virginia and 

 Tennessee in 1940 produced blooms last season — the same 

 year of introduction — with the result that so many orders 

 followed that stock was barely available at the end of the 

 summer. 



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