THOTMES III 



FLORADORA (Hall, '47) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



A medium toned flamingo-pink, of good form and 

 substance on well branched, 30-inch stems. The 

 blooms are of raediinn size with a geranium-red 

 beard. Size of flower, foliage and stem are in good 

 balance. .\ self with no haft markings. 



FORT TICONDEROGA (K. Smith, '48) 



Each $1.00; 3 for $2.00 



A glowing red that seems to spit fire from every 

 corner of its petals. Standards are between orange 

 and burnt sienna and the falls a \ery velvety 

 bright garnet-red. Haft is clean and sports a very 

 brilliant deep orange beard. 



FORTUNE'S GIFT (Mitsch, '55) Each $10.00 



Huge, 7-inch flowers with very wide and spreading 

 falls, a seedling of Cordovan crossed with Inca 

 Chief. The color is deep but bright metallic brown, 

 with bronze beard. 40 inches in height. HM AIS, 

 1956. 



FRANCES KENT (DeForest, '51) Each $3.00 

 The standards are chartreuse-cream with a flush 

 of pink, the falls lighter with a pinkish orange 

 beard. Absolutely outstanding and different. This 

 is surely one of DeForest's best. Falls are almost 

 horizontal and standards are well closed. Height 

 3 feet. HM AIS, 1952; AM, 1954. See page 12. 



FRONT PAGE (Kleinsorge, '55) Each $10.00 

 One of the superb seedlings of Solid Gold, seen 

 and exclaimed over in the Kleinsorge garden 

 since they flowered for the first time. The ground 

 color is deep red-gold, lightening to almost white 

 on the central area of the falls. This is close to 

 the color pattern of Prospector but the flower is 

 almost twice that size and over three feet tall. 

 Picture on page 49 is close to the real thing. HM 

 AIS, 1956. 



FUCHSIA (Hall, '51) Each $2.00 



Deeply colored raspbeny-pink, or "fuchsia," as 

 some have described it. The beard is almost red 

 and very thick. A self, with somewhat flaring falls 

 slightly waved at the margins. Rich and vivid, of 

 medium height. Parentage is Tallv-Ho x Fantasy. 

 HM AIS, 1953. 



FALL DAYS (K. Smith, '47) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Glowing flower in autumn colors of copper and red. Standards rose 

 and gold flushed bronze; falls rose-brown with chestnut-brown base 

 and velvety finish. Five by five inches in size, over 40 inches tall 

 and with many branching stems. A colorful mass of autumn-red in 

 the garden. HM AIS, 1947. 



FULL REWARD (Kleinsorge, '55) Each $10.00 



Another seedling of Solid Gold and one of the largest and most 

 deeply toned yellows we have ever seen. The falls are exceptionally 

 wide right up to the point where they meet the fully domed stand- 

 ards. Extra good branching and an abundance of blossoms. 3 feet 

 or over. HM .A.IS, 1956. 



FANTASY (Hall, '47) Each $1.50 



A lovely rose and orchid-toned pink, distinctive and quite different 

 in color from the flamingo-pinks. The coloring is smooth and lus- 

 cious, more vivid than most in this series. Beard is tangerine-red. 

 Beautiful branching, above average size, stout 30-inch stems. HM 

 AIS, 1947; AM, 1949. 



FIRECRACKER (Hall, '43) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



A glowing bright burgundy-red plicata, with yellow trim. Well 

 named, it is one of the flashiest things in any Iris collection. The 

 fairly large flowers have good substance and are carried on stout 32- 

 inch stems. HM AIS, 1934. Pictured on page 35. 



FIRE DANCE (Fay, '47) Each $1 .50 



A much deeper, richer and taller Firecracker. Fire Dance is a bur- 

 gundy-red plicata, both standards and falls heavily marked all over 

 with dark wine-red, the ground color buff. Flowers are round and 

 full, the falls flaring. A prolific bloomer, 40 inches tall. HM AIS, 

 1947. Shown on page 20. 



GALA FINALE (DeForest, '50) Each $1.50 



Strong, deep yellow, heavily overlaid Indian red and appears from 

 a distance to be red. A fancy and very colorful plicata with great 

 garden value. 36 inches tall. 



GARDEN FLAME (H. Sass, '41) Each 60c; 3 for $1.50 



A very deep rose-mahogany, if you can imagine such a color. Called 

 by some judges rose-red, but it is nearer garnet, with a deep rose 

 and brown area about the center. It has no haft markings, making 

 it one of the richest and handsomest of all dark Iris. Large, with 

 very broad falls, and it blooms quite late. HM AIS, 1940; AM, 1943. 

 See page 39. 



GARDEN GLORY (Whiting, '43) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 



A pure self of rich Bordeaux-red; a seedling from Red Douglas 

 crossed with Garden Magic. This is one of the nearest to true red 

 of any Iris ever flowered in our garden; pure, deep and rich, with 

 no haft venation whatsoever. Smoothlv finished with deep bronze- 

 gold beard. Height 33 inches. HM AIS, 1945; AM, 1947. True picture 

 on page 30. 



FIRST VIOLET (DeForest, '52) Each $10.00 



Lovely clear light violet self, the standards, falls and even the beard 

 being of uniform hue. Winner of the Dykes Medal in 1956 and illus- 

 trated on page 44. 



GARDEN GOLD (Hall, '56) Each $15.00 



Solid, deep chrome-yellow throughout, except for the fieiy orange- 

 red beard. While the beard is not actually red it is so deep an 

 orange tone as to appear almost red and certainlv sets this Iris apart 

 from all other yellows. Seedling No. 53-21; 36 inches. 



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