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"An Iris Lover’s Catalog” 
White Iris 
Seection 4A Selfs (Cont.) 
the paramount leader of all creams. Seafoam, an early blooming white 
with an icy green yellow haft, is distinctive. Iceberg, a fine, crisp 
white with bright gold beard and haft is tall and well branched but 
a bit tender. Nanook is another of our warm whites with a yellow 
haft. S/Msta, a fine flower on a fine stem, has a pink suffusion around 
the base of the fall and claw of the stands giving a pleasing delicate 
tone. 
Group 3—Blue Veined or Suffused Varieties 
Our group of whites that have a certain infusion of blue— 
either in veining, suffusion, or other means. Los Angeles —classed 
here because it has a bit of blue at the haft like Fairy. It is with¬ 
out doubt, the best white we have today. A satin texture combined 
with form, height and hardiness. A pure white with such a brilliant 
beard that it looks like a lamp. Absolutely the peer of the whites. 
Mystery is not a pure white but a blended and tinted type like Moon¬ 
light; a pearly bluish cast with a most marked intense haft of bronze- 
gold shaded to olive. It heads the class which includes Yves Lasailly. 
The latter is taller with a more bluish flush, a really fine Iris—carries it¬ 
self well. Wambliska, a large white with a suffusion of light sky blue, 
is especially notable for its stands; an Iris of unquestioned merit. 
Because of its absolute hardiness, it becomes one of the best along with 
Selene. Each are representative of this group, yet distinctly different. 
Selene, a large flower on good stem, is a pearly white with a gold 
and pearl iridescence that is most striking. This is a really most 
beautiful Iris with its soft blending of color into white—the whole 
flower being very evenly suffused with color. Snowdrift is a very good 
white with fine form and substance, and of medium size height, 
bright with just the suggestion of blue along its bright beard. Sahra, 
a rounded blue-white is fine and tall, a pleasing seedling of Moonlight. 
Ta] Mahal, a very robust blue white, is very hardy and fine for mass¬ 
ing material. Dione, a color gem, has a finely patterned haft of blue 
venation, beside an intense red orange beard on white—very interest¬ 
ing. LenzscJmee, a broad petalled white of fine form, the falls charm¬ 
ingly flushed blue in central area of the blade. Moonlight is a pearly 
bluish, flushed white, with a golden bronzed haft. Black & White, a 
white with heavy brown-black veins along the haft. Etoile du Matin, 
a creamy ecru white of fine substance, is veined with blue. 
Group 4—Early Bloomers 
Among the early bloomers Florentina Alba ^ Zua are very de¬ 
serving types. Leota is especially pleasing, finely formed, warm ton¬ 
ed, enchantingly flecked. Autumn Queen is really a fine flower and 
its fall blooming character doubles its value. It is one of the most 
reliable of the Sass fall bloomers. Seafoam described in a foregoing list 
has a place here. 
New and Trial Varieties 
Parthenon, a warm white, is pleasingly warmed by the influence 
of gold or yellow blendings. Frozen Foam, a dainty white Iris, has a 
large flower, of long and graceful form. Solitaire, a very heavy, 
medium-sized white with bright gold beard, sounds Interesting. Others 
to bloom are Mr. Essig’s New Albion, sister seedling to Easter Morn, 
and Oriana, from Mr. Hans Sass, coming from the intermediates, is 
also going to be watched with interest. 
