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Ribbon Round $3.50 



Golden Delight $2.00 



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Normandie $10.00 



SPRING FESTIVAL {HaW, '58) M. 36" Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



Not a deep shade of pink but is rather a definite appleblossoni tint 

 with heavy geraniiim-red beards. The flowers are very large, faultlessly 

 formed and slightly ruffled. Stems are tall with the blooms widely 

 spaced. Plant growth is robust and it increases rapidly. HM ,AIS, 19.58. 



STARBURST (Tompkins, '67) ML. 38' 



Each $10.00 



.\n enormous flower, with broad, ruffled petals. The color is brilliant 

 copper-orange ... a reddish orange shade rather than apricot. \'ery 

 flaring in form, tall, strong and widely branched. Late. HM .MS. 1968. 



STEPPING OUT (Schreiner, '64) ML. 38" Each $4.00 



A new plitata remindful of a combination of Dot and Dash and 

 Rococo. The ground color is snowv white, the margins of both 

 standards and falls rimmed with a broad band of deep |)ansv-\ iolet. 

 All petals are stylishly ruffled. I wav branching. HM AI.S, 19()5; AM, 

 1967. See page 5 1. Dykes Medal. 1968. 



STERLING SILVER (Moldovan, '63) M. 36" Each $2.50 



.\fter being open a few hours, a silver-like edge develops around 

 the petal edges of this extremely ruffled and fluted violet bi-tone. 

 Perfection in form, with domed standards and wide, almost hori- 

 zontal, flaring falls. HM AIS, 1964; AM, 1966. 



STRIPED BUTTERFLY fNoyc^, '58) M. 38" Each $2.00 



An intense medium shade of blue with an utterly different pattern of 

 deep violet-blue lines extending out on the widely flaring falls. There 

 is a slight olive cast on the hafts and the beard is bright yellow. Well 

 branched stems. HM .\IS, 1958. See page 30. 



STYLE MASTER (Tompkins, '65) ML. 44" Each $7.50 



While not reallv a black it is assuredly one of the darkest of the 

 blackish-toned blues. A self, somewhere between verv dark navy blue 

 and blackish aconite, with a blue-black beard to match. Huge flaring 

 flowers with unveined, lustrous finish. HM AIS, 1968. 



SUN CHARIOT (Hall, '63) ML. 38" Each $2.00 



A widely spreading, bright chrome to sulphur yellow giant, the lighter 

 shades being predominant in the center of the falls and near the 

 beard. Margins of the falls are heaxily serrated and fringed. Beard 

 is deep yellow, not orange. Blossoms measure 8 inches in width and 

 the stalks reach 38 inches or more in height. 



SUNLIT (Gibson, '68) M. 36" Each $1 0.00 



Shown on page 37. A gay combination of warm tan and ivory, with 

 a light sprinkling of warm maroon on the brownish haft. Center of 

 the falls is near white and the beard is bronze. Flowers are large, 

 petals crimped and ruffled and the stems are well branched. AIS 

 Region 13 Queen, 1968. 



SUNNY SPLENDOR (Schreiner, '65) ML. 35" Each $5.00 



.V gigantic, clean and clear deep \ellow self. There are up to eleven 

 buds per stem, and this pro\ides an extra long season of bloom. The 

 wide falls are ruffled at the margins and the fluted standards are 

 closed and overlapping. 



SUNSET BLAZE (Kleinsorge, '48) EM. Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



A (all anci huge golden ll.iinc-salmon blend, almost a red, but with 

 so much of the gold influence in it that it is not reallv a red Iris. 

 .\ most impressi\c flower, blooming \erv earlv on widelv branched 

 stalks reaching 42 inches. HM AIS, 1949; .AM, 1951. Color picture 

 on page 30. 



SUPERGLOW (Schreiner, '67) M. 38" Each $12.00 



A fascinating blend of Fuchsia and Rembrandt red, shading to 

 copper-brown at the margins. Fhis is a combination of tints and 

 hues associated with those found in some Oriental rugs. Crimped 

 and ruffled at the edges. Tall and well branched. HM .-MS, 1968. 



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