SPARKLING CHAMPAGNE (Ernst, '65) M. 36 " $2.00 

 Although this would be classed as a plicata it really carries but a 

 minimum of dots or etchings, mostly near the center and on the 

 hafts. The color inclines to a chartreuse or champagne shade. Very 

 large, slightly spreading, with extra broad falls and superb branching. 

 HM, '66. Shown on page 38. 



SPLASH O' PINK (Hall, '64) EM. 36" $2.00 



Beautifully formed and broad petaled, with a brilliant, red beard. 

 The shade of pink is bright, clean with an amber glow in the central 

 area. Fine branching and ruffled. Very long lasting. HM, '67. Shown 

 on page 52. 



SPRING FESTIVAL (Hall, '58) M. 36" $1 .00 



Not a deep shade of pink but is rather a definite applcblossom tint 

 with heavy geranium-red beards. The flowers are very large, faultlessly 

 formed and slightly ruffled. HM, ',58. 



STARBURST (Tompkins, '67) ML. 38" $5.00 



An enormous flower, with broad, ruffled petals. The color is brilliant 

 copper-orange ... a reddish orange shade rather than apricot. \'erv 

 flaring in form, tall, strong and widely branched. Late. HM, '68. 



STEPPING OUT (Schreiner, '64) ML. 38" $3.00 



The ground color is snowy white, the margins of both standards and 

 falls rimmed with a broad band of deep pansy-violet. All petals are 

 stylishly ruffled. 4-way branching. HM, '65; AM, '67. See page 43. 

 Dykes Medal, '68. 



STERLING SILVER (Moldovan, '63) M. 36" $2.00 

 .\fter being open a few hours, a silver-like edge develops around 

 the petal edges of this extremely ruffled and fluted violet bi-tone. 

 Perfection in form, with domed standards and wide, almost hori- 

 zontal, flaring falls. HM, '64; AM, '66. 



SUMMER SILK (Gibson, '71) tA. 34" $1 5.00 



In color a very odd shade of chamois or creamy tan, described by 

 some as "pongee" and others as creamy flesh, although it is not in any 

 category of pink. It is a complete self, including the beard and styles. 

 As you will note on our picture,-page 8, all petals are extra wide, the 

 falls almost touching each other. They flare out widely and drop 

 gracefully at the outer rim. 



Mad Maid $2.00 



SUNSET BLAZE (Kleinsorge, '48) EM. 42" $1.00 



A tall and huge golden flame-salmon blend, almost a red, but with 

 so much of the gold influence in it that it is not really a red Iris. 

 HM, '49; AM, '51. Color picture on page 55. 



SUPERGLOW (Schreiner, '67) M. 38" $5.00 

 A huge, well formed, nicely ruffled, semi-flaring flower of glowing 

 fuchsia and red with a border of chocolate brown around the petals. 

 Brilliant. HM, '68. 



SUN CHARIOT (Hall, '63) ML 38" $1 .50 



A widely spreading, bright chrome to sulphur yellow giant, the lighter 

 shades being predominant in the center of the falls and near the 

 beard. Margins of the falls are heavily serrated and fringed. Beard 

 is deep yellow, not orange. See page 50. 



SUNLIT (Gibson, '68) M. 36" $5.00 



Shown on page 30. A gay combination of warm tan and ivory, with 

 a light sprinkling of warm maroon on the brownish haft. Center of 

 the falls is near white and the beard is bronze. Flowers are large, 

 petals crimped and ruffled and the stems are well branched. Region 

 13 Queen, '68. 



SUNNY SPLENDOR (Schreiner, '65) ML. 35" $3.00 



A gigantic, clean and clear deep yellow self. There arc up to eleven 

 buds per stem, and this provides an extra long season of bloom. The 

 wide falls are ruffled at the margins and the fluted standards are 

 closed and overlapping. Shown on page 37. 



SWAHILI (Plough, '65) EM. 34" $5.00 



Dusky, smoldering, reddish black with a slight violet cast. The hafts 

 are red-brown and the beard is also brown. Silky standards and 

 velvety falls. HM, '66. See page 31. 



SYMPHONY (Hinkle, '58) M. 38" $1 .00 



Gracefully ruffled sea-blue self, slightly lighter in the center of the 

 falls and with some darker texture veining. Petals arc wide and full, 

 crisp and firm in substance. HM, '58; AM. '63. See page 47. 



TAHITI SUNRISE (Ernsi, '63) ML. 36" $2.00 



Beautifully tailored and perfectly proportioned pink with an under- 

 tone of salmon. The blooms are extra large in size, heavy red beard, 

 and the texture is like heavy porcelain. HC, '62; HM, '65. Shown on 

 page 46. 



TALLCHIEF (DeForest, '56) M. 36" $1 .00 



Bright, richly glowing red self, with brilliant orange beard. By the 

 Ridgeway color chart it is Brazil-red to carmine. Tall, and very well 

 branched. HM, '57. 



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