How to Judge an Iris 
1 
COLOR 
(a) Clarity 
10 
(b) Brilliancy 
7 
(c)-Richness or Delicacy 
5 
(d) Novelty 
3 
25 
II 
QUALITY 
(a) Substance 
7 
(b) Texture 
5 
(c) Weather resistance 
5 
(d) Fragrance 
3 
20 
III 
GARDEN 
(a) Massing 
5 
VALUE 
(b)Carrying quality 
5 
5 
15 
IV 
FORM 
10 
V 
VIGOR 
10 
VI 
FLORIFEROUSNESS, 
10 
VII 
STALK 
10 
100 
It is easy and also fun to judge irises, and tho we may not 
have the keener insight that the accredited judges do, a lit¬ 
tle practise will stimulate appreciation. Here is a sugges¬ 
tion,- carry this catalogue with you to some garden where 
the novelties are grown, if you are not so fortunate as to 
have them at home, use the above form and judge some of 
the flowers. One place where even some of those who 
should know better get confused is in QUALITY; a, (SUB¬ 
STANCE), is “Thickness of petals which gives the flower ri¬ 
gidity and poise,” and b, (TEXTURE),’is “Surface appearance 
of parts of the flower.” Thus a flower may have thick sub¬ 
stance or velvety texture. Now if you do carry this cata¬ 
logue with you, use the margins for notes; they were left 
wide purposely for your convenience, and I hope you pen¬ 
cil them all over. 
Earl Ernest Evans 
2501 Oakridge Road Fort Wayne Indiana 
