The Dean Iris Cardens , Moneta, California 
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Regelio - Cyclus Irises 
There are something like twenty varieties 
of these hybrids listed. In form and color 
they resemble both parents. Some of these 
we have grown for some time, and found 
very satisfactory, and we can recommend 
them. Prices have been considerably re¬ 
duced this season, so they are now within 
the reach of all. 
SUWAROWI (REGELIA) 
We give description of a few of these. 
Beatrix. Dark violet, feathered and blotched 
on soft pearly grey grounds. 
Charon. F. C. Certificate, London. One of 
the most artistic combinations of color; on 
a bronzy mahogany underground the flow¬ 
ers are beautifully veined with old-gold 
and brown. A very choice variety. 
Eucharis. Silvery grey, brown veined, large 
central brown blotch. 
Eurydice. Dark lilac-rose. Extra. 
Eva. Blue veined in white, silvery grey 
ground. 
Flora. Very free flowering, flowers rose with 
yellowish brown. 
Hecate. Lilac-rose, falls brown veined on 
grey ground. 
Hera. Very robust growing variety; stand¬ 
ards and falls rich ruby red with bronze 
and blue hues. 
Hesperia. Standards lilac-rosy, falls silvery 
grey, brown feathered. 
Irene. Award of Merit, London. A very 
chaste flower of a silvery white with choc¬ 
olate brown veins; very dark central 
blotch. 
Isis. Award of Merit, London. Large flow¬ 
ered, very strong growing variety; color, 
rich ruby-red with grey and purple vein- 
ings. Early flowering. 
Ismene. Satiny white, heavily veined with 
violet. 
Jocaste. Standards white, tinged rose; falls 
silvery white, veined brown-violet. 
Luna. Soft violet-blue with deeper colored 
veins. Extra large and nobly formed 
flowers. 
Mars. Dark violet-blue veined on a pale blue 
ground, black central blotch. 
Persephone. Award of Merit, London. Ex¬ 
tra large flowered, purple-blue feathered 
on grey ground. 
Psyche. Satiny white, veined purple violet, 
falls with a black-brown blotch. 
Thetis. Brown and old-gold on yellowish 
ground. 
There are also a number of hybrids pro¬ 
duced by Foster, crosses between the On- 
cocylus with some of the Pogoniris. These 
are interesting, particularly to the Iris en¬ 
thusiast, and no doubt all will do well with 
us. We did not secure any stock of these 
until last season, but all are living and doing 
very well. They, of course, will not increase 
as rapidly as the Pogoniris. They are mostly 
hybrids between Iberica and Paradoxa of the 
Oncocyclus, and Pallida, Sambucina, Varie- 
gata and Ciengialti of the Pogoniris. The 
colors of such as we have seen are more 
somber than those of the Germanica type, 
resembling the Oncocyclus in this respect, 
and many of them are described as having a 
large black blotch in place of the beard. 
It would be almost impossible for any one 
Iris specialist to offer every known variety 
of Iris, as many new hybrids are being pro¬ 
duced every year, not only in Holland, Eng¬ 
land, Germany, Italy, and France, but also 
some very choice ones have been produced 
in this country, and we believe California 
will not be behind other countries in doing 
her share in helping on the good work. 
