"My Iris order has this day arrived and I hasten to write my 

 appreciation. As always the plants are beautifully packed 

 and are all fine, healthy plants." 



Mauda M. Crosby 

 Braymer, Mo. 



STORM WARNING (Schreiner, '53) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



This "black" has both great size and a 36-inch stalk to set it apart 

 from most of its competitors. The color tends to the red-black rather 

 than the blue-black of many of our other dark ones. A sumptuous 

 sheen and perfect form are added fine qualities. The beard is deep 

 bronze. HM AIS, 1954. One of the "Five Iris of the Year" for 1939. 



STRIPED BUTTERFLY (Noyd, '58) Each $7.50 



\n 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 haft and the beard is bright 

 yellow. Contains onco blood and has "that look." Well branched, 36- 

 inch stems. HM AIS, 1958. See page 56. 



SUGAR BABE (Schmelzer, '61) Each $12.50 



Deep orchid or raspberry with a silvery sheen. The falls are wide 

 and spreading, the standards closed and the whole flower niceh 

 ruined. 40 inches. HM AIS. 1962. 



SUN CHARIOT (Hall, 1963) Each $15.00 



A widely spreading, bright chrome to sulphur vellow giant, the 

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

 the beard. Margins of the falls are heavily 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. See page 6. 



SUNSET BLAZE (Kleinsorge, '48) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



A tall and huge golden flame-salmon blend, almost a red. but with 

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

 You have seen the sun look much like this just before it sinks over 

 the horizon. Both standards and falls are extra large and the haft 

 and beard are bright golden yellow. A most impressive flower, bloom- 

 ing very early on widely branched stalks reaching 42 inches. Winner 

 of the President's Cup at the AIS convention in 1949. HM AIS, 1949: 

 AM, 1951. Color picture on page 54. 



LUCY LEE 



SURPRISE PARTY (Kleinsorge, '55) Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



\ new combination of colors— rosy lavender standards and golden 

 apricot falls— pastel hues with definite contrast and strong garden 

 value. Good sized flowers on extra well branched 3-foot stems. HM 



\1S. 1956. Pictured on page 46. 



SWAN BALLET (Muhlestein, '55) Each $2.00 



Very wide and ruffled pure white, the falls flaring and lightly 

 crinkled at the edges. Beard is pale vellow tipped white. Heighl up 

 to 40 inches. HM AIS. 1955: AM. 1957: Dvkes Medal. 1959. 



