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"A» Iris Lover’s Catalog” 
Yellow Blends 
Section 3B (Cont.) 
In more pink blends we come upon another very fine production, 
Lux, with soft gold and apricot falls and heavier gold and raspberry 
Infusion; flowers are not large, the individual flower not being as pretty 
nor effective as a well established clump which is a beautiful 
sight one will not forget quickly—a vision of great warmth and beauty 
of color. Elsinore is a dainty and exquisite combination of soft, clear 
yellow with a halo edge of lilac, a very pleasing and delicate combina¬ 
tion. Boadicae, a soft charming tan with blue tone in the falls, is a 
bit bunched on the stalk. Starsong, a golden buff and pink pastel 
blend, is delightful. 
Now to the darker, heavier suffused set, Rameses a pinker Belis- 
aire tone and Glowing Embers type prominent gold beard and brown 
haft; a deep bronzed crushed raspberry effect; very fine. Ophelia in 
point of color blending seems of the finest, a medley of bronzed buff 
with lilac and heliotrope suffusion. Euphony, exquisitely ruffled; 
Clara Noyes, remarkable for its large luscious stands of golden apri- 
cit; falls are rather heavily veined. Mary Geddes is probably one of 
our most distinct color advancements in Iris. An ochraceous salmon 
with deeper and more reddish falls; fine sized flowers of very good 
substance; a true color gem that we can all appreciate. Talisman, an 
exquisite blend of yellow and rose pink with a faint suggestion of blue 
on central zone of the falls; very warm—really a floral delicacy. 
Quiver a is also of this odd apricot color, rather heavily veined. Vishnu 
is one of the ochraceous salmons, similar to M^ry Geddes with a few 
more veins on the falls. It represents the new blending colors we are 
developing. 
Group 3—Smooth Metallic Blends 
Here is truly a group of oddities. Tuscany Gold our Super Type, 
is a very fine Iris, similar to Amerind, large standards, a little bluer 
tone on the falls, with an intense gold haft, styles deep gold, deep 
red orange beard which is very pronounced. Amerind is popularly 
known as the camouflage Iris—That is just your reaction when you 
look at it; is paler and duskier with dusky styles. Vesper Gold and 
Endymion are a grand type. The blending merges into a metallic 
medley. Endymion more gold than blue. Vesper Gold more orange 
to red in cast. Both have fine habit, form, height. Churcbmonse 
is a very dark mouse color, that carries an odd color note. Topazin 
falls here with its glowing color note. One Iris that stands out so 
distinctly is Jean Cayetix, a glistening, soft tawny sand color with an 
iridescent gold glint lighting the entire flower, oval in form with very 
trim and neat appearance, probably the most distinctive Iris produced 
by M. Cayeux. Gilead, another fine type of soft blend, probably a 
bit pinker than the former with flowers more elongated in form, 
though both have much in common. 
Group 4—Gray and Odd Tones 
Several hard to place varieties, which is an assurance of their 
distinctiveness, are offered here. Avator, greyish stands with bluer 
falls, the whole lit up with glowing yellow styles beard and heart. 
Lady Hudson is another of Avator’s type, although decidedly better; 
in some ways it is reminiscent of that fine Iris Persia. The color is 
decidedly odd. Honey drop, a bit more rosy with a peculiar infusion 
of yellow, has a striking appeal for some people, to others it is un¬ 
interesting. Amber Wave —with olive yellow stands and oddly blend¬ 
ed falls of blue and violet on a yellow background is very peculiar and 
somber. Hassan, with a bit brighter stands and more olive flushed 
falls, has a bright orange beard—of the odd Zulu form contrasted with 
the straight and conventional hanging flower of Amber "Wave. 
