HIGH ABOVE 



POMPANO BEACH (Schreiner, '63) Each $6.00 



This new p)each-apricot blend is especially noteworthy on account 

 of its luscious luminescent quahty and lacquered sheen. Large, 

 well formed and frilled, on 36 inch stems. Rather early. HM 

 AIS, 1964. 



PORT WINE (Sass, '50) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Deep wine-red standards shot with white, the falls broad and 

 rounded with an almost sohd border of wine-purple. The color is 

 sharp and vivid. Height 3 feet. HM AIS, 1950; AM, 1953. See 

 page 49. 



PRETENDER (Cook, '51) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



Standards are soft yellow, falls solid velvety blue-purple with nar- 

 row lighter margin. Genuinely different ! 35 inches tall with large 

 flowers. HM AIS, 1952; AM, 1955. Shown on page 45. 



PRETTY CAROL (Hamblen, '59) Each $2.50 



Lovely rich orchid self with a lighter area in the center of the falls, 

 highlighted by a complementary tangerine beard. The large flowers 

 are broad and fuUy formed, stalks heavy and well branched, reach- 

 ing 3 feet or more. One of the very best. HM AIS, 1959; AM, 1961. 



PRETTYFIELD CCoofc, '59) Each $2.00 



Clean white standards; white falls delicately blended or flushed 

 clear blue around the outer margins. The beard is bright yellow. 

 This may sound like the familiar blue plicata pattern but it is a 

 decidedly different tyi>e. Large flower; 36-inch stems. HM AIS, 

 1959. See page 43. 



PRETTY QUADROON (Kleinsorge, '48) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Smooth, metallic, light copper-brown or pale tan, with a hint of 

 lavender and gold. The flowers are of faultless form — wide hafts, 

 spreading falls and large, closed standards. The beard is brown. 

 Height 33 to 36 inches. HM AIS, 1948; AM, 1950. See page 42. 



PRIMROSE PATH (Framke, '63) Each $6.50 



Perfection in this cool, creamv, greenish yellow or primrose vellow 

 class. Large, velvety and perfect in form. A real beauty and one 

 which, once seen, is not soon forgotten. Very long blooming sea- 

 son. 39 inches. 



PRINCE INDIGO (Schreiner, '64) Each $12.00 



Of richest pansy-violet hue, uniform in standards, falls and beard, 

 with velvetv-like pile on the falls and silken finish in the standards, 

 here is truly an Iris supreme ! 38 inches tall, generous in size, 

 ideally branched. Late. HM AIS, 1965. 



QUEEN'S TASTE (Douglas, '52) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Lavender-pink standards with a strong mid-rib. The falls are a 

 blended rose to violet-red, the entire flower full and very large in 

 size. HM AIS, 1953; AM, 1955. Shown on page 55. 



RADIANT APOGEE (Gibson, '66) Each $20.00 



It would be difficult to conjure up a more colorful or "attention 

 getting" Iris than this. While a member of the plicata line, of 

 course, it is devoid of much in the wav of dots and stitches pecu- 

 liar to its Idnfolk. Standards are solid, bright deep yellow, with no 

 markings. Falls are clear white in the center, banded deep gold 

 with some brownish markings high on the haft. Beard is deep 

 orange. Ruffled and well branched. 36 inches. Shown inside 

 front cover. 



RAINBOW GOLD (Plough, '60) Each $6.00 



Intense buttercup yellow, heavily laced and crimped at the mar- 

 gins, with an almost red beard. One of the very best and most 

 jjopular or recent introductions. Large flowers on 34-inch stalks. 

 HM AIS, 1960; AM, 1962. See page 32. 



RANGER (Kleinsorge, '43) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



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

 with long, cone-shap)ed closed standards and wide falls of glossy 

 velvet. One of the last to bloom, with straight stems and fine 

 branching. Very large. 36 inches tall. HM AIS, 1944; AM, 1946. 



RASPBERRY RIBBON (Schreiner, '51) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



The standards are almost completely raspberry-red, the falls gleam- 

 ing white in the center of a surrounding band matching the stand- 

 ards. Beard is orange. HM AIS, 1951; AM, 1955. 



GOLDEN FILIGREE 



REAL DELIGHT (Wafers, '60) Each $3.00 



A huge and gorgeous blend of blush pink and deep apricot. Petals 

 are broad and thick in texture, the falls flaring and supporting a 

 heavy, bright red-orange beard. There is a greenish chartreuse 

 glow within the flowers. 3V2 feet. HM AIS, 1960. Shown on 

 page 32. 



REHOBETH (DeForest, '53) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



Palest sky-blue — almost the hghtest shade of blue imaginable ! Of 

 such perfect form and thick texture that it appears to be wrought 

 from porcelain. The blooms measure seven inches and over. HM 

 AIS, 1954: AM, 1956. Premio Firenze Award in Italy, 1957. 



RIBBON ROUND (Tompkins, '63) Each $10.00 



Snow white and sharply contrasting blue, surely the most exciting 

 plicata of this t\'pe to date. Huge in size, moderately ruffled and 

 ideally branched on stems up to 48 inches in height. It is one of 

 the first to come into flower and continues right through tlie sea- 

 son. HM AIS, 1964; AM, 1966. Shown on page 29. 



RIPPLING WATERS (Fay, '61) Each $6.00 



Pale bluish-orchid, a shade difficult to describe but it certainly is 

 not in any sense pink. The ver\' bright tangerine beard, on a 

 creamv ground, creates a dramatic and unusual effect. Big blos- 

 soms, flaring falls, with ripples, raffles and frills. 36 inches. HM 

 AIS, 1962; AM, 1964. DyTces Medal, 1966. Shown on page 3. 



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