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"An Iris Lover's Catalog” 
Yellow Iris 
Section 6B Yellow Selfs (Cont.) 
soft cream-yellow. Primrose is full-petalled, soft and pleasing. Sun¬ 
light: a rich cream with segments elongated; has very pleasing color 
tones. Yellow Moon possesses an even enamel tone of soft cream- 
yellow. Yellow Tom Tit is a most delightful counterpart for its blue 
brother—a short type for the front border. 
Group 2—Medium Yellows 
One of the most captivating recent varieties, and an Iris with a 
new personality, is Eclador. It is a fine large yellow with beautiful 
soft stands, its broad oval-shaped blooms being most pleasingly frilled 
and fluted. The tone is an extremely soft, pleasing primrose to canary 
yellow. It has a gold beard and a few faint brown veins along the 
beard—really an extra fine new Iris. Chromylla, a most exquisite 
Iris, of a uniform medium tone and magnolia-like texture is one of the 
best yellows. 
Desert Gold, an early blooming yellow, has good form and very 
good substance. Helios is a big, luminous pale-yellow Iris of fine form 
and substance and is very free blooming. Pluie d’Or, a fine medium 
golden-yellow self is very floriferous with medium sized blooms. W. R. 
Dykes is a broad flower, of light and medium yellow blended together. 
The form is broad and the crinkling and waxiness are most pleasing. 
Unfortunately it is a temperamental grower. Britoness is another 
broad-type flower which has size, color, and height. Its rounded form 
and large size are noteworthy. Chasseur, well finished, of rounded 
form, and a medium yellow, is a very late-blooming type. Amber is a 
reliable bloomer, has good color, and being free blooming is fine for 
massing. 
Group 3—Deep Yellow 
In this color division we have four super Iris. Among these are 
Prof. Mitchell’s new California Gold, one of the finest new yellows. 
In size, substance, and depth of color it merits its preeminent rating 
among the pure yellows. Its form is rounded, it has addressed stands, 
it does not fade, and the stem is of medium height. Another fine 
yellow is Alta California which is a finely-textured, large, deep yellow 
with rounded, well addressed stands and modified flaring falls. For 
color and plant habit it ranks very high and is recommended. Coro¬ 
nation, a rich, deep yellow, of fine habits and medium size is highly 
recommended as one of the very best self yellows and one that will 
maintain this position for some time to come. 
Nebraska is a ruffled type of most distinctive form in contrast to 
the more conventional type. It is a rich yellow, a fine medium-large 
flower and a late bloomer. Gold Imperial, rich, medium-gold toned, 
is a medium sized flower and one of the earlier yellows still retaining 
its high place. Prairie Gold: deep, rich golden yellow, not tall nor large 
but very richly colored. Crysoro is a rich, golden yellow—one of the 
very best intermediates. 
Section 5B Group 2—Bronze, Continued from Page 28 
imposing is Vert Galant having lovely tones of smooth brownish- 
bronze, a splendid lustre, large oval form, and a distinctive style, all of 
which give this Iris real class. 
Rob Roy is also an even toned, rich maroon bronze, that is ex¬ 
cellent in every way. Mme. de Beaumarchais has a large flower, round¬ 
ed oval form, fine stem and a very distinctive brown tone with a 
deeper red-brown flush on the fall. Mareschall Ney, a bicolor, has a 
unique tone of red-brown. Z uni: a tannish red with falls a deeper 
velvety Indian red. Redwing, smooth toned and broad petalled, is a 
fine rich maroon or red-brown. Don Juan is one of the largest of this 
group. Color is not as intense, size being its principal feature. 
