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"An Iris Lover’s Catalog” 
Yellow Iris 
Section 6A Yellow Bi-Color (Cont.) 
Group 2—Sharply Contrasting Types 
These Iris have a deep, pure tone of yellow in the standards with 
dark colored falls; the contrast of pure stand and rich velvety falls is 
vivid and handsome. King Juba, one of the finest and clearest, is a 
tall variegata with yellow stands and deep velvety red falls. Origi¬ 
nating from Dominion stock, it has their fine substance and finely- 
formed flowers while the stem is very adequate. It provides a brilliant 
contrast. One of the variegatas that stands out above all others is 
Vision, a sharp, clear-cut sort with pure yellow stands and deep gar¬ 
net-brown falls. The size is of the best, stalk well branched and it is 
a free grower. Both of the preceding are our super types and the real 
leaders. Aurex, a little darker has a fine stem and good branching. 
It is a pure yellow and rich purple-brown—a most pleasing contrast. 
One of the tallest, most free blooming, and nicely branched variegatas 
is Marshal Foch. This fine, large variety is distinguished by good 
size, stands of old gold and falls of maroon-brown. 
Some Iris need never be large. Their floriferousness gives them 
such a wealth of color we could not wish them any larger. We re¬ 
ferred previously to Katherine McFarland as being such a type—here 
we have another Iris of the same inimitable quality in the brilliant, 
colorful Gay Hussar. It is lemon chrome with rich, deep, solid ma¬ 
roon falls. Its intensity of coloring is most striking. Decennial is 
unique in the respect that, contrasted to its stands, we have falls of a 
deep electric blue-purple—an unusual combination. 
Beau Sabreur, rosy-toned, has fluted-type flowers with warm rosy 
falls and a rich full beard. Lodestar presents a fine, clear-cut contrast: 
deep yellow and deep maroon, with the falls minutely, yet distinctly, 
colored yellow. Rialgar has brilliant, rich yellow stands and falls of 
lighter tone. Its standards are an especially rich yellow. Maori Prin¬ 
cess is a deep and rich type with clear, uniform maroon falls. Argyn- 
nis, another free-blooming, taller type has pure yellow stands and dark 
brown falls. 
Group 3—Blended Variegatas 
The influence of other colors upon our variegatas gives us some 
unusual types. Our three super types are all distinctly different from 
each other, varying from the brown tones of Picador to the brown 
and rich maroon-black of El Tovar and the odd, distinctive, metallic 
Cameliard. 
El Tovar stands out like a beacon, richly brilliant and deeply col¬ 
ored: a deep maroon black with silky black lustre on the falls, stands 
a very deep yellow with a most entrancing brown margin—a truly 
magnificent Iris with most novel colorings. Picador, free growing, is a 
very fine type; its standards are a very warm, tarnished old gold while 
the falls are a deep brown-carmine; its form is excellent; it has sub¬ 
stance and branching and growth is very free. Unique and distinct 
is Cameliard, amber yellow with an odd metallic undertone, falls wine 
purple, margined; the form is long, the shape is very distinctive. 
Crown Prince is a very fine Dominion type: a suffused orange- 
yellow with falls a dark velvety red-brown—rich and finely colored. 
Slow to start, it is very fine when established. Claude Aureau possess¬ 
es distinctly rounded form, fine substance, yellow stands of lightly 
blended fawn, and falls of bordeaux wine color, margined a softer 
color—a nicely finished flower. A very large, oval type of flower is 
Kenwood with brownish pastel-stands and deeper falls. The tone in 
the standards is a notably rich, deep golden brown. Nemesis is a fine, 
tall variegata of very fine habits. Color is a soft fawn with richer 
fawn falls. Its height and free growing habits are fine assets. 
