Irises 



AMETHYST FLAME (Schreiner, '58) Each $15.00 



Immense in size and elegant in form, a curiously tinted blend of 

 lavender or light violet and rosy heliotrope. The "shoulders" of the 

 falls carry an overlay of chestnut and the beard is almost white. 

 Nicely ruffled, 38 inches tall, medium late. HM AIS, 1958. Plant 

 Patent No. 1793. 



ANNETTE (Hall, '55) Each $2.50 



A tawny deep rose with widely flaring, almost flat falls. The entire 

 flower carries a coppei^ cast but the center is all aglow with the bril- 

 liant red beards. Quite different from other Hall things. 34 inches 

 tall. HM AIS, 1956. See page 19. 



ANTHEM (Schreiner, '58) Each $7.50 



The richness of the fuchsia-purple tone is intensified by a generous 

 margin of bronze around the huge falls. There is also a subtle in- 

 fusion of this same bronze tint in the taffeta-like standards. Metallic 

 plum might well describe the general color effect of this new giant. 

 Beard is lemon. 40 inches; fairly early. 



APPLAUSE (Hall, '56) Each $2.00 



A color break in the quest for new pinks. This new Iris is not pink 

 ... it is a self of light mauve-lilac with odd markings of violet ir- 

 regularly spaced on the falls. The flowers are large with broad seg- 

 ments, very freely produced on well branched stems, 3 feet tall. A 

 novel flower individually and a beautiful mass of color. 



ARABI PASHA (Aniey, '53) Each $2.00 



Deep cornflower-blue with blue-tipped beard. A new one from 

 England which won the Dykes Medal there in 1953 and is about the 

 most vivid deep blue we have ever seen. Flat, spreading falls. 32 in. 



ARGUS PHEASANT (DeForesf, '48) Each $1.00 



A smooth soft brown which has become justly famous. Deeper in 

 tone and more metallic in finish than Pretty Quadroon . . . they 

 form a team of the two most beautiful brown Irises of the day. Huge 

 flowers with broad flaring falls and wide standards: orange-brown 

 beard. 38 inches tall. HM AIS, 1948; AM, 1950; Dykes Medal. 1952. 

 Shown on page 40. 



AUTUMN BROWN (Lowry, '52) Each $2.50 



Glowing chestnut-brown, a blend of rich brown with an underlay 

 of red-purple and burnished gold. Standards are closed and the broad 

 falls curve at the tips. Very late, on 38-inch stalks. HM AIS, 1952. 



AZURE LAKE (Muhlestein, '52) Each $2.00 



Smoothly finished blue with falls that flare horizontally and have 

 the heaviest ruffling imaginable! 36 inches tall; makes a stunning 

 clump. HM AIS, 1954. 



BALLERINA (Hall, '51) Each $1.00 



A very large, ruffled, wide petaled flamingo-pink self with deep 

 orange beard. It is a medium to light tone of pink . . . not pale but 

 having plenty of color, a shade lighter than Cherie. Petals are thick 

 and lustrous, the form ideal. Huskv stems 3 feet tall, with excellent 

 branching. HM AIS, 1951; AM, 1953. See page 36. 



BALLET DANCER (Kleinsorge, '49) Each 75c 



Resembling the swirling skirt in a "pirouette" this distinctive apricot- 

 tan is another Cascade Splendor seedling and a sister of Minuet. 

 Standards are large, full and closed. The falls are almost horizontal, 

 very broad, waved and crimped at the rim. Form is only one special 

 attribute . . . the coloring is delightful— a buffy golden apricot self 

 which carries well. 38 inches, large and well branched. HM AIS, 

 1949; AM, 1952. See page 27. 



SWAN BALLET 



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