On a southern terrace, over the heads of the Indians, are drifts 

 of blue and of white iris. This planting was suggested by the 

 iris themselves. A few years ago I bought three of Prof. Essig's 

 iris: Easter Morn. Sierra Blue. and. my favorite of the Essig 

 blues, Shining Waters. When they bloomed, the iris told me 

 what to do with this terrace. Xow. I have a drift made up of 

 nine white iris followed by a drift made up of nine blue iris 

 from light to medium. There are six white, and five blue drifts 

 on the terrace, every one different but the same iris are re- 

 peatedly used. The best whites in this picture are Purissiraa. 

 and in this Piedmont section of South Carolina Purissima has 

 thrived for years. Easter ]\Iorn. A^enus di Milo. Crystal Beauty, 

 Joyance. Shasta. Columbine. Wambliska and Gudrun. The most 

 outstanding white iris on the terrace last spring was Gudrun. 

 The best blues are Shining Waters. Sierra Blue, Pale Moon- 

 light. Pacific. Blue Monarch. El Capitan. Paulette. Missouri and 

 Gloriole which surpassed all other blues in utter beauty. This 

 terrace has a background of the single pink Japanese peony, 

 Okino Nami. 



On a higher level is a drift of gold. This is a new development 

 which was to have twenty-five yellow iris but my enthusiasm 

 carried it to fifty. There is nothing subtle about the color 

 scheme but it's soul uplifting for all that ! The ends of my drift 

 start with cream yellow .- Kalinga. Sunmist and Sweet Alibi at 

 one end: at the other. Yellow Pearl. Dore and William Gary 

 Jones. The last, a beautiful and little known iris by Brehm. was 

 given me to try out in my garden and it is a beauty I would not 

 be without. It grows on a strong stalk, a larger flower of good 

 form, fine substance and beautiful color of ivory yellow. In my 

 drift of gold, cream yellows run into soft yellows of Alice 

 Harding. Desert Gold. Gold Standard. Helios, Phebus Cayeux, 

 Pluie d'Or. then into deeper yellows of Chromylla. Eilah. Ecla- 

 dor. Gold Spangle. Lady Paramount. Lucre. Robert. Jasmania 

 W. R. Dykes. Padishah. ^Marvelous. Alta California, then into 

 real gold of Coronation. Crysoro. Happy Days. Golden Bear. 

 Berkeley Nugget. Trea.sure Island. Lucrezia Bori, California 

 Gold and Xaranja. Most of these rhizomes were taken from 

 clumps in my own garden, three are 19.37 introductions and I 

 have not seen their blooms : Chancellor Kirkland's Padishah and 

 Marvelous and Dr. Kleinsorge's Treasure Island, a few others 

 that I have liked in other gardens will bloom for me the first 

 time next spring. Lucrezia Bori is one of these, a beautiful and 

 exciting iris. Everyone went mad over it in Xashville and 

 Chattanooga, and the pendulum of popularity swung too far. 

 now it swings back with a note of criticism. The Dykes influ- 

 ence was visible then, visible too was the slight olive reflex on 

 the falls. Lucrezia Bori is a thrilling iris. In my drift of gold, I 



