NEW FOREIGN IRISES 



First Season Ojfered in America 



The half-dozen foreign novelties listed below have 

 never been for sale in America until this year, and we 

 are proud to be among the first to list them. While 

 our catalogue contains many other meritorious in- 

 troductions from French and English growers, nota- 

 bly such things as Depute Nomblot, Vert-Gala iit, 

 Frivolite, and Senlac, these varieties were of course 

 available from a few sources last season. 



The following six irises are growing under F<'d- 

 eral im|)()rt permit, and sales are subject to release 

 about the first of July. 



amber wave • 



Phebus 



A new yellow from Cayeux. I'nlike Pluie d'Or, 

 this iris is a uniform shade of lemon yellow, abso- 

 lutely pure. Fine rounded flower of good size, over 

 three feet tall. Tiie lemon color introduces a new 

 tone in iris of this class. Phebus was the high spot 

 in French introductions in 1930, and was priced ;it 

 one thousand francs. It is a very rapid increaser. 



Each $18.00 



Amber Wave 



The A. I. S. bulletins have for two years carried 

 tile endorsements of Americans wlio chanced to see 

 this novelty flowering in England. It is a luminous 

 am})er yellow self, suffused and shot with olive 

 bronze. The falls have a lovely faint velvety violet 

 blue flush at the haft, which is heavily reticulated. 

 The whole flower is perfectly proportioned and well 

 balanced, with very broad standards and falls, which 

 characteristic it owes to one of the parents, Mrs. 

 Valerie West. Height 3 feet. Very late. Amber Wave 

 is another iris which received a silver medal award 

 at the London show last year. Limited stock. 



Each $15.00 



DOGROSE 



A very beautiful, superb pink ii'is, with very 

 large, oval shaped flowers in a uniform shade of soft 

 pink, with deep gold beard. The stalks are almost 

 shoulder high, and in the English trial grounds at 

 Wisley it pioved a sensation. American visitoi's at 

 the English shows were struck with its lieauty. Dog- 

 rose was awarded the silver medal at the London 

 show when exhibited as a seedling in 1929. Very 

 ted stock. 



Each $22.50 



Carfax 



This striking iris, produced on stems that branch 

 loui'-way, six to eight in number, is heralded in Eng- 

 land as an advance in iris breeding comparable to 

 tile introduction of Dominion. The blooms are huge, 

 splendidly formed, and in color are a rich auricula 

 I'eil |)urple. The beard is inconspicuous, there being 

 nothing to detract from the intense richness of the 

 velvety falls. Height close to 4 feet. Carfax is an- 

 other silver medal winner. 



Each $15.00 



Columbine 



Introduced as a white Aphrodite, one of the 

 parents. As clean and clear as a crystal, with lovely 

 form, slender branching stems, this free flowering 

 white is distinct from all other white irises, and as a 

 result it was awarded the silver medal at the English 

 Iris Society's exhibit in London in 1930. Columbine 

 is a very fast multiplier, our own stock increasing 

 about fifteen to one in two years. 



Each $8.00 



Hassan 



This is a seedling of Zulu crossed with IMoonlight, 

 can-ying the Dominion foi-m and sul)stance of the 

 former and the general color tone of the latter. The 

 standards are a glistening sulphury yellow, the falls 

 (piite similar, overlaid and suffused smoky violet 

 with heavy greenish gold reticulations on white at 

 tiie haft. Certificate of merit at the London show in 

 1 q30 



' ■^ • Each $8.00 



SPECIAL GROUP OFFER O^ie each of the above six new foreign novelties 



which aggregate a value of $86.50 for $70.00 



