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SCHREINER'S IRIS GARDENS 
RETTA (Lapham 1937) EM. 34". 
One’s pen pauses with pleasure at the prospect of describ¬ 
ing this very inveigling new iris, just as in the field at iris 
time one’s attention is called back again and again to the 
winsome loveliness of this flower. This is the stranger as 
Retta is not a large iris (though a clump is a perfect mass 
of bloom). The color itself is delightful, being a soft creamy- 
pink much like Noweta. In form, however, it differs en¬ 
tirely from Noweta , being simple, clear cut, full, and buoy¬ 
antly flaring. We consider Retta the most cherubic of iris 
personalities. Surely an iris to linger over. $3.00 
RHEA (Williamson 1928) L. 36". 
A larger, better Isolene with all the faults of the latter 
deleted, but with the same incomparable coloring. Violet- 
buff with a soft mauve infusion thruout. 25c 
RHEINGAUPERLE (GoosandKoenemann 1924)M.32". 
Silvery orchid-pink of refreshing purity. A very lovely 
iris. 25c 
RHEINTOCHTER (Goos and Koenemann 1929) M. 34". 
A bicolor with large white standards and deep violet-blue 
falls. 35c 
ROBERT (Ayres 1933) ML. 38". 
A new yellow of outstanding quality with a faint blue 
flush on the falls. Texture and form are excellent. $4.00 
ROB ROY (Kirkland 1931) E. 36". 
Bright and chipper Rob Roy gives a gay flash of redness 
to the early iris garden. 25c 
ROSE DOMINION (Connell 1931) M. 38". 
An iris of marked individuality with rounded “half- 
dollar'' falls flaring almost to the horizontal. The rosy 
tone is augmented by a fine velvetiness of texture. Rose 
Dominion presents its blooms with an air of easy elegance 
on stems ideally branched. 80c 
ROSE PETAL (Murrell 1929) ML. 36". 
This provocatively trim iris of a fresh rose-petal pink 
tone has won much favor as well for its luxuriant growth 
and free-blooming habits. 25c 
ROSY ASIA (Mitchell 1934) EM. 38". 
A large blend of the old Asia type but in the pink register 
instead of the blue. A very lovely new iris of subtle delicacy 
of coloring. 75c 
ROSY WINGS (Gage 1936) M. 38“". 
A new type of blend, consisting of a glowing tone of soft 
tan-brown deepening on the falls which are overlain a deep 
hellebore red. The oval blooms, of large size, are carried 
on tall, well-branched stems. $20.00 
ROYAL BEAUTY (McKee 1932) M. 36". 
A blue-violet bicolor of regal carriage. Rich medium- 
blue standards and deep velvety violet falls. $1.25 
SACHEM (Loomis 1930) M. 36". 
A tawny bronze of good height with falls velvety red. 
25c 
SACRAMENTO (Mohr-Mitchell 1929) ML. 38". 
An ivory-white plicata profusely margined magenta- 
violet. Large, tall, and extremely hardy. 35c 
ST. LOUIS (Wiesner 1934) EM. 40". 
A well-groomed deep violet of fine height and especially 
lustrous texture. One of the most beautiful of the deep 
violets and one of the best in respect to general vigor and 
growing habits. Tall and finely branched. This variety 
ranks alongside Mrs. J. L. Gibson in quality. The beard is 
dusky orange. $2.00 
SAM BA-DIOUF (Cayeux 1931) M. 38". 
A giant deep blue-violet self with a splendid silky sheen. 
Very large and arresting in the garden. $1.00 
SAM DAVIS (Washington 1933) M. 38". 
Two years ago we were impressed by the performance of 
this variety in the originator’s garden at Nashville. The 
well-formed flowers of glowing red have domed standards 
and semi-flaring falls. $4.50 
SANDIA (Williamson 1934) EM. 38". 
A deep pink and yellow blend of sturdy habit. An at 
tractive sort of considerable distinctiveness. $2.50 
SAN DIEGO (Mohr-Mitchell 1929) EM. 40". 
One of the finest medium-dark blues, standing in color 
halfway between such medium blues as Missouri and such 
deep blue-violets as Mrs. J. L. Gibson. A gigantic iris of 
heavy substance and fine flaring form Tall and vigorous. 
40c 
SAN FRANCISCO (Mohr-Mitchell 1927) ML. 38". 
A sister of Los Angeles with heavier marginings of blue 
on a white ground. This variety often carries several fine 
large blooms open at a time. One of the finest plicatas 
35c 
SANTA BARBARA (Mohr-Mitchell 1925) EM. 40". 
A slightly tender iris of bright lavender-blue color. Tall, 
flaring, and beautifully branched. 20c 
SEDUCTION (Cayeux 1933) M. 38". 
We believe this is about the daintiest of all the plicatas. 
It is as large, too, as any of the giant iris It’s a silvery 
white with delicate tracery and featherings of lightest 
lavender-blue. The delicacy of the markings cannot be 
overemphasized. Another great product of Cayeux’s 
$5.00 
SENSATION (Cayeux 1925) ML. 36". 
The cornflower-blue iris. This variety has petal substance 
which is stiff and leathery even to the touch. Renowned 
for its beauty and smartness of style, in which it is sur¬ 
passed only by such recent acquisitions as Missouri and 
Sierra Blue. 30c 
SERENITE (Cayeux 1931) ML. 38". 
This bewitching blend is a medley of blue and gold. Falls, 
wide and flaring, are a bright pastel blue with inlays and 
sparklings of pale crystalline yellow toward the golden- 
bearded haft. Standards are a shimmering silvery blue 
warming to a gleaming haze of platinum motes toward the 
margins. This never-to-be-forgotten iris has amazing sub¬ 
stance, fine size and height, and oddly crinkled petals. This 
variety has never received more than a fraction of the em¬ 
phasis it deserves because of the general scarcity of stock. 
(See illustration on page 13.) $1.00 
SHAH JEHAN (Neel 1932) L. 38". 
In our estimation one of the greatest irises ever offered 
die public. In color certainly the most sensational of all 
novelties. Named for that lavish emperor of India who 
ruled three centuries ago from the famous Peacock Throne, 
Shah Jehan is itself an extravanganza of color, containing 
no less than seven distinctly different hues. The standards 
are a delicate creamy-buff faintly edged lavender; the falls 
are rich and magnificent, quickly blending from a light fawn 
at the haft to a glowing copper, then to a rich deep chestnut. 
This in turn changes to a gorgeous tone of lustrous velvety 
purple — the dominant color of the falls. Imperceptibly 
this rich purple changes to a softer plum or magenta and 
this finally to a lavender edge which repeats the margining 
of the standards. The beard is of the richest orange. The 
entire effect, for all the extraordinary range of color (with 
which no other iris or perhaps no other flower can compare) 
