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Maple Valley Iris Gardens 
What’s New In Our Garden 
Visitors to our garden this year will find many new varieties of iris. We try out as 
many as possible each year to see how they behave in the middle west. Nearly all 
of .the ones listed as new last year proved to be very fine and are now a part of our 
regular list. We can especially recommend the following varieties from that list as 
outstanding and well suited to this climate—Casque d’Or, Copper Piece, Garden 
Magic, Jasmania, Lucrezia Bori, Mata Hari, Maya, Moonglo, Naranja, Ossar, Pearl 
Lustre, Red Comet, Sandalwood, Siegfried, Smolder, The Red Douglas and Winter 
Moon. 
This year the new plants have wintered unusually well and are now in excellent, 
growth. We should have bloom on practically all the following new varieties— 
AN GEL. US (Egelberg 1937) A beautiful new pink. See regular list. 
ANITRA (H. P. Sass 1936) A pure verbena violet self. See regular list. 
BELMONT (Williams 1938) A pure clear blue, deeper in tone than Waverly. See 
regular list. 
BROWN GREY BLEND (Weed 1938) From Tuscany Gold x Jean Cayeux. An odd, 
attractive grey brown with a wash of violet blue on the falls. A taller, brighter, 
more upright K. V. Ayres. 
BROWN MAHOGANY (Williams 1936) A distinct mahogany brown. See regular list. 
CHINA MAID (Milliken 1936) A beautiful blend cf pink, golden bronze and soft lilac. 
Seems to be hardy and prolific here. 
CHINOOK (Williams 1936) Large flowered waxy white with long blooming season. 
Hardy and fine. R. 88. See regular list. 
CHOSEN (White 1937) Large, tall, deep yellow; outstanding in form, substance and 
branching. Said to be the finest of the new deep yellows. See regular list. 
CHRISTABEL (Lapham 1936) Deep acajou red overlaid blackish purple with pure 
golden styles. H. M. 1936. R. 91. See regular list. 
E. B. WILLIAMSON (Paul Cook 1937) A large, glowing coppery red of durable sub¬ 
stance, smooth texture and full rounded form. See regular list. 
ELKHART (Lapham 1937) A new and brilliant red iris of glowing chestnut or red 
brown coloring. From King Tut and Ethel Peckham. See regular list. 
GALLANT LEADER (Wiesner) A glorified Depute Nomblot. Larger and richer flow¬ 
er with better branching. 
GLAMOROUS NIGHT (Wiesner) Very late, rich glowing red. S. rosy violet overlaid 
with gold. F. richest red velvet. 
GOLDEN HIND (Chadburn 1934) A deep buttercup yellow self of dazzlingly brilliant 
coloring. A. M. 1937. R. 91. See regular list. 
IRIS CITY (Williams 1938) A grand new glowing purple self of wonderful garden 
effect. See regular list. 
J EL. LOW AY (Parker 1936) A pure lemon chrome self with large, fine flowers. H. 
M. 1937. R. 90. See regular list. 
JUBILESTA (Grinter 1937) A perfect yellow self with texture resembling yellow 
taffeta. Good branching with well placed flowers. 
KIRKWOOD (Williams 1937) A large, deep mahogany red iris. Excellent form, 
smooth coloring and graceful carriage. See regular list. 
LA FERIA (Williams 1937) A cool French grey iris of fascinating color tone. R. 87. 
See regular list. 
LI LA MAN I (J. Sass 1938) A velvety blackish violet self. Large flowers well placed 
on a 38 inch widely branched stalk. 
