SUNNYSIDE GARDENS, NATICK, MASS. 
TALL BEARDED IRIS 
Sunnyside Gardens’ 
Introductions 
FOR 1936 
CHRISTABEL — (Lapham - Gage, 1936). Fine 
shaped flowers with domed standards and flar¬ 
ing falls. 3 to 4 good branches, and up to 9 
large blooms to the stalk; heavy substance and 
resistant to heat and storms. Standards Dark 
Vinaceous; Falls Acajou Red slightly suffused 
with Yellow overlaid with Blackish Purple, giv¬ 
ing a brilliant Red effect, so brilliant that an Iris 
authority said that he preferred it in the shade. 
Heavy, Deep Yellow beard, and Yellow style 
branches slighty reticulated with Brown. 
Height 40 inches. (Introducer’s description). 
“CHRISTABEL has won the approval of many 
Iris experts, and at the Iris Show of the Mid¬ 
west Horticultural Society, in Garfield Park, Chi¬ 
cago, last June, it was rated 92 by an accredited 
Judge of the A. I. S., and pronounced the best 
seedling in the show” .$25.00 
MONOMOY —(McKee-Gage, 1936). A large, very 
Deep Blue Purple with rich, velvety falls. 
Blooms of good form and substance, standards 
domed. Falls semi-flaring, deep Blue beard. 
Hardy and a profuse bloomer. (Originator’s 
description), H. M., A. I. S., 1934.$10.00 
RED COMET— (McKee-Gage, 1936). “A large, 
deep coppery red with mahogany undertone. 
The blooms are fine form and good substance, 
the standards domed. The semi-flaring falls are 
well rounded and of lustrous deep velvet. The 
branched styles are lit up by a gold beard. Very 
profuse bloomer, and blooms are placed on a 
well branched 40-inch stalk.” Red Comet is 
one of the finest Irises I have seen, similar in 
coloring to Numa Roumestan, but a much su¬ 
perior Iris in every respect. Honorable Men¬ 
tion, A. I. S., 1935 .$20.00 
SILVANUS —(Gage, 1936). Standards arching 
cupped; Old Gold at base blending to Saccar- 
do’s Violet. Falls obcordate, reflexed Saccar- 
do’s Violet with soft brown venations; narrow 
edging of brown all around the lower segments. 
Slightly fragrant; late. 37 inches.$5.00 
SPARTACUS —(Gage, 1936). Standards arching 
cupped, Old Gold; Falls obovate, Violet Car¬ 
mine, Brown venations; Golden Orange beard; 
heavy substance; slightly fragrant. A late 
bloomer. 34 inches tall .$5.00 
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