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IRISES from FRANCE 



TWO years ago American iris enthusiasts 

 visiting in France brought home glowing 

 accoinits of three new seedlings produced by 

 that master hybridist, "SI. Cayeux, of Paris. 

 Of course he exhibited thousands of seedlings 

 in his gardens, but three of them were espe- 

 cially fine and excited comment from every 

 English and American visitor. As soon as we 

 heard about them we promptly ordered a few 

 rhizomes of each, and despite their long jour- 

 ney over the Atlantic and thence across the 

 United States, they reached us in splendid 

 condition and flowered beautifully the follow- 

 ing ]May. 



These new irises, which will be released frojii 

 Federal Quarantine about July 1st, are here- 

 with offered for the first time in America. 



Jean Cayeux 



This iw the most beaiitiful iris we have ever floAv- 

 ered in onr gardens. Likewise, it is one of the most 

 unusual in oolor — a soft, smooth light buff, described 

 by some as "coffee colored" and hy others as 

 Havana-brown. The form is perfect, as the accom- 

 panying illustration shows, and the size is larger 

 than average. In our garden it Avas splendidly 

 branched, over three feet tall, and flowered over a 

 long season. Jean Cayeux has been awarded a Cer- 

 tificate of Merit by the French Horticultural Society 

 and won the Dykes Medal in 1931 for fhe finest iris 

 introduced that year. Very limited stock this year. 



Each $20.00 



Marquita 



A well named iris in brilliant luminous ivory 

 yellow and oehraceous maroon. The standards are 

 ivory deepening to sulphur at the base ; the falls are 

 of the same color but are heavily and entirely lined 

 with dark but brilliant maroon, giving to the flower 

 a most striking and novel appearance. Limited stock. 



Each $12.00 



President Pilkington 



a very lovely pastel blend, which at one time 

 bore the appropriate name of "Apparition". AVhen 



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JEAN CAYEUX 



AFr. Mead saw it blooming in France, he described 

 the color as "a lavender-blue elephant tone", suf- 

 fused with bronze. A huge flower, the stalks splen- 

 didly branched to 1 feet tall. 



Standards are pale ])uff, with faint bluish and 

 slightly rosy cast. Falls, wide and flaring lavender- 

 blue with buffy yellow suffusion paling at the mar- 

 gins. Beard golden yellow. 



Each $10.00 



Ethelwyn Dubuar 



Introduced for the first time. A deep pink 

 self, grown by E. G. Lapham of Elkhart, Indi- 

 ana. This is a huge flower, very much larger 

 and a much deeper color than his "Eloise Lap- 

 ham". "Ethelwyn" is a very heavy flowerer, 

 a single clump producing a solid mound of rich 

 pink. Three feet tall. Beard lemon yellow. 



Each $5.00; three for $12.00 



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