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"An Iris Lover’s Catalog” 
Blue Blends 
Section 2X Blue Blends 
•Designates varieties judged among the ‘‘100 Best.” 
Variety 
Trice 
Group Season 
Height 
Originator 
Asia □ 
$0.10 
L 
T 
Yeld 'i6 
Genevieve Serouge 
10.00 
M 
T 
Cay. ’31 
• K. V. AYRES 
11.00 
ML 
T 
Ayres ’31 
Dennis ’n 
Mme. Durrand 
• 5 ° 
ML 
T 
Nepenthe 
•75 
L 
T 
Conn. ’31 
• NINGAL 
1.00 
M 
T 
Ayres '31 
Murr. ’31 
Queen of Sheba 
5.00 
ME 
T 
• SERENITE 
10.00 
M 
T 
Cay. ’31 
Wmsn. ’19 
Sonata 
□ Fragrant. 
• 2-5 
f Tender. 
M T 
ft Very Tender. 
2X—Blue Blends 
A "blend” is a combination of two or more colors in one flower. 
Generally in Iris it is the combination of yellow with another basic 
color. The subtle and exquisite colorings of many of these blends 
explain in part the appeal of Iris to those who appreciate the finest 
in floral beauty. The possibilities of development in this relatively 
new field seem practically boundless. 
A fine example of this group and a very fine new Iris is Ningal — 
smooth surfaced, unusual, and appealing. Soft pearly blue and buff 
is the predominating color effect with a brighter flush of coerulean 
blue on the center of the falls. It is one of our most enchanting Iris. 
Another Iris equally fine as to substance and form with more flaring 
falls is K. V. Ayres. It has size and a most intriguing combination of 
soft tan-buff and light blue with a faint warm pink underglow. The 
cream and yellow lose themselves completely in the lavender giving 
a most uniquely finished flower. An upstanding blue blend is Serenite, 
a bicolor of tan, fawn and blue with deeper falls and yellow beard. 
Genevieve Serouge is a new blend of very large size and excellent 
plant habit. A combination of old gold and honey-yellow with light 
blue, it is one of the better Iris from Mons. Cayeux. Nepenthe is a 
decidedly worthwhile blend, a soft pearly grey with a rosy infusion and 
sparkles of soft gold. Sonata and Mme. Durr and with buffy bronze 
stands and deeper, more lilac falls are both fine. The former is the 
more blue and hardier here. Queen of Sheba with gray-lavender stand¬ 
ards and blue falls is lit up by yellow styles and beard, reminiscent of 
Persia. Asia is a gem—silvery lavender softly blended with chestnut 
brown on the falls. 
White Plicatas Continued from Page 13 
in tone and a broader flower, is flushed and a more completed stippled 
rose. Ruth Pfeiffer with dainty pink markings on white is a most 
petite type. True Delight, too, with its soft pink markings on a white 
ground, is very entrancing. 
Group 3—Blended and Sanded Plicatas 
The influence of blending in the plicatas also give us some very 
interesting Iris. One is King Karl which is dotted, sanded, and pep¬ 
pered tan-lavender on soft cream yellow. The falls are completely 
dotted and the flowers heavily ruffled. Jubilee has peach and cream 
coloring with faint tan and lavender plicata markings. Lona is the 
most daintily marked of the set. Loudoun: cream and yellow marked 
and dotted chestnut is taller and better branched than others of this 
group. Pink Jadti : a pinkish plicata with good height. Cydalise is 
an approach to a yellow plicata having brown veinings and dotting on 
a creamy ground. The standards, however, do not show these mark¬ 
ings to any appreciable extent. 
