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Over-the-Garden-Wall 
PRES. PILKINGTON (Cay. '31) A handsome blend! The stand¬ 
ards are buff with a hint of old gold; the falls are lavender. It has 
a certain similarity to Dolly Madison, but is slightly larger and more 
outstanding. 46". $.50 
PROF. S. B. MITCHELL (Cay. '33) Drink in deep red Burgundy 
and enjoy its warmth; drink in the beauty of this color and imbibe 
its fiery glow. An exquisite red bloom, deep in tone, with falls that 
appear even deeper due to the velvety texture. Showy flowers that 
stand out unlike any other red. The flaring falls are outstretched in 
a superior pose, and the substance is strong. 42". Special Prize, 
Paris, '33. $3.00 
PURPLE GIANT (Gage '33) The tremendous purple-blue blooms 
are well suited to the tall, staunch stems. This outstanding iris will 
lend variety to the height of your other irises; and it also makes a 
soft background color. 38". 3 for $5.00, $2.00 
RADIANT (Salb. '36) Radiant radiates brilliant metallic red radi¬ 
ance throughout the entire garden. The standards are a burnished 
golden bronze and the broad falls are a glowing coppery red. 30". 
$15.00 
RAMESES (H. Sass '29) A soft blend of russet with yellow, of pink 
With blue and apricot. Strong in growth, strong in bloom, strong in 
selling. 36". Dykes' Medal, '32. The best buy in the catalogue! $.15 
RED COMET (McKee '36) This Comet is rich and glowing in deep 
copper-red with a brown undertone; is lit by a golden beard; is large 
and has beautiful form, with flaring falls of a velvety texture. 38". 
H.M. '35. $8.00 
RED DOMINION (Ayres '31) Oxblood red all over — an intense 
color. The very attractive flower has velvety, horizontal flowers. $.65 
ROYAL BEAUTY (McKee '32) The clear intense medium blue of 
the standards is repeated, but slightly deepened in tone in the falls, 
that are an unusual lustrous velvet. 38". A.M. '32. $.75 
ROYAL SALUTE (Mill. '34) "Royal" salutes us with many magni¬ 
ficent deep blue-purple flowers. The large full up-and-down blooms 
are near seifs and do not crowd on the strong, erect stems. An out¬ 
standing dark blue-purple mass with touches of yellow, the beards, 
here and there. 38". 3 for $2.50, $1.00 
RUBEO (M .M. '31) The huge and finely poised flowers have broad 
petals of glistening rose and deep maroon. 48". $.75 
ST. LOUIS (Wies. '33) The deepest possible blue-purple self of 
even tone and texture, with a harmonious beard. St. Louis, large 
and well formed, ranks with the more expensive irises of the same 
deep coloring. It is a tall, early flowering iris of rapid growth and 
profuse bloom. The tops to you! 40". $1.00 
SANDALWOOD (H. Sass '37) A variegata with vinaceous fawn 
standards and falls of army brown. The large flowers have 
fine shape and substance. "Subdued in tone is this softly 
blended brown and mauve with its satiny texture. It is not 
dull and lifeless, like some of the brown-toned blends, but fresh and 
very lovely." 34". $15.00 
SAN FRANCISCO (M.M. '27) Here's a tall-growing large plicata, 
with a bit more blue than Los Angeles. It wants a dry location. $.25 
SANTE FE (M.M. '30) A very pale porcelain-blue self, paling to 
white. The flowers, of perfect form, have extremely heavy substance 
and texture, withstanding rain, winds and the hottest suns. The falls 
flare most pleasingly and the whole plant is in charming proportion. 
32". 3 for $.75, $.35 
REDGLOW (Essig '34) Sets our garden aglow with its rich red vel¬ 
vet flaring falls and its slightly lighter standards. The beard is gold¬ 
en. A particularly showy iris when used with yellows. 40". $.75 
RED RADIANCE (Grint. '34) Here's the red you have been look¬ 
ing for. A deeper red than Dauntless; the flowers almost a self, with 
the rich, velvety flaring falls slightly deeper in tone. A rampant 
grower and free bloomer. H.M. '32. 3 for $1.50, $.75 
RED ROBE (Nich. '31) The last of the reds to bloom. $.75 
RED SAILS (Laph. '37) A brilliant red sail on a 38" mast, strongly 
built. The good-sized flower has chestnut standards with a 
red flush, and falls of the same, overlaid with velvety red. 
$15.00 
ROBERT (Ayres-Emig. '33) Soft gold of super-perfection, giving us 
an iris of outstanding proportion. The large, lovely, perfectly shaped 
full flowers have pale amber cupped standards with a slight tan 
overcast. The broad flaring falls with a wide haft, have some blue 
at the center. The excellent substance and thick texture give added 
character to this notably poised and stately iris. 38". H.M. '36. $2.00 
ROSE DOMINION (Conn. '31) Matchless is its deep rose-pink 
coloring. Matchless is the velvety quality of its horizontal falls, with 
the soft gold beards. 32". .3 for $1.50, $.65 
ROSEMONT (Hall '34) Rounded coppery rose-red standards are 
mounted upon deeper rich velvety red falls. 40". $2.00 
Rosy ASIA (Mitch. '34) A pinker Asia with broader petals. A 
bright rosy mauve. 3 for $.75, $.35 
ROSY WINGS (Gage '35) Rosy Wings has already winged its way 
tb fame with its deep pink standards surrounded with copper, and 
‘its semi-flaring falls of deep rose, bordered with copper. 40". 
H.M. '34. $12.00 
SEDUCTION (Cay. '33) A round, full, solid ivory-white plicata, 
whose standards are feathered with deep lilac, and whose falls are 
sanded and powdered with brown-lilac at the base, merging to the 
same deep lilac at the margins. Special Prize, Paris. A.M. '37. $3.50 
SELENE (Conn. '31) This silvery white "Moon Goddess" blooms 
very early. It is, in fact, the first of the large whites to bloom. $.25 
SENSATION (Cay. '25) The sensational and lovely blue iris that 
has held us spellbound all these years, with its beauty and smart¬ 
ness of style. The widely flaring flowers have a leathery substance. 
36 ". 3 for $.50, $.25 
SEPTEMBER DAWN (Nich. '34) Picture a brilliant one, suffused 
and edged with crimson, producing an orange effect for massing in 
the front of the border. 26". $.85 
SERENADE (Hall '26) A lovely, rounded pink, deeper in tone than 
Airy Dream. A great favorite. 34". $.50 
SERENITE (Cay. '31) Ladies, ladies! An unclouded blend of soft 
yellows and blues, that gives a serene and peacful moment among 
the bright excitements of the garden. The buff-yellow standards 
have a faint haze of blue-lavender; the wide, flaring falls of pastel 
blue, shade to soft yellow at the edges and throat. The beard of this 
large, crinkled blend, of fine substance, is gold. 38". $1.00 
SESOSTRIS (Cay. '31) This Sesostris is not legendary, but is very 
much alive. A marvelous blending of the dark red-purple standards 
and the garnet-red falls, that are conspicuously margined with clear 
violet. An impressive iris, that is greatly admired. $.75 
SETTING SUN (Kirk. '37) Picture a lovely iris garden in the late 
afternoon and in it, as you approach from the west, a good 
looking red iris. Move casually to the east of the iris, and 
^ y presto! what was "just a red iris" becomes a burst of glow¬ 
ing colors! The deep rose and gold standards, the oxblood-red falls, 
all glisten and glow as the low-lying sun shines thru them. 32". $10.00 
