VICE REGAL 



THREE SISTERS 



PRETTY PENNY (DeForest, 1943) Each $6.00 



Large and very late coppery rose with russet overcast. It has 

 rounded falls with gold veined haft, gold style arms and heavy 

 orange beard. Height 40 inches. 



PRINCE OF ORANGE (Kleinsorge, 1940) 



Each $1.50; 3 lor $4.00 



A seedling of Far West and Naranja. Solid golden orange, one of 

 the richest things in the garden picture. Flowers of medium size, 

 very flaring in form, widely spaced along the branching stems 

 HM AIS, 1942; AM, 1944. 



RADIANT (Salbach, 1936) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Standards of burnished golden bronze; falls glowing copper-red; 

 one of the most strikingly brilliant Iris obtainable. Of better than 

 average size, well branched. Produces an immense quantity of 

 bloom and increases rapidly. HM AIS, 1938. 



RANGER (Kleinsorge, 1943) Each $7.50 



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

 with long cone-shaped closed standards and wide falls of glossy 

 velvet. Bronze-orange beard on a brownish toned haft, with very 

 little venation. One of the last to bloom, a sure producer of flow- 

 ers and lots of them, with straight stems and fine branching. Very 

 large, 36 inches tall. HM AIS, 1944. Shown on page 14. 

 RED GLEAM (Lapham, 1939) Each $2.00; 3 for $5.00 



Here is the red Iris that actually looks red and has been declared 

 the nearest approach to scarlet thus far obtained in this flower. 

 It is of good size, of beautiful semi-flaring form, three feet in 

 height and a free bloomer. Texture is velvety but excitingly bril- 

 liant. HM AIS, 1940; AM, 1941. 



RED VALOR (Nicholls, 1939) Each $5.00 



A superb big red that has been gaining popularity each season. 

 A garnet-red self with brown beard. It won the Roman Gold Medal 

 in 1940, the HM of the AIS in 1941 and the AM in 1943. Be- 

 cause it is absolutely hardy and has given satisfaction everywhere, 

 it is in great demand and stock remains scarce. 



RED WARD fCook, 1942) Each $5.00 



Deepest crimson-red — an approach to red from the purple side 

 without the orange or brown influence as in the case of the three 

 varieties listed just above. A large and brilliant Iris with widely 

 flaring velvety falls. HM AIS, 1945. 



REMEMBRANCE (Hall, 1942) Each $5.00 



Of a bewildering number of pink blends raised by David Hall, this 

 appears to be the best. Although the predominant note is a de- 

 lightful shade of light pink, there is enough yellow in the big 

 flowers to class it as a blend. Well shaped, with very strong stems, 

 it is 38 inches tall. Limited stock. HM AIS, 1943; AM, 1944. 



ROSARIO (Thole, 1939) Each 60c; 3 for $1.50 



Beautiful ochraceous yellow, flushed and overlaid old rose. Might 

 be called tourmaline pink with gold suffusions extending from 

 heart of flower into the falls. Deep yellow beard. Form is broadly 

 flaring, very large in size; 40 inches tall. 



ROSELAND (Hall, 1939) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



With buffy rose standards and rich berry-red falls this huge Iris 

 provides a garden effect of bright rose-pink, although it is defi- 

 nitely a bicolor. Falls are edged the lighter tone of the standards. 

 Very late; in the Chicago area it lasts until late June. 



ROSE TOP (H. Sass, 1941) Each $15.00 



This bright rose-pink plicata provided the greatest surprise of our 

 1945 season. Blooming after every other Iris had passed, not 

 many visitors saw it. Highly ruffled, the big blossoms of deep 

 cream have a heavy pattern of vivid rose-pink stitching which 

 seems to possess exceptional carrying quality. Viewed a block 

 distant it looked like a red and white bicolor. HM AIS, 1943. 



ROYAL COACH (H. Sass, 1939) Each 60c; 3 for $1.50 



Deep yellow plicata with definite brown stitching. Most of this 

 series of plicatas have a ground color of ivory or light yellow, but 

 this is actually yellow. Well formed, medium in size, 3-foot stems. 



ROYAL SCOT (Hall, 1944) Each $7.50 



A tall and large flowered red trimmed plicata of a pleasing tone 

 of burgundy-red. It is so heavily trimmed that at a distance it 

 gives a red effect. Form, substance and stem are good, and it 

 increases fast and blooms freely. HM AIS, 1944. 



RUBIENT (Whiting, 1942) Each $5.00 



A taller, much redder, Amigo. Standards are rich Pansy-purple, 

 very brilliant; the falls blackish red-purple with a neat edge the 

 same tone as the standards. Stems reached a height of over 40 

 inches in our garden. Note the picture on page 21. 



RUSSET MANTLE (Schreiner, 1944) Each $12.00 



Standards soft buff; falls rich garnet-brown. The attainment of 

 perfection in this color class, long sought by hybridizers. Very 

 tall and ideally branched. Few plants. 

 RUTH POLLOCK (H. Sass, 1939) Each $2.50 



One of the most beautiful and most popular of all the Sass pli- 

 catas, a smooth light yellow ver/ heavily patterned and peppered 

 reddish purple. The flower is near perfection in all details, very 

 low branched, a heavy bloomer. HM AIS, 1939; AM, 1941. 



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