




~ “SURPRISE” ( Cooley 1928) 
The Iris pictured above is “SURPRISE,” our own introduction of 1928 and the first new 
Iris to come from the Pacific Northwest in the past three or four years. It is a seedling of 
Mme. Gaudichau, but is entirely different in color, being a soft shade of pale blue and helio- 
trope, with a most fiery orange beard on a brown haft. The individual flowers are of perfect 
shape, as the picture reveals, and the stems tower to a height of four feet and over. If you are 
after new things of merit, and are looking for introductions with all good points, including 
large blooms, fine substance, tall stems with wide branching habit, and plenty of flowers, (9- 
11 to the stalk) and with the vigorous and hardy habits of Souy. de Madame Gaudichau, you 
should add Surprise’’ to your collection. The price is again $20. for good strong rhizomes, 
same as last season. Visitors to the gardens of Berry, in Redlands, Schriener in St. Paul, 
Quality Gardens at Freeport, Bonnewitz at Van Wert, and Salbach at Berkeley, should ask to 
see it. 
Two additional seedlings may be introduced this summer. Write for particulars if you 
are interested in acquiring the new things as soon as they are offered. 
