"An Iris Lover's Catalog" 
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Yellow Blends 
Section 3B (Cont.) 
M. Arnal carries a tawny yellow and brownish pink on a very 
good stem. Fromentin, one of the brightest Iris, a glowing orange 
apricot, very prominent in the garden, a color gem, though not very 
tall. Doxa, a true novelty, a creamy olive throughout with a very 
light suggestion of reddish violet veins at the haft, heavy substance, 
large flowers, stems relatively short. 
New and Trial Varieties 
Here we have a quite varied group including a goodly number of 
new varieties. Some we have bloomed but want to see again before 
giving a final evaluation. Dr. Ayres’ 'Byzantium, on the color order 
of Jean Cayeux, does not fade and furnishes a real novelty in the 
flush of blue on the medial line of the fall, presenting a most unique 
effect. Tint o’ Tan, a distinctive blend of bronze and straw yellow. 
We are introducing both of these. More complete descriptions appear 
on the Introduction page in the fore part of this catalog. K. V. 
Ayres is a very soft lavender pinlc and soft buff blend. Another is 
Genevieve Serouge, a soft tan and lavender blue blend; both are very 
soft blends. Perhaps a bit too soft to carry in the garden, but un¬ 
excelled as a cut flower. A set more heavily influenced by bronze 
and yellow or copper yellow are Adobe, an odd brassy brown tan 
color, and the softer Toscanna. Golden Flare, a flame and yellow 
blend, looks very promising. It and its more cinnamon competitor. 
Golden Light, are variants of Talisman’s colorings. We are waiting 
until next year to place them properly. Sunol is a remarkable advance 
in a tawny blend—of yellow and steel blue with a delightfully ruffled, 
rounded type of bloom. 
All Yellow 
Section 3 A 
Continued from page 33 
Some very fine intermediates in this color have reached a state 
of perfection hardly equalled by their taller brothers. Ambera, of very 
fine habit, large, light yellow, has perfect symmetry, is extra large 
and tall for an intermediate—in fact, it looks more like an extra early 
tall bearded. Cyrm, a darker shade of yellow called Empire yellow is 
a fine production. And lastly we come to an Iris that, to me, has 
the most pure, unadulterated tone of golden yellow, bright as glow¬ 
ing rays of the sun—this color gem is Crysoro. Gaynelle, an addition 
to our yellow intermediates, falls between Nymph and Sunbeam in 
color. 
New and Trial Varieties 
We still have to bloom and study the following productions: 
Eclador, Sylvia Lent, Alchemy, Dunne Sprite, May gold. Mr. Shull’s 
new Sylvia Lent is one in which I am especially interested. It has a 
yellow standard and white fall, quite a new and different color. We 
are anxious to compare it vdth Mr. Jacob Sass’ new seedling of the 
same color type. California Gold, perhaps one of the most promising 
new deep yellows—full report next year. 
