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SCHREINER’S IRIS GARDENS 
VIOLETS (2C) 
Dark Blue and Violet Selfs and Near Selfs 
Originator 
Year 
Height 
Variety 
Price 
Performance 
Season 
Millet. 
.1925 
T 
AMNERIS □. 
.25 
B 
L 
Sass, J. 
.1932 
T 
BLACKAMOOR. 
1.00 
A 
M 
Kirkland. 
.1930 
M 
BLACK WINGS □. 
1.25 
B 
M 
Sass, H. 
.1926 
L 
BUTO. 
.25 
A 
E 
Bliss. 
.1922 
M 
DUKE OF BEDFORD at. 
.25 
B 
EM 
Spitzer. 
.1928 
L 
KATHERINE McFARLAND. 
.25 
B 
M 
Ayres. 
.1930 
T 
MELDORIC. 
2.00 
C 
ML 
Cayeux. 
.1930 
M 
MEPHISTO. 
1.00 
AA 
M 
Gibson . 
.1930 
T 
MRS. J. L. GIBSON 
5.00 
A 
ML 
Wiesner. 
.1934 
T 
ST. LOUIS. 
4.00 
AA 
EM 
Ashley. 
.1934 
T 
SIR KNIGHT. 
12.50 
A 
M 
Millet. 
.1914 
M 
SOUV. DE MME. GAUDICHAU □ . 
.25 
A 
M 
Sass, J. 
.1934 
M 
THE BLACK DOUGLAS. 
7.50 
AA 
EM 
Sass, H. 
.1931 
T 
THURATUS. 
.35 
AA 
EM 
Dark 
Blue and Violet Bicolors 
Loomis. 
.1929 
M 
BLUE VELVET 
.60 
B 
ML 
Bliss. 
.1917 
L 
DOMINION. 
.25 
C 
L 
Wareham. 
.1932 
T 
MABEL TAFT. 
.75 
A 
M 
McKee. 
.1932 
T 
ROYAL BEAUTY 
1.25 
AA 
M 
Cayeux.. 
.1931 
T 
SAM BA-DIOUF. 
1.00 
A 
M 
Yeld. 
.1925 
T 
SIR MICHAEL 
.35 
AA 
M 
Bliss. 
.1922 
T 
SWAZI. 
.35 
B 
L 
Nicholls. 
.1932 
T 
VALOR 
1.25 
A 
ML 
Egelberg. 
.1931 
T 
WINNESHIEK 
.75 
A 
M 
Bliss. 
.1924 
T 
ZULU. 
.25 
B 
L 
Dark Blues and Violets, Blended 
Nicholls. 
.1934 
T 
CREOLE BELLE. 
6.00 
A 
EM 
Millet. 
.1924 
M 
GERMAINE PERTHUIS □. 
.20 
A 
M 
Kleinsorge. 
.1929 
T 
KLAMATH. 
.50 
A 
M 
Essig. 
.1929 
L 
MODOC. 
.35 
B 
ML 
Essig. 
.1933 
T 
TENAYA. 
2.00 
A 
ML 
Trial Varieties 
Black Beauty.$2.00 Brunhilde.$7.00 
Black Warrior. 2.50 Jolly Roger. 6.00 
Here we have what is probably the strongest color section 
among iris; certainly the number of outstanding deep violets 
is surprising. The one which in our estimation heads the 
list is Mrs. J. L. Gibson, an English introduction of Dominion 
derivation, which is unsurpassed in size and perfection of 
form. In richness of sheen it is rivalled by only two other 
named sorts: St. Louis and The Black Douglas. St. Louis 
also has some advantage in height and branching but is not 
quite so large a flower nor so superbly broad petaled. The 
Black Douglas, a pansy-violet of moderate size and height, 
has the richest, most velvety texture of any iris in this 
class. (The only thing we have seen to surpass it is one of 
its own seedling derivatives which bloomed for us for the 
first time la;st season, a very large iris with standards of the 
deepest black-purple and falls that are literally coal black — 
the whole with the heaviest substance and with texture un¬ 
believably lustrous. We have named this seedling Ethiop 
Queen. If it maintains its quality in subsecjuent bloomings, 
we hope to introduce it in a year or two, when it should 
become, we feel, a valuable addition to this color class.) 
Fine deep violets of moderate height are Black Wings, 
enshrouded midnight blue, and dark, portentous Mephisto. 
A characterful iris of blended violet and purple is the giant 
(Continued 
Klamath. A variety that always arrests attention for its 
splendid size, form and carriage is the self-colored Samba- 
Diouf. These latter two, together with the lovely, margined 
Winneshiek, are pictured and described in more detail on 
pages 32 and 33. 
Sir Michael is a unique iris with its surprisingly pure 
blue standards and blended brown and purple falls, capped 
with a bright orange beard. A very fine new iris is Tenaya, 
dark violet and raisin-purple with brown haft and blend¬ 
ings on the falls. Meldoric, when it does well, is a fine black- 
violet; with us it is a difficult grower. Blue Velvet is a deep 
blue bicolor of improved Swazi type. A bicolor with more 
contrast and slightly lighter in tone is free-blooming Royal 
Beauty. 
A meritorious iris of different coloring is Creole Belle: 
heliotrope-violet with an intensified and richer haft of 
brown and purple. The markedly brown haft is a feature 
found only in this iris and in Ozone. Blackamoor is a large 
blue-purple with a harmonizing beard. Sir Knight is a 
large self of all-around excellence. The tallest iris in this 
section is Valor — a splendid sort that leans toward the 
purples. Thuratus is a dark self of languid form. Modoc 
has gorgeous color with a mellow brown tone. Swazi and 
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