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Maple Valley Iris Gardens 
Intermediate Iris 
This class is intermediate both in height and season between the dwarf, or minia¬ 
ture bearded, and the tall bearded varieties. They are actually crosses between these 
two types, and carry the flowering season from the one into the other. Some of the 
clearest and richest colors in the entire family are found among them, and many 
people are beginning to realize their great value in the early garden. 
ABELARD (H. P. Sass ’34) A lovely rich 
brown and purple blend with fine large 
blooms on a 26" well branched stem. 1.50 
ALICE HORSEFALL (H. P. Sass ’32) A 
b’'g dark velvety red purple that rivals 
the later sorts in size and beauty. 30". .50 
AMBERA (H. P. Sass ’31) A beautiful am¬ 
ber yellow self, clear and fine. H. M., 
A.I.S. ’31. 30". ,50 
BRITONESS (Dykes ’27) A large and 
lovely primrose yellow from England; 
winner of the Challenge Cup. Excellent 
substance and long season. 32". .35 
CHALLENGER (J. Sass ’30) A deep vel¬ 
vety violet self, one of the largest and 
tallest of this group. H. M., A.I.S. ’33. .25 
COSETTE (H. P. Sass ’36) At last a per¬ 
fectly hardy free flowering early white of 
excellent form and wonderful substance. 
Fine large, broad petalled flowers on well 
branched stems. 26". A good white has 
been much needed in this group of rich 
gold and purple colors. 3.00 
CRYSORO (Nich. ’31) A clear deep lumin¬ 
ous yellow, almost orange. 24". H. M., 
A.I.S. ’32. .50 
CYRUS (H. P. Sass ’31) A deep glowing 
empire yellow, with medium sized flowers 
of fine form. H. M., A.I.S. ’32. .25 
GOLDEN WEST (J. Sass ’34) Another 
glowing yellow not quite so dark but of 
excellent color tone, and good form. 30". 
.50 
KOCH 11 (Kerner ’87) A deep blackish 
purple, old but still very popular because 
of fts fine color. Very early and a good 
companion for the lovely pale yellow 
Nymph. 24". .15 
MAYGOLD (Nich. ’31) A very smoothly 
finished light canary yellow with a lum¬ 
inous tone, fine form and good substance. 
NYMPH (H. P. Sass ’26) A very free 
blooming light clear yellow, early and 
very dependable. 24". A mass planting 
with Kochii is lovely. .15 
NYX (H. P. Sass) A very dark rich pur¬ 
ple, vigorous, free blooming and early. 
Large, well rounded bloom. 20". .15 
RED ORCHID (J. Sass ’34) Dark and vel¬ 
vety violet carmine self, with deep yellow 
beard. New and fine. 28". .50 
SUNBEAM (Mur. ’27) A pure and lovely 
canary yellow with smooth, silky texture 
and pleasing rounded form. 24". .25 
SUSA (H. P. Sass ’34) A very velvety 
red purple self of great charm. Well 
formed flowers of fine substance and rich 
texture. .50 
DOXA (H. P. Sass ’28) A popular and 
highly rated intermediate of large size 
and novel coloring. Its odd tone of creamy 
olive yellow attracts much attention. Won¬ 
derful substance and long season. 
H. M. ’28. .25 
ELIZABETH HUNTINGTON (Hunt. ’28) 
A very unique frosty blue with the same 
shape and crepe paper texture of Zua. 
Plant the two together for novel effect. 
Both very early and free flowering. .25 
GENTIUS (H. P. Sass ’34) The finest in¬ 
termediate in the list. A deep rich royal 
purple that glows. It has excellent form 
and good branching. 24". .50 
GOLDEN BOW (H. P. Sass ’35) A new 
deep golden yellow worthy of a place be¬ 
side Gentius, where it gleams like a gol¬ 
den scepter against robes of royal purple. 
Try this combination. 1.50 
TA-WA (H. P. Sass ’35) Very large flow¬ 
ers of clear light yellow w'tli widely flar¬ 
ing falls, and wonderful substance. 
ZUA (Craw. ’14) A crinkled crepe white 
to plant with Elizabeth Huntington. .15 
Special Intermediate 
Collection 
Covers a complete range of colors and 
makes a fine planting. One each of the 
following 10 varieties, correctly labeled. 
Catalog value, $7.50. Prepaid for $5.00. 
Alice Horsefall 
Britoness 
Cosette 
Doxa 
Gentius 
Elizabeth Huntington 
Nymph 
Sunbeam 
Susa 
Zua 
