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"Aw Iris Lover’s Catalog" 
Medium Pink Tones 
Section 2B 
In our grouping of medium pinks we have the assemblage of a 
varied group of Iris. This class is the intermediary section between 
the lightest tones of red or pinks, Sec. 2A, and the darkest tones of 
red and brown, or Section 2C. As we must naturally place a certain 
percent of varieties either here or in the other two classes, it is rather 
difficult and cannot be done with any positive infallibility. In this 
class we can readily study the excellence of pinks with a yellow tone 
as Esterel, or the pinks with an infusion of brown and mauve such as 
unique blends like Anne Marie Cayeux. The constituents of this 
group are decidedly varied and have much variety, thus presenting a 
most heterogeneous mass of one color assemblage, possibly the greatest 
outside of the blends in Section 3B. 
Group 1—Selfs and Near Selfs 
In our seifs and near seifs Romance of Super Caliber takes preced¬ 
ence; a warm medium-toned pink with luminous golden heart, a very 
fine flower. Mme. Cecil Bouscant, a soft old rose with a blue flush 
down the center of the fall, large, well-branched stem—a bit tender. 
Fragonard is a very warm tone of pink with a warm infusion of 
yellow, a refined flower. Frivolite is an Iris bound to grow in favor— 
stands have the best tone of pink of any Iris I have seen, the falls 
are a little darker with a few darker veins; its unique pink tone over¬ 
rules this defect. Rose Dominion —a rose color with Dominion form, 
heavy substance and pleasing height, is an Iris of real value—shapely 
and pleasing. Rose Petal, a little darker, more even toned and enamel 
substanced, than Aphrodite —well-branched stems and flowers of flaw¬ 
less character. Rota, a beacon in the garden, is the rosiest Iris we have. 
Evelyn Benson is a distinctively shaped rounded type, well branched, 
vigorous grower, practically a rosy carmine self with an almost metal¬ 
lic sheen, pleasingly warmed by the influence of yellow. Solferino, a 
deeper variety and a bit more mauve than Aphrodite. 
Aphrodite, for many years the best of the so-called pinks, has the 
smooth enamel substance and fine tone quality, though it is not in the 
100 Best, still it is a great Iris. Mrs. Philip Runciman, an improved 
Aphrodite, a bit bronzier, of Mrs. M. Cran form. Acacia Rose, carry¬ 
ing a broad, full-petalled flower on a short stem, has elicited many 
exclamations of delight. Rose Mitchell is a fine rose-colored self. 
Julia Marlowe, a majestic Iris, is a fine Chinese lilac and red violet. 
Rasakura, a rosy mauve purple, a novel Iris with very fine substance. 
Wm. Mohr, with its odd venation, dottings, and flecks of color is not 
only unique but rarely beautiful and gorgeous, really the only Iris of 
its coloring; we have no other that can be compared with its very 
large rounded flowers on fair stems. Rivaling the Japanese type for 
sensationalism. 
Group 2—Bi-colors 
Here we have our group of Bi-colors in the middle register. Edge- 
wood, a choice high class Iris, a warmer pink bi-color than Frieda 
Mohr, reliable and hardy. Romola, the pinkest of the Dominions; lilac 
pink to red violet, large and well placed flowers, needs a little protec¬ 
tion. Frieda Mohr, height, size, color, substance—all are here; a bi¬ 
color in lilac rose pink; one of America’s peers. Mary Senni, a very 
strong blend of pink paling to blue at the edge of the flower—fine 
beard and haft—good form—excellent substance—one of the more 
subdued and pleasing of the rosy to helotrope blends. 
