Normandie $4.00 



KARACHI (Schreiner, '58) ML. 35" $1 .50 



Wine-on-vvhite plicata, it is more red than anything else; the only 

 white appears as a patch in the center of the fails. Large, perfectly 

 formed. HM '58. See page 52. 



KILT LILT (Gibson, 70) M. 38" $20.00 



If you like ruffles, frills, fringes and lace in an Iris you will have 

 hit the jack-pot with this most striking and truly unusual novelty. 

 The standards are a glowing blend of rich apricot and gold. Falls 

 are maroon red on gold, heavily textured, folded and pleated. Reverse 

 of the petals is greenish old gold, and this extends over to the outer 

 surface, giving the flower a bi-tone effect. Massive blooms on heavy, 

 well-branched stems. HM, 71. Shown on our cover. 



LA NEGRA FLOR (Crosby, '57) M. 38" $1 .00 



The name means "Black Flower" in Spanish. Here is a tall, ruffled, 

 very dark Iris which won the Primo Firenze Gold Medal in inter- 

 national competition in Florence, Italy in 1959. HM, '58 



LAVANESQUE (Schreiner, '53) EM. 40" $1 .00 



Color is an even shade of delicate orchid-pink, the very broad petals 

 nicely ruffled, the beard and hafts rich gold. This is a very full-bodied 

 flower in all its parts. HM, '55; AM, '59. See page 47. 



LEDA KNIGHT (Hinkle, '65) M. 34" $4.00 



Here is something new in the "bass viol" category of colors . . . ranging 

 from deepest red-violet to sooty black. The extra broad petals are 

 sleek and silky, elegantly ruffled. Beard is deep blue-violet lightly 

 tipped orange-brown. HM '66. 



LICORICE STICK (Schreiner, '6T)hA. 40" $2.00 



A blue-black of exceptional size. A nugget of color richness in the 

 Iris colorama. Even the beard is deep indigo. Although intensely 

 dark, a velvety sheen imparts brightness to this unusually fine black. 

 HM. '62; AM, '64. 



LIGHT AND LOVELY (Rees, '66) EM. 36" $6.50 



A cream and lime yellow combination with glowing yellow central 

 area and light yellow border on the falls. There is a bit of ruffling at 

 the margins and the heavy beard is creamy yellow. HM, '69. 



LIGHTUP (Plough, '63) ML. 36" $2.50 



Standards arc Indian yellow with pink infusion in center. Falls are 

 a novel blend of pink and lemon, lighter in the center and shaded 

 to buttercup yellow at the margins. The beard is deep Saturn red, 

 heavy and wide. Well branched. HM, '64. 



Cataldo $7.50 



LA ROSITA (Hall, '60) M. 36" $2.00 

 A large, broad petaled, soft uniform rose self. Area below the beard 

 is paler, almost white, in center. Haft markings are not conspicuous, 

 but give a rosy tan flush near the center of the flower. Beard is pale 

 tangerine— not red. HM, '61. See page 48. 



LATE DATE (Ernst, '67) VL. 36" $3.50 



Illustrated on page 17 . . . and comes honestly by the name, since 

 it is at its peak of bloom after almost all others have practically 

 finished. Standards and falls are both white in the central areas and 

 shade gradually to a uniform, bright violet-blue at the outer edges. 

 Beard is white but glows slightly orange within the flower. This is a 

 bi-tone blend and not in any sense a plicata. 



LAURIE (Gaulter, '66) ML. 36" $5.00 



Heavily laced lilac-rose-pink with a tangerine beard. The falls have 

 extra wide hafts and are of thick porcelain-like substance. General 

 color effect is a sort of "ashes of roses" but much brighter than that 

 term would indicate. HM, '67; AM, '69. Shown on page 27. 



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