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Pink to Purple Iris 
Section 4C Purples (Cont.) 
thyst with flowers of firm texture. Red Dominion is a rich mulberry 
purple with deeper velvety falls. With us it is hard to start but I 
have seen it flourishing well in other gardens and it was most beautiful. 
Altho Red Robe is not tall or branched, its coloring is really quite 
stunning. It is a most pleasing velvety ruby which, for the lover of 
rich colors, cannot be surpassed. 
Many of us recall the old Archeveque—here are two better types: 
Carfax, a rich uniform velvety red purple, of fine size and branching, 
and Midwest Pride, similar in color and glossy, with a slight variance in 
the carriage of its blooms. Morning Splendor, one of the earlier va¬ 
rieties, is still fine: a rich red-violet with deeper velvety falls. Cinna¬ 
bar carries an appealing tone of uniform prune, a color of great carry¬ 
ing quality for landscape worth. Nene, a subdued rose lilac and purple 
is of gigantic size and impressive. Flowers are nine inches in length. 
Group 2—Red Purples 
This unique subdivision represented about our reddest Iris ten 
years ago when Cardinal was considered the reddest Iris. A most 
outstanding Iris today in this red-purple group is Legend of the Dom¬ 
inion race. It is a deep crimson purple with deeper, velvety, mauve- 
purple falls and a nice beard which contrasts well. Its distinguished 
style makes it one of the finest Iris we have. Rasakura : this rose 
purple bicolor with flaring falls is very vigorous and distinctive. 
Irma Pollock: a velvety carmine, most striking in the garden has 
strong stems and heat resistant blooms. Mary Elizabeth: this rose- 
red bicolor with its fresh-colored pink stands is most striking. Andrew 
Jackson is a prolific, early blooming, jaunty purple. Cardinal is a 
velvety red-purple Dominion. In it are seen strong characteristics of 
its parent and, in turn, it also is the parent of many famous Iris. 
Group 3—Purple Blended Types 
The admixture of deep purple with brown gives us some most 
striking Iris. Waconda, a rich fuchia-violet and violet-carmine, is 
especially worthy—precision and nicety of form are two of its very 
fine points. Wot an, one of the richest and darkest—an elegantly col¬ 
ored Iris—is a prune purple with deep infusions of brown. Its per¬ 
sonality is sombre and majestic. Sesostris has large, rounded, perfectly 
formed blooms of deep purple with a brown mellowness that warms it 
up. The colors are so handsomely blended that one senses immediately 
the unity of this fine color combination. 
Erebian, a rich sombre bordeaux-red with deep bronzy purple, 
of fine form, texture, and plant habit. Morning Glory: a lavender 
and purple bicolor with a brilliant orange beard. Ministre F. David: 
a dark, silky red-purple bicolor of uncertain growth habit. Geo. J. 
Tribolet is a deep red plum-purple of fine form and a profuse bloomer. 
Labor: a dark violet heliotrope with brown reflections. 
Section 4A Group 1—Light Pink Selfs 
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Chameur: a fine, broad, large-formed very soft pinkish Iris is a 
profuse bloomer. Thais: a very soft pink suffusion to white, is airy and 
soft in tone. Rheingauperle: delicate orchid pink with silver edgings 
—a pleasing flower. Eloise Lapham: a delicate, soft light pink of 
medium size on medium-tall stems. Mrs. Marion Cran: a tall type 
with more drooping falls. The ruffled Dr. Chas. Mayo is a bright pink 
of a fresh tone with a white throat. Susan Bliss is a deeper tone of 
pink with a heavy gold tipped brown beard, a most satisfactory Iris. 
Dream is excellent, a very attractive pink of a fresh, unique tone. 
