THOTMES 



"Your shipment of Iris arrived in excellent condition. I also want to 

 thank you for the EXTRA — it was a surprise indeed." 



Theodore Martin, Glen Rock, N. J. 



JUNGLE FIRES (Schreiner, '60) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



A smooth, evenly colored new red self, with jaunty, flaring form 

 and silken sheen. A "coals-of-fire" shade of red, rather than the red 

 effect derived from the purple or garnet side of the color spectrum. 

 Bronze yellow beard. Free blooming, large size, height 3 feet. HM 

 AIS, 1960; AM, 1964. 



KAHILI rSc/ire/ner, '67J Each $2.50 



A big bright, contrasty variegata. Falls are deep, velvety maroon- 

 brown; the standards are Itmiinous pale gold deepening toward the 

 edges. Style arms are stained with crimson and the beard is rich 

 yellow. Height 3 feet. HM AIS, 1962. 



KARACHI (Schreiner, '58) Each $2.00 



Newest, deep burgundy, wine-on-white plicata, darker and redder 

 than Port Wine or Bazaar. In fact it is more red than anything else; 

 the only white appears as a patch in the center of the falls. Large, 

 perfectly formed, on 3-foot stems. HM AIS, 1958. See page 59. 



LADY ILSE (K. Smith, '51) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



The brilhant blue of the sky brought down and into the garden in a 

 flower of exquisite charm and alluring form. Perfection of style and 

 great width of petals point up this Iris. 38 inches. HM AIS, 1952; 

 AM, 1955. See page 40. 



LA NEGRA FLOR (Crosby, '57) Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



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

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

 national competition in Florence, Italy in 1959. 38 inches. HM AIS, 

 1958. 



LASATA (Hinkle, '65) Each $20.00 



A very ruffled, huge flower of lilac-mauve, a subdued pastel shade 

 with self- textured veining in the falls. There is a wide area of gold 

 on the hafts and the beard is gold. Husky 3 foot stems. The name 

 is Indian and means "Place of Peace." HC AIS, 1962. 



LATE DATE (Ernst, '67) Each $15.00 



Illustrated on page 11 . . . 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. 36 inches tall, 

 with good placement. 



LAURIE (Gaulter, '66) Each $17.50 



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

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

 color efi^ect is a sort of "ashes of roses" but much brighter than 

 that term would indicate. Parentage is Claudia Rene and Glittering 

 Amber. HM AIS, 1967. 



LAVANESQUE (Schreiner, '53) Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



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 . . . possibly the very finest of all 

 the orchid or lilac-purple. 40 inches tall. HM AIS, 1955; AM, 1959. 



LEDA KNIGHT (Hinkle, '65) Each $8.00 



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, elegandy ruffled. Beard is deep blue- 

 violet lighdy tipped orange-brown. 34 inches. HM AIS, 1966. 



LICORICE STICK (Schreiner, '61) Each $2.50 



A blue-black of exceptional size with 40-inch stems. 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 new black. HM AIS, 1962; AM, 1964. 



LIGHTUP (Plough, '63) Each $8.50 



Standards are 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; 36 inches. HM AIS, 1964. 



LIKE MAGIC (Carlson, '66) Each $20.00 



Large yellow buds open into warm, widely flaring white flowers 

 with an outpouring of yellow in the center, down over the hafts 

 and up into the center of the standards. Medium late. 37 inches. 



LILAC FESTIVAL (Plough, '59) Each $3.00 



A classic, lightly ruffled, wide petaled, light orchid self including 

 the beard which is almost white. The entire flower has a silvery ap- 

 pearance. Truly a masterpiece in delicacy of tone, form and size. 

 33 inches. HM AIS, 1959; AM, 1963. Picture on page 57. 



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