Mrs. David Ho 



Illinois, Garden. 



ACTION FRONT (Cook, 1942) Each 75c 



A huge flower of glowing deep coppery red. wilh extra broad falls and 

 solidly colored haft. Beard is brilliant yellow. A grand grower, with 

 strong stalks and heavy foliage. Height 3 feet. 



ADMIRAL NIMITZ (Graves, 1948) Each $2.00 



A spectacular new white from a famous introducer. The crisp, firm flow- 

 ers, with closely domed standards and semi-flaring fajls are large and 

 very while, surmounted by a thick brilliant gold beard. This combination 

 suggests a naval officer in white with rich gold shoulder ornaments. Fine 

 spacing of flowers, a husky grower, 36 to 42 inches in height. HM AIS, 

 1948. 



ALADDIN'S WISH (Murawska, 1945) Each 75c 



A singularly different Iris, the whole flower is a lovely shade of blue 

 with brushings of cream radiating through the blossom, like the first 

 rays of the sun breaking through a lightly overcast dawn. The colors 

 seem to be brushed or marbled on, rather than blended. Large, tall, and 

 very popular. Shown on page 32. 



ALICIA (Rawlins, 1948) Each $3.00 



Beautiful silvery blue with cool, crisp iridescence. This Iris combines 

 the best qualities of both parents, Gloriole and Great Lakes, about mid- 

 way between the two in shade and with a minimum of veining. Very 

 smooth. HM AIS, 1951. 



ALLINE ROGERS (Kleinsorge, 1950) Each $3.50 



The form of this flower resembles Cascade Splendor, one of its parents, 

 but the color inclines more to pink or rose, with just a suggestion of 

 ashes of roses in its cast. There is considerable gold in the blending of 

 color, especially near the haft. Style arms and beard are both golden 

 yellow. Falls are wide and quite flat, standards upright and closed, the 

 entire flower heavily ruffled. 34 inches. HM AIS, 1951. See page 41. 



AMANDINE (Doug/as, 1946) Each $2.00 



Large flaring cream self, slightly flushed with lemon. The wide flaring 

 falls are slightly ruffled and the standards are nice.ly domed. Height 3 

 ft. Winner of the President's Cup at the A.I.S. meeting in Nashville in 

 19-18. HM AIS, 1946; AM, 1948. Shown on page 23. 



AMIGO (Williamson, 1934) Each 60c; 3 for $1.50 



This richly colored Iris suggests purple Pansies, with its velvety texture 

 and sharp contrasting shades of blue and violet. It is one of the most 

 popular varieties of all time and in 1945 was given a special award by 

 the English Iris Society. Standards are clear light violet-blue ; falls in- 

 tense violet-purple edged the color of the standards. 34 inches tall, a 

 fine grower and good reliable bloomer. HM AIS, 1936; AM, 1938. Turn 

 to page 36. 



ANITRA (H. Sass, 1936) Each 60c ; 3 for $1.50 



A silvery sky-blue, pure in color, of great size and beautiful form. Par- 

 ticularly effective and strikingly blue in late afternoon and early evening. 

 Midseason; average height. 



ANNA WILLIAMSON (Cook, 1946) Each $1.00 



A lovely bright bicolor pink, the standards lighter than the falls. The 

 pink tone is on the rosy side, with an underlying yellow suffusion. Large 

 flower, broad petals and ideal form, 3 feet tall. HM AIS, 1946. 



ARGUS PHEASANT (DeForest, 1948) Each $5.00 



A smooth soft brown self which has become justly famous in the short 

 space of three seasons only. It thrilled visitors at American Iris Society 

 conventions in both Nashville and Portland, and ranks with Pretty 

 Quadroon as the two finest and most beautiful light brown Irises of the 

 day. Huge flowers with broad flaring falls and wide standards; orange- 

 brown beard. 38 inches tal.1. HM AIS, 1948; AM, 1950; Dykes Medal, 

 1952. Shown on page 40. 



AUBURN (Kleinsorge, 1945) Each $1.50 



This is certainly a new color in Iris — at least we have never seen any- 

 thing like it. The name Auburn was selected because it seems especially 

 suited to the flower. Both standards and falls are a coppery henna-brown, 

 with an undertone of gold, and the falls have a brilliant patch of blue in 

 the center at the tip of the beard. This is a remarkably vivid Iris which 

 glows when seen a b.lock distant. Very early, with 36-inch stems. HM 

 AIS, 1946. See page 19. 



AZURE SKIES (Pattison, 1943) Each 60c; 3 for $1.50 



Originally calltd "Summer Skies" by Mrs. Pattison, the originator, this 

 is a self of pale azure-blue with firm domed standards and flaring, al- 

 most horizontal falls. The flowers are beautifully ruffled and have wide 

 hafts, surmounted by a white beard. Declared by many to be the most 

 lovely of all light blue Iris to date. 36 inches. AM AIS, 1945. See page 24. 



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