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JUST A WORD—GREETING! 
Take the catalogue to a comfortable chair. If possible, take your car and come Over-the-Garden-Wall, for there’s 
more than meets the eye! We hope our descriptions will bring pictures to your mind. But, as Foldes recently wrote: 
— "There are such mysterious unions,- sea and cloud, sky and wheatfield, sunshine and crimson flowers,- and man 
has been endeavoring for thousands of years to approach and absorb their secret. On canvas and on paper, with 
words and with music, men have been attempting it." Each year we feel very humble as we attempt, with words, 
to put on paper the mysterious unions of sunshine and colors. 
BEARDED IRISES 
Our Introduction for 1937 
MOUNTAIN SNOW (Kell. 1937) Snow on the mountain top, just before sunrise! A glistening white that car¬ 
ries, in its faint blueness, a memory of the night just past,- a white, touched at the heart with the pearly pink tint 
of the coming sun. This is the tall white seedling (K.34-8) that delighted many visitors last season. The broad S. 
are large and ruffled; the almost horizontal F. are broad both in haft and blade. The substance is excellent, one bloom 
lasting through four days of hot sun. 42". H.M., A.I.S., 1936. (See cover for illustration.) $ 25.00 
OUR SELECTED LIST 
AIRY DREAM (Sturt. 1929) Nothing can be nicer than an 
airy dream in the garden. This one is a dean and lovely shade 
of pink, a pleasing flower, of airy stance on the stem. 36". $1.00 
ALCINA (Con. 1931) A delightfully crisp combination of 
yellow S. and bluish F. $.50 
AMITOLA (H. P. Sass 1936) The Pueblo name for “Rainbow.” 
The interesting colors of Rameses and Midgard are 
smoothly blended into a new and beautiful rainbow,- 
— “rose and gold with a play of lavender through 
the F.” The flowers are well carried on wiry stalks. 36". 
$ 10.00 
ALICE HARDING (Cay. 1933) The best iris from France in 
1933. The flower is clear primrose yellow with a vivid orange 
beard and rounded form. This was named in honor of one of 
our best-known garden lovers. 40". Dykes’ Medal, France, 
1933. $8.00 
ALINE (Stern 1932) An iris so blue that, like the summer 
sky, it rejoices our hearts and receives an immediate welcome. 
The blue is azure in tone with an enameled finish; the substance 
is heavy. $3.00 
ALTA CALIFORNIA (M. M. 1931) Hail, hail, Alta Califor¬ 
nia! The best yellow from the west, of its price. The S. are a 
clear, medium tone of yellow,- the F. are the same, with a slight 
brown suffusion. 46". H.M., A.I.S., 1936. $1.25 
AMBROSIA (Stur. 1928) “It satisfies.” Ambrosia, beloved 
of both gods and mortals, is the daintiest in coloring of the 
pink irises. The bloom is white, all delicately flushed with rose. 
36". 3 for $1.00, $.50 
AMENTI (H. P. Sass 1936) The name means “Paradise in the 
West.” A quiet picture of Paradise, that has grayish 
S. and light mauve F. 36". 
$ 10.00 
AMIGO (Wmsn. 1934) “It’s a winner.” “It will be a favorite 
for years.” “One of the four best irises in the garden.” “The 
loveliest of the amoenas.” So said the judges last year. You 
will say the same when you grow this iris, whose cupped S. 
are soft pale violet, and whose flaring F. are deep pansy violet, 
shading lighter at the edges. The combination of life in the pale 
tones and depth in the dark color makes this outstanding. 30". 
H.M., A.I.S., 1936. $8.00 
ANITRA (H. P. Sass 1936) “A pearly blue of fine texture 
and substance, that has a luminous quality at twilight.” 
Probably the loveliest of the new celestial blues. We 
wish more judges might have seen this iris, as the few 
who did found little to mark against it. The large 
flowers have domed S. and flaring F. 36". $30.00 
ANNE-MARIE CAYEUX (Cay. 1928) Truly French in its 
blending of colors — the lavender S. and the rose F. are toned 
down with soupcon of grey. The bloom has a metallic lustre, 
an unusually fine form and a very heavy substance. 36". C.M., 
S.N.H.F., 1926. $.75 
APRICOT GLOW (Wies. 1936) “Offered as the finest yet 
C-jj produced in salmon-rose tones, unmarred by any 
suggestion of veining.” A rosy-apricot that glows in 
the garden picture. The form is perfection,- the sub¬ 
stance will withstand high heat without burning or 
fading,- the blooming season is long. 36". $3.00 
ARBUTUS (Loth. 1933) Our New England flower — we 
love it! Named because of the coloring — pink when first 
open, fading to a softer tone. 30". H.M., A.I.S., 1932. $1.00 
ASHTORETH (Beau. 1932) A clear medium yellow, tall and 
large, with an exceptionally well branched stem. We consider 
this a fine value, both because of the qualities mentioned, and 
because it is sure to grow and bloom profusely. 36". H.M., 
A.I.S., 1930. 3 for $2.00, $1.00 
AT DAWNING (Kirk. 1935) When the dawn breaks with 
such an entrancing medley of soft colors, even the birds sing 
with added joy and we are glad to continue the panegyrics 
throughout the day. The color effect is an arbutus pink; the pink- 
lavender S. edged with pale gold blend most charmingly with 
the rose-pink F., also gold-edged. Blooms are large, of fine 
substance and well spaced. 36". H.M., A.I.S., 1936. $7.50 
