DECEMBER JOY (Berry 1938). For several years I have been engaged 
in growing and selecting seedling forms of the winter-blooming Iris ungui- 
cularis. This really fine plant, with flower-stalks rising to 18 in., is the out¬ 
standing result of the work to date. The large well-formed flowers are clear 
lavender, with some yellow in the throat, and are delicately fragrant; foliage 
dark green, rampant. each $5.00 
FLORENCE BARRIQUAND (Shank 1938). This is a huge yet exquisite 
ruffled iris in pale lavender with a water-color wash of deeper tone on the 
fall, suggesting the subtle powdering one sees among certain Japanese irises. 
I know nothing among named kinds which is comparable to this lovely 
plant; 4 ft... each $10.00 
FLUSH OF GOLD (Shank 1938), A large warm ivory iris of remarkably 
smooth finish, carrying a glint of gold-dust on the fall. I have seen this only 
as a lovely cut-flower, but understand that it is still more outstanding in the 
garden; 3^2 ft. each $15.00 
RED ROCK (Berry 1938). A large dark red iris out of King Tut by 
Mauna Loa, somewhat comparable to Indian Chief and nearly as early, but 
darker, more sumptuous, and continuing over a longer season; S. Deep Hel¬ 
lebore Red; F. between Violet Carmine and Burnt Lake, washed Victoria 
Lake; 30 in. each $10.00 
SAMOSET (Berry 1938). Pollen of Colonial on Don Quixote yielded this 
truly stunning iris. It is a copper and henna blend, practically a copper-red 
self; the segments rather narrower than I happen to like, but the color, well 
branched stem, and long succession of large flowers make this nevertheless 
an outstanding plant. A clump in bloom is a spot of glowing color in the 
garden; 40 in. each $20.00 
SHOSHONE (Berry 1938). A beautiful variegata of the same breeding 
as Jubilant. The Honey Yellow S. and Cadmium Yellow beard are in pleas¬ 
ing contrast to the flaring rich Garnet Brown F. and give this flower quite 
exceptional brilliance in the garden; late; 3 ft.; stock small... each $20.00 
TEMESCAL (Berry 1938). S. Vinaceous Brown with dark wire-edge; F. 
velvety Violet Carmine (Lime Green on reverse), the broad haft Amber Yel¬ 
low veined Bay; a deep rosy-bronze bicolor of medium size, remarkable for 
the smoothness with which its rich tones are blended and its extreme earli¬ 
ness for an iris of its type; long season; 32 in. each $10.00 
TOURMALINE (Berry 1938). A joyous little hybrid pallida, with airy, 
spreading, medium sized flowers on slender, wiry, well branched stems; in 
color nearly a Daphne Red self, illuminated by the Deep Colonial Buff of the 
inner fall and throat, which is veined with Chestnut Brown on either side of 
the Brown-tipped Cadmium Yellow beard; a distinctive iris which is particu¬ 
larly delightful for cutting; 30 in. each $5.00 
VANGUARD (Berry 1938). The pollen of Colonial on Purissima gave 
this big flower of warm ivory, accented with a touch of green, and valuable 
for its extreme earliness, flowering with the later daffodils. I have a still 
finer ivory seedling coming on which is mid-season, but the characters noted 
render this a distinct and valuable plant in its own right; 4 ft. each $10.00 
WITCH OF SALEM (Berry 1938). B oth F. and S. Deep Pleroma Violet, 
the F. heavily washed Fluorite Violet over most of the rounded blade, richly 
blending into Mars Brown toward the throat; color solid to the Aniline Yel¬ 
low-tipped lavender beard, the effect being a bright violet iris, washed with 
black below and deepening to dark brown at the heart; medium sized flowers 
on tall, slender, wiry, well branched stems. This is a remarkable piece of 
color in so dark a flower, giving it a subtle charm; its New England proto¬ 
types mayhap were never so witchy in appearance, though some of them may 
have been as beautiful; 3 ft. each $20.00 
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