■'A« Iris Lover’s Catalog” 
3S 
All Yellow 
Section 3 A (Cont.) 
Pluie D^Or has height, branching, medium size, good color. If 
I were to add one criticism it would be the falls should not fade as 
much as they do in the sun. Helios, the largest yellow we have today, 
has fine substance, soft haft venation; might be called a very large 
Safrano. Helios and Britoness should prove valuable in breeding. 
Daffodil, a little darker Shekinah, is very tall and excellent for mass¬ 
ing with tall varieties, where this color is needed in the landscape plan. 
Generous use of yellows in the garden is very necessary to lighten up 
the picture and get beautiful mass effects; they should be included 
in every garden plan. Primrose, a full petalled yellow in this register, 
is very fine—one of Miss Sturtevant’s best yellows. Bonita is pretty, a 
glowing dainty yellow with intense hafts, a charming piece of color. 
Amber, a reliable bloomer, good color, fine for massing and reasonable 
in price. Chasseur, a very late bloomer, well finished flower, broad 
petalled, is fine. Eclador a broad and frilled canary yellow, faintly 
marked brown at haft, of great charm and surely one of the five best 
yellows. 
Group 3—Deepest Yellows 
The future bids fair to reveal some very startling additions to 
our group of deepest and richest yellows. Alta California this year 
loomed up as a high contender for honors. It is the largest of the 
deep yellows of merit; has good size, substance, carriage and color; 
the one objection, a minor one, is its somewhat brownish veins along 
the haft. W. R. Dykes is another Iris of merit but is not a very 
responsible p>erformer in the garden, and rather a shy bloomer. It 
has the largest, softest, most delightful crinkled stands and crinkled 
falls with reddish spots in the form of streaks. This character varies 
from year to year depending on moisture content and other weather 
conditions; a bright red orange beard completes its picture. Cororta- 
tion, a Super Iris, is one of the best yellows in the entire group. 
Good height and branching, medium sized flowers of a good deep color 
that do not fade. It is solid throughout. You cannot go wrong in having 
it. Jason has too small a flower, tall and a very good color, however— 
height is its feature. I hardly think it should have been put in com¬ 
merce. Nebraska, a strong Iris that carries itself well on good stems, 
has a few veins of maroon which do not detract from its appearance— 
ruffled with a broad flower, easily one of the best in this class. Gold 
Imperial is the best for massing and a very good Iris all around; a good 
color that jvistly deserves its wide popularity. Prairie Gold, a tone 
deeper, is very fine although a bit low. Rayo-De-Sol, a very large 
roxmded flower on a fine stem with excellent substance, very warm in 
tone, will be tested for hardiness in northern climes. 
Group 4—The Early Bloomers 
Here in the early bloomers we have some very fine varieties. If 
some of these colors could be had in the late blpomers and large flowers 
we would have some wonderful varieties indeed. Golden Harvest best 
described as a yellow Doxa is a very large rounded flower. It has the 
habit of blooming in the fall as well. I find it unpossible to choose 
between Sunbeam and Nymph, Sunbeam has the better golden color 
which is gorgeous. The only reason it is not so far ahead of Nymph 
is because Nymph has such a long blooming season that it extends 
into the tall bearded blooming time and is a fine variety for floral 
work. Both have extra substance. Moonbeam is a soft light yellow 
edition of Sunbeam, very refined and pleasing. Starlight, a light sul¬ 
phur yellow, in size proportionate to its stature, a note I like very 
much. Large flowers on short stems that are not branched do not 
find so much favor with me. Alberti Yellow, a yellow form of this 
rare Turkestan Species, very tall. 
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