Finest Iris... 
NATOMA (Salbach 1935). The more we 
see of this charming variety the better 
we like it. Definitely a very fine iris— 
one which unquestionably merits con¬ 
sideration among the very finest of 
recent introductions. 
We originally called this variety the 
“cinnamon” iris. Its soft, yet rich 
tones make it one of the most pleas¬ 
ing iris of all — most attractive. 
Falls a blending of bronze and old 
rose, with standards of pinkish cin¬ 
namon. The complete effect is of glow¬ 
ing old rose — a flower that, like Elean¬ 
or Blue, wears well, thanks to its soft, 
warm coloring. Well branched. Late. 
36-inch. $2.00 
NEON (Salbach 1934). One of the 
brightest iris in the garden, hence the 
name. When this iris came into full 
bloom it was the most popular iris in 
our trial bed, although blooming in 
competition with a large number of the 
finest new American and foreign varie¬ 
ties. 
Due to the bronzy gold of the stand¬ 
ards and the velvety carmine of the 
falls, Neon offers a glowing richness 
that we know of in few iris of. this 
type. The bright gold of the beard 
and on the haft blend into the bronzy- 
gold of the standards to give the flow¬ 
er its attractive brillance. See color 
picture, facing page 8. 
A perfect example of good candela¬ 
brum type stalk, 48-inch, carrying a 
full quota of. blooms and buds. Has 
been tested and found hardy under 
severe wintering. 
Some idea of the high repute that 
has been accorded this comely iris is 
shown by the comments, some from 
California, some from the Mid-West, 
and others from New England, as 
quoted: “Neon, a well-named iris, is 
a real find”; “A glowing accent to any 
garden — tall, well branched, and en¬ 
during in storm and wind . . . and with 
its unquestioned hardiness an acqui¬ 
sition for California”; “To my opinion 
the most outstanding of. the newer 
irises”; “A wonderfully brilliant iris — 
belong always in the ‘must haves’ ”; 
“An outstanding, colorful iris. I have 
seen many seedlings of similar color, 
but none I thought as good”; “I saw 
it in fine form . . . and like it. I rated 
it. . . ‘A’ ”; “Although ... it had to be 
moved, it still was the center of attrac¬ 
tion, standing up after all the rain, 
tall, colorful, with its bronze standards 
and brilliant red falls, outstanding, at¬ 
tracting the eye clear across the gar¬ 
den”; and “One of the most brilliant 
irises in all my New England garden. 
It stood 48 inches tall, gleaming above 
all the rest, exciting much comment 
from all visitors.” Late. H. M., A. I. 
S., 1936. $2.00 
NEREUS. Light blue bi-color. Large 
flowers, on fairly tall, well branched 
stalks. The best in this class at its 
own price level. Very fine in clump 
plantings. Early mid-season. 30-inch. 
20c; 3 for 40c 
OCHROLEUCA. See page 26. 
OPHELIA. A charming blend of pastel 
tints — old gold, pink and pale blue. 
A fine flower in the garden and ex¬ 
cellent for table bouquets. Mid-season. 
22-inch. 25c 
ORLOFF (Hans Sass 1937). A delight¬ 
fully different plicata that we had the 
pleasure of helping to introduce. Most 
aptly described as an iris of “brownish 
red finely stippled on a creamish back¬ 
ground, like cinnamon in egg nog.” 
Personally, we rank it with the strik¬ 
ing Siegfried, although it is not as 
large as the latter. 
Habit and form excellent through¬ 
out. Stock very limited. H. M., A. I. 
S., 1937. Mid-season. 33-inch. $30.00 
ORMOHR (Kleinsorge 1937). Without a 
shadow of a doubt this iris is a real 
sensation. Tall and bold. It is defin¬ 
itely the greatest of the William Mohr 
seedlings to date; in fact it bids fair 
to end up as the most outstanding re¬ 
lease of 1937. 
Ormohr retains the veined orchid¬ 
like type of bloom of its parent, Wil¬ 
liam Mohr, in a shade just barely light¬ 
er than that of the latter, but its flowers 
are of much bolder form, and its tall 
stems carry a whole cluster of blooms 
— a combination which makes Ormohr 
the showiest, boldest iris we have ever 
seen — yet it is a beautiful flower with 
the utmost delicacy. The blooms are 
simply huge, and there are many to a 
stalk; and we have twice seen it stand 
up as if untouched after heavy Oregon 
rains. A champion that is a real 
“must have”. One of its parents 
(Anakim) is definitely hardy; there¬ 
fore, there is every reason to expect 
complete hardiness (Mohrson and Grace 
Mohr, also William Mohr seedlings 
have been perfectly hardy; they are, 
to our knowledge, the only William 
Mohr seedlings tested for hardiness). 
Unlike William Mohr, Ormohr pro¬ 
duces seed readily, so it will be of 
great value to breeders. 
Color—Deep lilac, veined manganese 
violet, not far away from the color of 
William Mohr, as shown in our color 
picture, inside back cover. Stock limit¬ 
ed. Mid-season. 40-inch. $25.00 
OURAY (Thomas-Thorup 1937). Al¬ 
though neither large or tall, this iris 
is nevertheless striking because of its 
unusual color tone — gleaming ruby 
red — the brightest red iris we have 
seen. Had this iris been the size 
of some of the other new red-toned 
varieties, it would unquestionably merit 
as high a price as we have ever placed 
on any iris. 
We have always admired this iris, 
but the more we see of it, the more we 
like it; in fact, so much so that we 
purchased the entire stock, and thus 
became its exclusive introducer, al¬ 
though originally we had planned be¬ 
ing only co-introducers. Mid-season. 
28-inch. $3.00 
OZONE (Jacob Sass). An attractive, 
large lavender that is both beautiful 
and distinct due to its warm brown 
haft. White beard tipped orange. 
Large flowers on well branched 36-inch 
stem. Mid-season. $7.50 
Every year at iris time, our gardens are 
the show place of Berkeley. Thousands 
of visitors, some of whom have come 
hundreds of miles for the express pur¬ 
pose of visiting our gardens, are inspired 
by the beauty of our iris. The picture 
shown above, is of a portion of the crowd 
on one of our busy days, and the view of 
the gardens on the inside front cover 
gives some idea of their exquisite 
beauty—but you must see our iris fields 
in bloom to fully appreciate them. We 
extend to you, and to your friends, a cor¬ 
dial invitation to visit our gardens. 
PACIFIC. This fine big iris combines 
all the qualities of clear clean color, 
substance, carriage, vigor and garden 
effect. It blooms very early and con¬ 
tinues for a long time. The color is 
light bluish violet. Falls flaring, stems 
straight and slender. The first note¬ 
worthy Essig blue — very fine. Mid¬ 
season. 32-inch. 35c 
PADRE (Mitchell). This dignified iris is 
tall, well branched, vigorous of growth 
and remarkable for its long period of 
bloom. The dominating color is the 
rosy purple of. the silky falls flushed 
bright blue. As many as ten blooms 
to a spike. Mid-season. 40-inch. 
25c; 3 for 50c 
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