Carl Salbach 
Missing a Bet 
If you have a border of the common 
purple or white iria, you are missing a 
bet. An investment of seventy-five cents 
or less in some of our striking interme¬ 
diate low growing, early blooming, 
varieties will give you a start that will 
improve your planting 100%. These 
varieties are many times more colorful, 
freer blooming, and grow to an evener 
height than the common “flag” lilies. 
They increase most rapidly, and a very 
few rhizomes now will give you enough 
for a full border in a very few years 
time. 
Moonbeam, soft yellow; Snowmaiden, 
pure white; Gloaming, reddish brown; 
Fro, Rialgar, or Iris King in the yellow- 
reddish brown combinations; Crysoro, the 
low-growing bright yellow; King Midas, 
rich bronze; or Valencia, orange; are all 
ideally suited for border uses. 
Nereus. Light blue bicolor. Large flowers, 
on fairly tall, well branched stalks. The 
best in this class at its own price level. 
Very fine in clump plantings. Early 
mid-season. 30-inch. 250; 3 for 50c 
Ningal. A beautiful blend of warm, glis¬ 
tening buff set off by beard and reticu¬ 
lations of gold. Standards flushed a 
very faint pearly blue. Tall, well formed 
on nicely branched stem. Mid-season. 
44-inch. $1.00 
Numa Roumestan. A very warm rich cop¬ 
pery red iris with orange beard. Strong 
erect growing plant with flowers of 
good substance. Late flowering. Frag¬ 
rant. 36-inch. 35c; 3 for 75c 
Ochracea (listed also as Sunset) The 
standards are like cloth of gold, the 
falls the same but suffused blue violet. 
A strong grower, free flowering, very 
late and scented. 27-inch. 25C; 3 for 50c 
Ochroleuca (See page 28). 
Ophelia. A charming blend of pastel tints 
—old gold, pink and pale blue. A fine 
flower in the garden and excellent for 
table bouquets. Mid-season. 22-inch. 
35c; 3 for 75c 
Oruga (Mitchell ). Large pale lavender, 
well domed and possessing a prominent 
fuzzy beard of bright orange. Mid-sea¬ 
son. 40-inch. 20C; 3 for 40c 
Pacific. This fine big iris combines all the 
qualities of clear clean color, substance, 
carriage, vigor and garden effect. It 
blooms very early and continues for a 
long time. The color is light bluish vio¬ 
let. Falls flaring, stems straight and 
slender. The first noteworthy Essig 
blue—very fine. Mid-season. 32-inch. 
50C; 3 for $1.25 
Padre (Mitchell ). This dignified iris is 
tall, well branched, vigorous of growth 
and remarkable for its long period of 
bloom. The dominating color is the rosy 
purple of the silky falls flushed bright 
blue. As many as ten blooms to a spike. 
Mid-season. 40-inch. 35c; 3 for 75C 
Peerless (Dykes'). Reddish violet, with 
gold beard so brilliant that it lights up 
the whole flower. Well branched stems, 
a strong grower, and free flowering. 
Mid-season. 36-inch. 35c; 3 for 75c 
Peacemaker (Mitchell 193 b). A Btylish 
porcelain colored iris with a pale laven¬ 
der blue flush in center of falls. Very 
refined. Excellent as an aid in garden 
blending, because its pale shades make 
it a colorful substitute for white. Tall, 
well branched, with large blossoms. 
Blooms in mid-season. 42-inch. 
$1.00; 3 for $2.50 
Perry’s Blue (See page 28). 
Persia. This variety, of which little was 
heard in the first years of its intro¬ 
duction, has come to be considered one 
of the very finest of Dr. Ayres fine pro¬ 
ductions. It is now recognized as a most 
becoming iris with refined and subdued 
colorings which rank it as one of the 
most pleasing of all. 
Very large blooms having falls that 
are a blend of bluish lavender, and 
standards of iridescent steel blue. 
Brown haft and yellow beard. Smooth 
finish. Stock limited. Mid-season. 
36-inch. 75c; 3 for $2.00 
Pink Jadu. One of the most delicate iris. 
A plicata having a suffusion of lavender 
pink that makes it the pinkest plicata 
in the garden. Medium size. Small 
rhizomes. Mid-season. 20-inch. 75c 
Pink Jewel (Salbach). One of the most 
popular smaller iris we know, most at¬ 
tractive under light, and nothing like 
it in the pink tones for mass bloom. 
The color picture, page 18, is an ac¬ 
curate representation. In mass, how¬ 
ever, Pink Jewel seems pinker than sin¬ 
gle blooms, as shown in the picture. 
Described as “the best pink” in her 
garden by a Mid-Western enthusiast 
who grew such new things as Dog Rose, 
Pink Satin, Imperial Blush, Pink Opal, 
Ethel wyn Dubuar, and others. Also 
praised from Italy, and Germany. An¬ 
other enthusiastic iris fan says, “I 
hesitate to call any iris ‘pink’ with no 
qualifying remarks, but this one comes 
mighty close, particularly under arti¬ 
ficial light.” 
Color pinkish lilac, with falls over¬ 
laid a glowing tourmaline pink. A sell¬ 
out last season, but thanks to the fact 
that the nubbins and too-small-to-sell 
rhizomes of last year have grown well, 
we can at least start the season with 
a good stock of splendid rhizomes. All 
indications point to a strong demand, 
however, so don’t delay your order. 
Mid-season. 30-inch. 50c 
Pink Satin. Probably the most refined of 
all the pink-toned iris. Aptly named for 
the smooth satiny texture. A suave, 
slender iris on tall stalks, well 
branched. A different type of iris than 
Pink Jewel, just as attractive in its 
own fashion. A most entrancing iris. 
Sold out last year. Rhizomes fine, but 
limited in quantity. 36-inch. $1.00 
Pioneer. A fine rich red purple with a 
bluish sheen. Large flowers well placed 
on branching stalks. Early. 36-inch. 
25C; 3 for 50c 
Pluie d’Or.. A tall, rich, pure yellow with 
glistening golden buds and striking yel¬ 
low beard. The widely and symmetrical¬ 
ly branched stems carry an abundance 
of canary colored flowers. Winner of 
the Dykes Medal in France in 1928 as 
the finest iris, and ranked as the most 
popular of all iris in the American Iris 
Society symposium a few years ago. 
While Pluie d’Or could hardly be ex¬ 
pected to hold to such intense popular¬ 
ity in the face of the grandeur of the 
new Mitchell yellows, it is still definite¬ 
ly one of the very best low priced yel¬ 
lows. Late. 36-inch. 35c; 3 for 75c 
Finest Iris 
Most Exact 
The representations in our catalog are 
the most accurate iris reproductions we 
know of. Despite the cost, we have chosen 
color engravers experienced in flower 
work and generally recognized as the best 
in this line. The blooms are photographed 
in natural colors from which the plates 
are engraved. They are then compared 
and corrected to the blooming flowers. 
We believe that our color plates are the 
finest, most exact of any in America, 
equalled only by the petunia plates of 
Richard Diener, and a new series put out 
by the Bodger Seeds, Inc. Both of these 
are done by the engraving firm that does 
our work. 
Plurabelle. Distinct and effective, one of 
the very finest new French irises, some¬ 
what on the order of Day Dream, but 
on more slender, graceful stalks. A 
most enchanting iris whose exquisite 
color tones are hard to describe. Stan¬ 
dards of golden yellow, and falls a 
blending of gold and pinkish mauve. 
An elegant iris, refreshingly different. 
Late. 38-inch. $7.50 
Portola (Mitchell 1935). “Fro, grown 
up.” A fine, tall, branching variegata, 
that matches Fro two to one in size, 
number of blooms and height. Easily 
the finest variegata we have seen. 
Yellow standards and chestnut red 
falls, edged yellow. A worthy iris of fine 
habit which should not be discounted 
because the ease of description elimi¬ 
nates the need for lengthy cataloging. 
Late. 28-inch. $6.00 
President Lebrun. This fine, bright iris 
was named in honor of the President of 
France, at his wish while visiting the 
Cayeux gardens in Paris. Large blooms 
on well branched stalks, with standards 
of coppery gold, and falls a blend of 
garnet and reddish copper shades. A 
near-variegata with bright rich color¬ 
ing. Late. 28-inch. $12.50 
President Pilkington. This fine new blend, 
although generally compared to Dolly 
Madison, is totally distinct. Large, of 
bold form, well-branched, many buds to 
stalk, and medium tall. Standards 
vinaceous buff underlaid old gold, with 
falls of soft violet faintly edged silvery 
brown. 
The elegant dignity of this iris gives 
it a charm that is difficult to describe. 
Mid-season. 40-inch. $1.00, 3 for $2.50 
Primrose (Sturtevant). Clear primrose 
yellow. Long blooming. Fine for mass 
effect. Mid-season. 28-inch. 
25C; 3 for 50C 
Prof. S. B. Mitchell. A new French va¬ 
riety, named for Sydney B. Mitchell, 
one of if not the most distinguished 
of American iris hybridists. Simply 
huge red-violet flowers which attracted 
a great deal of attention in our trial 
beds of the newest iris. Very popular, 
being by far the largest of its color. 
Mid-season. 30-inch. $10.00 
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