FASHION SHOW (Hamblen, '59) Each $1.50 



Here is a combination of shades and tints in violets, mau\ e and gold 

 dust, unmatched by any Iris we know. Flowers are widely flaring, 

 the standards closed, and handsome rufiling adds attractiveness. 

 Beard is brilliant orange. Long blooming season. 36 inches. HM 

 AIS, 1959. Shown on page 57. 



FESTOON (Hall, '58) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



A luscious blend of caramel and peach and salmon-pink, with extra 

 heavy beard of tangerine-red. The coloring is positively mouth- 

 watering! It is quite earh", of good size, well branched on 38-inch 

 stems. HM AIS, 1959. See page 42. 



FIRE BRIGADE (Schreiner, '57) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Glowing crimson-red, shapely in fomi of flower, of good size and 

 36 inches in height. The beard is bronze-orange. Well named, it 

 provides an especiall^ fier\ clump nf 'jaidiTi c olnr. HM MS. 1958. 



TALLY-HO 



FIRE CHIEF (Galyon, '59) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



The most brilliant variegata, the deep yellow standards clean and 

 clear, the very red toned falls large and devoid of haft markings. 

 Stalks will often reach to four feet in height. HM AIS, 1959. See 

 page 56. 



FIRECRACKER (Hall, '43) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



A glowing bright burgundy-red plicata, with yellow trim. Well 

 named, it is one of the flashiest things in any Iris collection. The 

 fairly large flowers have good substance and are carried on stout 

 32-inch stems. HM AIS, 1943. Pictured on page 45. 



FIRE MAGIC (Schreiner, '62) Each $5.00 



Big and bold, tall and faultlesslv branched; a gleaming, fier\', cop- 

 per-red with wideK' flaring falls and large closed standards. Excep- 

 tionally red for an Iris and with the sun on it or through it. Fire 

 Magic really lives up to its name! 42 inches. HM AIS, 1963. 



FIRST VIOLET (Deforest, '52) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Lovely clear light \ iolet self, the standards, falls and c\ cn the beard 

 being of uniform hue. Winner of Dykes Medal in 1956. 



FLASHING GEM (Gibson, '63) Each $6.00 



Very tall and \ ery large bright yellow with a band of bright rose- 

 purple surrounding each fall. The standards are \ ellow shading into 

 the same rose-purple tiim on the falls. Actually more brilliant than 

 our picture on page 26 seems to portray — but tills gi\es \"ou a fair 

 idea. Note the purple tips on the sts le arms. Widely branched and 

 blooms over a very long season. 40 inches in height. HM AIS, 1966. 



FLEET ADMIRAL (Tompkins, '64) Each $10.00 



This ver\- late, gloss\ violet-blue sports a wide and thick beard of 

 brilliant Royal violet. One of the largest, tallest, and surely most 

 outstanding things in this color range. 42-inch stems, splendidly 

 branched. HM AIS, 1965. 



FLORADORA FLOUNCE (Gibson, '64) Each $6.00 



The large, silk\- standards are extra broad and closed, beautifully 

 ruffled, a solid, metallic Hght brown. Falls are extra wide, striated 

 and dotted deep nutmeg on cream, deeper at tlie margins and the 

 beard is orange. The entire flower is flounced and ruffled. Height 

 34 inches. HM AIS, 1965. See page 30. 



FLUTED COPPER (Kleinsorge, '57) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Gaming on tlie long line of bronze, brown and tan Iris for which 

 tlie Doctor has become so well known, this distinct one is in metal- 

 lic 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. 



FLUTED HAVEN (Reynolds, '58) Each $4.00 



A swirly and frilly big white of heavy substance. This bears some 

 resemblance to Gelestial Snow but is more on the creamy side. The 

 flaring falls are delightfullv fluted. Quite early; 35 inches. AM, 1962. 



LITTLE DOLLY 



FOAMING SEAS (Stevens, '60) Each $2.00 



A frothy, ruffly light blue with deeper veins, suggesti\e of the 

 churning surf against a rockv shore. The beard is bluewhite. Mas- 

 sive flowers, widelv spreading in form and freel\- produced on 3-foot 

 stalks. HM AIS, 1960. 



FORTUNE'S GIFT (Mitsch, '55) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Huge, 7-inch flowers with \ eiy wide and spreading falls, a seedling 

 of Cordovan crossed with Inca Ghief. The color is deep but bright 

 metallic brown, with bronze beard. 40 inches in heicht. HM .■MS, 

 1956. 



FOXFIRE (Fox, '53) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



A grand golden \ ellow which was awarded the President's Gup 

 at the American Iris Society' convention in 1957 in Memphis. Very 

 free flowering, the larue blooms arc of perfect form, and sjlisten 

 with a mctalhc sheen. 40 inches tall. HM AIS. 1953; AM, 1957. 



FROST and FLAME (Hall, '57) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Mr. Hall worked for se\eral >ears in an eflort to bring out a fault- 

 less white with the tangerine beard so closely associated with the 

 flamingo-pinks. And here we have it! The flowers are large, the stiff 

 stems reach four feet, and the tliick petals are as clean and white as 

 a sheet HM AIS, 1957; AM, 1959. Illustrated on page 51. 



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