LILAC LANE 



HARVEST SPLENDOR 



PRETTY QUADROON 



FLUTED COPPER (Kleinsorge, '57) Each $5.00 

 Carrying on the long line of bronze, brown and tan 

 Iris for which the Doctor has become so well 

 known, we are happy to ofEer this distinct new 

 one in metallic shades of hammered copper. Both 

 the standards and falls are bright coppery tan. 

 curled and crinkled, broad and in good balance. 

 The beard is bronzy orange. Height 34-36 inches. 

 Pictured in color on page 51. 



FORTUNE'S GIFT (Mitsch, '55) Each $5.00 

 Huge, 7-inch flowers with very wide and spreading 

 falls, a seedling of Cordovan crossed with Inca 

 Chief. The color is deep but bright metallic brown, 

 with bronze beard. 40 inches in height. HM AIS. 

 1956. 



FOXFIRE (Fox, '53) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



A grand golden yellow self which was awarded the 

 President's Cup at the .American Iris Societv con- 

 \ention in 1957 in Memphis. \'ery free flowering, 

 the large blooms are of perfect form, and glisten 

 with a metallic sheen. 40 inches tall. HM .\IS, 1953; 

 AM, 1957. 



FRANCES CRAIG (Craig, '52) Each $2.00 

 A pearly lavender-gray oncobred with immense 

 blooms of perfect form. It is one of the first of the 

 tall bearded to come into flower and lasts well 

 into the season. 40 inches. HM AIS. 1953; AM, 1955. 



FRANCES KENT (Deforest, '51) 



Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



The standards are chartreuse-cream with a 

 flush of pink, the falls lighter with a pinkish 

 orange beard. Absolutely outstanding and dif- 

 ferent. This is surely one of DeForest's best. 

 Falls are almost horizontal and standards are 

 well closed. Height 3 feet. HM AIS, 1952; 

 AM, 1954. 



FRESCO (Tompkins, '57) Each $10.00 



A new and verv different plicata. gigantic in size 

 and well proportioned. Ground color is light bur- 

 gundy-red, infused ruby. There is a network of 

 gold veining and the edges are heavily stitched. 

 Over all this appears a velvety sheen of black, as 

 if powdered on. 38 inches, rather late. 



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