^^(O HE first duty of any garden flower 

 is to supply color and lots of it — 

 and to the degree a plant 

 does this one job it is either a striking 

 success or a flat failure. 

 Consider, then, how well the genus 

 Iris fulfills this requirement. Do 

 you want a bold splash of color that 

 can be seen a block away? Or a 

 refined pastel effect that will look 

 postitivelv ethereal on a misty morning? 

 You can have either — or both, 

 with Iris. 



In planning any kind of color 

 effect in the garden one needs a 

 flower that is big-hearted, 

 lavish with its blooms, easy to care for, 

 adaptable to a wide range of 

 climate and soil. It cant be too 

 expensive, and it must increase three 

 or four fold each year, so the color 

 mass you can get from very few 

 plants will be great enough in 

 a year or tivo to be completely 

 satisfying. Feiv garden flowers will 

 meet these stiff requirements, 

 but the Iris certainly will, with good 

 measure and running over. 



Franklin Cook 



Garden of Franklin Cook, Evanston, Illinois 



QUECHEE (KnowHon, 1950) Each $8.00 



A handsome gamet-red self. Standards are cupped, the falls flaring and 

 rounded and the bronze beard is thick and heavy. Of good and ample 

 size but not extra large. It is one of the reddest and is an easy grower 

 producing its brilliant flowers abundantly on 36-inch stalks. HM AIS, 

 1950. 



RANGER (Kleinsorge, 1943) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



Dark but very bright almost true crimson-red. A decided self, with long, 

 cone-shaped, closed standards and wide falls of glossy velvet. Bronze- 

 orange beard on a brownish toned haft, with very little venation. One of 

 the last to bloom, a sure producer of flowers and lots of them, with 

 straight stems and fine branching. Very large, 36 inches tall. HM AIS, 

 1944; AM, 1946. 



RADIANT (Salbach, 1936) Each 50c; 3 for $1.25 



Standards of burnished golden bronze; falls glowing copper-red; one 

 of the most strikingly brilliant Iris obtainable. Of better than average 

 size, well branched. Produces an immense quantity of bloom and in- 

 creases rapidly. HM AIS, 1938. 



RADIATION (Hall, 1948) Each $10.00 



A pleasing tone of orchid-pink, the standards and falls the same color, 

 with a remarkable deep tangerine beard and birmt-orange glow at the 

 heart). Standards of the large flowers are domed, the falls semi-flaring 

 and very wide. A more intensely colored flower than Cherie or Heritage 

 it produces a moet vivid pink garden picture. Heavy substance and sturdy 

 growth on 32-inch well branched stalks. HM AIS, 194«; AM, 1950. 



RED GLEAM (Lapham, 1939) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



Here is the red Iris that actually looks red and has been declared the 

 nearest approach to scarlet thus far obtained in this flower. It is of 

 good size, of beautiful semi-flaring form, 3 feet in height and a free 

 bloomer. Texture is velvety but excitingly brilliant. HM AIS, 1940; 

 AM. 1941. 



RED TORCH (H. Sass, 1947) Each $1.50 



Standards rich deep buff or bronze-gold, falls pure velvety red — quite 

 the nearest true red of any Iris, solid to the edge. There is not the sharp 

 contrast found in true variegatas, thus this Iris might be termed a blend 

 or variegata-blend. Of moderate height and size, the flowers perfectly 

 formed and decidedly flaring. HM AIS, 1947. 



RAJAH BROOKE CNorfon, 7945; Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Rich topaz-yellow standards shot with bronze; the falls deep pigeon- 

 blood-red. Haft is solidly colored, clear into the throat, giving the flower 

 an extra rich eflfect. Not brilliant and garish. Rajah Brooke is an Iris 

 in luxurious, subdued hues remindful of an Oriental rug. HM AIS, 1946. 

 In color Ml page 24. 



RED WARD (CooJ^, 7942; Each $2.00 



Deepest crimson-red — an approach to red from the purple side with- 

 out the orange or brown influence as in the case of the 3 varieties listed 

 just above. A large and brilliant Iris with widely flaring velevty falls. 

 HM AIS, 1945. 



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