AN IRIS LOVER’S CATALOG 
15 
WHITE IRIS (1A) 
Pure White Selfs 
Originator 
Year 
Height 
Variety 
Price 
Performance 
Season 
Murrell. 
.... 1930 
M 
COLUMBINE. 
AA 
M 
Sass, J. 
....1935 
T 
CRYSTAL BEAUTY. 
. . . 5.00 
A 
EM 
Sass, H. P. 
....1933 
M 
ORIANA. 
. . . 2.00 
A 
EM 
Mohr-Mitchell. 
....1927 
T 
PURISSIMA f. 
.40 
B 
M 
Mohr-Mitchell. 
....1927 
T 
SHASTAt. 
.25 
A 
EM 
Sass, IP. P. 
....1935 
T 
SNOWKING 
. . . 15.00 
A 
L 
Sturtevant.. 
....1926 
T 
SNOWHITE □. 
.20 
A 
M 
Ayres. 
....1931 
T 
VENUS DE MILO. 
. ... 1.00 
A A 
ML 
** 
Pure White With Gold and Yellow Hafts 
Essig. 
....1931 
T 
EASTER MORN ft 
. . . 2.00 
B 
E 
Dykes, K. 
....1931 
M 
GUDRUN 
. . . 3.00 
A 
EM 
Dykes, K. 
....1929 
T 
JOYANCE. 
. . . 2.00 
B 
M 
Connell 
....1934 
T 
PARTHENON. 
. . . 5.00 
AA 
M 
Nicholls. 
....1928 
M 
WHITE & GOLD. 
.20 
AA 
M 
Whites With Soft Blue Influence 
Goos & Koenemann. 
....1927 
L 
LENZSCHNEE. 
.15 
AA 
M 
Connell. 
....1931 
T 
SELENE. 
.35 
B 
E 
Nicholls. 
. . .1934 
M 
SNOW SHADOW f. 
. . . 5.00 
B 
L 
Sass, J. 
....1930 
M 
WAMBLISKA. 
.50 
A 
EM 
Cayeux. 
.... 1928 
T 
YVES LASSAILLY. 
.40 
B 
L 
On page 8 we have already pictured and described golden- 
bearded Gudrun, one of the largest and finest of the whites. 
A recent introduction of striking size and faultless form is 
Snowking — a cool, clear, glacial white of great beauty and 
unquestioned hardiness. Not quite so large but with blooms 
of the most subtly perfect symmetry is Crystal Beauty —■ 
a very snowy iris, pure and white as Carrara marble. 
Ideally floriferous for the garden picture is shimmering, 
creamy-white Venus de Milo. Purissima, starch-white of 
immaculate purity, is tall and exquisitely formed. The 
slightly larger Easter Morn is more flaring, of warmer tone, 
with a vivid, almost orange-yellow beard. Cool and frothy 
is Wambliska, a white with a blue flush at the base of the 
standards. Joyance, a fine, large, cream-white with tall 
stems, has a slight venation of brown at the haft. 
A fast-growing white with the lovely fluted form of Bal - 
lerine is Parthenon, a hardy sort with a yellow haft. Colum¬ 
bine is crystal clear -—■ a frilly, finely-finished white, carried 
airily on well-branched stems. The large, snowy blooms of 
Oriana are full and lushly formed. Shasta is a warm white 
with a flesh pink undertone. A pearly blue flush on each 
petal gives Yves Lassailly novel coloring. 
For massing, waxy White and Gold with its bright-orange 
beard is effective. Still worthy is pure Snowhite , best 
described by its name. Very unusual is Snow Shadow, whose 
stiffly-carried blooms are blue-flushed and capped with a 
sky-blue beard. Large, languid, pearly Selene is best suited 
to background plantings because of its fine height, while 
Lenzschnee, a rounded iris with a china blue flush on the 
falls, is still a favorite for the foreground. 
Explanation of Classification System 
We are using again this year the new color-grouping which 
was inaugurated in last year’s catalog. As explained in the 
diagram published at that time, it starts with white and 
moves in a natural color-progression thru all the colors 
represented by the iris. Each major color division is indi¬ 
cated by a numeral, as “1” for the whites, “2” for the blues, 
“3” for the mauves, “4” for the pinks and purples, “5” for 
the browns and reds, “6” for the yellows. Subdivisions of 
a group are indicated by letters, as “a”, “b”, “c”. Through¬ 
out “x” indicates “blends”. 
The symbols in the tabular data give further information 
about each variety. Thus, under the column labelled “sea¬ 
son” the letters “VE” indicate very early blooming; “E”, 
early; “M", midseason; “ML”, midseason-late; and “VL”, 
very late. In the “height” column, “T”, indicates tall 
varieties (36" or over); “M“, medium (24" to 36"); “L”, 
low-growing (under 24 inches). Of course soils and seasons 
account for considerable variation in height. In the per¬ 
formance column, which represents an innovation of inter¬ 
est to landscapers, we have indicated the blooming habits 
of each variety. Thus, “AA”, denotes very prolific bloom¬ 
ing; “A”, good blooming; “B”, average bloom; “C”, mod¬ 
erate to shy bloom. Very new iris are usually given a ten¬ 
tative rating of ”B”, which will often be raised upon 
further trial. The symbol “f” indicates tenderness in 
northern latitudes; “ft”, marked tenderness. A small 
square ( □ ) indicates marked fragrance. (Practically all 
iris are somewhat fragrant.) 
The following is a glossary of terms used in this catalog: 
STANDARDS: upright petals of flower (3). 
FALLS: drooping or hanging petals (3). 
AMOENA: (pleasing) white or tinted white standards with 
colored falls. 
PLICATA: (pleated) stitched or stippled margin-color on 
white background. 
VARIEGATA: yellow or near-yellow standards with deeper 
falls which may be either veined or solid tones of 
brown or purple. 
BLEND: combination of two or more colors (one always 
being yellow). 
BICOLOR: (two colors) light or medium standards and 
deeper falls. 
SELF: an iris of uniform color. 
TEXTURE: sheen or finish of the petals. 
SUBSTANCE: thickness of petals. 
