DREAM SPUN 



"/ haue been a customer for many years. I do want you to know how I 

 appreciale having dealt with you so long." 



MRS. ESPIE LEACH, Marshall, Michigan 



'7 would like to compliment you on the size, cleanliness and quality of 

 your plants and also on your packing. It was a pleasure to open the boxes 

 and see the care that they had received. Thank you also for the extra's." 



MRS. WILLIAM I'ANSON, Freehold, New Jersey 



"For a number of years I have ordered Iris from you and each time it 

 seems that the rhizomes are larger and finer than the previous order and 

 all I have received are large, healthy, firm and in perfect condition. They 

 produce beautiful bloom the first year and every year thereafter. I have 

 never seen any others so fine." 



MRS. VIVIAN K. CHOWNING, Okemah, Oklahoma 



''.llioiit the best way to thank you is to get you some new customers by 

 next year or maybe this. In fact, our catalog is visiting some friends right 



MR. & MRS. J. T. McNALLY, Tama, Iowa 



"My Iris garden was a beautiful picture this spring. I enthusiastically 

 gave your name and address as the source of most of the fine blooms. ' 



MRS. NORVAL C. FLYNN, Waterloo, Iowa 



"Thanks for the extra you sent me last year. The rhizomes were all very 

 fine and the blooms were even finer. Wow"! 



MRS. FRANK HANLEY, Nicholson. Georgia 



"I am not a person ivlio usually writes fan letters but I just had to drop 

 you a line. I am so pleased with the Iris I received just yesterday in such 

 fine condition and I must say they are the finest I have ever received from 

 any company. I can hardly wait until next spring when they bloom. Also 

 leant to say a big "thank you" for the extra one you enclosed which I ap- 

 preciate more than you know." 



MRS. J. II. HAYES. Sr., Bristol, Virginia 



DREAM SPUN (Gibson, 1962) Each $25.00 



A blend of pinkish amethyst on white ground, actually a 

 plicata, of course, but with a less definite pattern than is 

 usually associated with the term. The central area and the 

 style-arms glow with a waxy, coppery tint. Beard is light 

 yellow. Both standards and falls are abundantly ample in 

 width, the former erect but nearly closed, waved and ruffled, 

 the latter semi-flaring and likewise heavily ruffled. Mr. Gib- 

 son relates that this incandescent beauty combines all the 

 good qualities he has dreamed for in a good Iris — hence 

 its name, Dream Spun. Height 40 inches. Seedling No. 14-6 

 PTA. 



LITTLE GREMLIN (HaW, ^962) Each $10.00 



Something entirely different, a perky little almost black-and- 

 white fellow on 10 to 12-inch stems. The falls are stiff and 

 almost horizontal, white except for a short band of solid 

 blackish violet on the outer edge and extending about the 

 length of the soft brownish beard. Standards and style-arms 

 are almost solid deep blackish violet, lightly flaked white. This 

 has the appearance of some species other than the bearded 

 but it is related to the plicata Dot and Dash. Median en- 

 thusiasts have exclaimed over it and all agree that it is 

 unique. Foliage is broad but short. No. 58-25. 



ETHEREAL PINK (Gibson, 1962) Each $20.00 



This is an exquisitely laced new pink self with melon pink 

 beard, jewel-like in finish and color. The standards are large 

 and domed, the falls wide and held high before arching. 

 Style-arms are large and heavily laciniated in keeping 

 with the "pinking shears" treatment of all petal edges. 

 Rampant in growth and prolific in bloom it has been an 

 alluring attraction in the Gibson garden where its color has 

 withstood the test of hottest sun. Vigorous, well branched, 

 three feet in height. Seedling No. 19-3D. 



GEORGIE ERNST (HaW, 1962) Each $20.00 



Fluffy pale pinkish lilac, or might be described as an orchid 

 shade with a faint hint of blue in its make-up. Standards 

 and falls are identical in color, the hafts lighter in tone and 

 a tangerine beard literally sets the center on fire. The flowers 

 are very large and beautifully formed, the stems well 

 branched ... as bubbly and frothy as an evening gown 

 beset with jewels in the form of the brilliant beards! Height 

 38 inches. No. 57-99. 



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