CAPRI {See preceding page.) 
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Unique to the realm of iris in all the floral kingdom are 
those subtle color-harmonies known as blends. Rich, soft, 
and glowing, they may carry as one component any tone 
found in the iris; the other color, however, is sure to be 
yellow, suffused throughout the flower and sparkling with 
the iridescence for which the iris is so justly famous. When 
this infusion becomes the dominant color tone, we class these 
iris as yellow blends. The other color may be pink, brown, 
mauve or blue of any depth. For, strangely enough, even 
colors in definite contrast to yellow, as blue, 
when “blended” as in these lovely new iris, 
become perfectly and exquisitely harmo¬ 
nious. 
In addition to the new Capri, of courtly 
form and all-around excellence (pictured 
here and described in detail on page 1), 
we have another outstanding iris in this 
color class in Jean Cayeux, the Dykes Medal 
winner in France for 1931- This full-petaled 
iris with its slight suggestion of a frill, has 
a pleasing grace and opulence of form. Its 
novel tones of light havana brown with a 
lustre of golden biscuit tan show up at their 
richest in the slanting rays of the early 
morning sun. 
Bright and cheery is Golden Light, a 
heavily ruffled variety of pleasing tones of 
rich cinnamon and orange-red blended with 
yellow. It is a sprightly, warm-toned iris, 
valuable in any landscape planting ... A 
lovely blend that we have enjoyed for sev¬ 
eral years is Evolution. Though rather in¬ 
describable in color, in general effect it can 
perhaps best be called a light coppery bronze 
overlaid a rich blue. It is a tall iris, very 
distinct, vigorous, and carrying especially 
fine foliage throughout the season. 
Representing a new advance toward ochre- 
red is distinctive Mary Geddes. It is a bi- 
color with standards of ochraceous salmon 
and falls of Pompeian red. There is a bit 
too much veining in the falls, but the color 
is so unique that until a superior sort is 
produced we must give this variety the 
recognition that is its due. 
Dr. Ayres in his more recent hybridizing 
seems to have worked very extensively and 
successfully in the blend classes. Tint O'Tan, 
a bright, translucent, golden-tan self, which 
carries well in the garden, is one of the best 
of his newer creations. . . . Another blend 
of quality is Sunol, a lustrous golden bronze 
with a lilac blaze flushed upon the fall. It 
is an iris of fine substance, with blooms well 
placed on stems of moderate height. . . . 
Other blends of merit will be found des¬ 
cribed on page 23. 
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