OUR 1938 INTRODUCTIONS 
PURPLE LAKE (Thole) 
The richest of the reds in our garden. Standards clear purple lake, rich velvety burnt 
carmine falls without apparent reticulations. More of a self than Red Dominion. 
Bright orange beard. Good form and branching. Height 40 inches.$ 5.00 
ROSARIO (Thole) 
A beautiful ochraceous yellow flower, flushed and overlaid old rose. Might be called 
tourmaline pink with gold suffusions extending from heart of flower into the falls. 
Deep yellow beard, particularly luminous in a gray atmosphere. Height 40 inches. 
Vigorous grower.$7.50 
FORMER INTRODUCTIONS 
CHIEF SEATTLE (Thole) 
A strikingly clean and harmonious color combination with standards of luminous tan 
slightly flushed red. Falls of coppery rose; orange beard. Large, spreading flower 
of good form which might be described as a more brilliant and richly colored Rameses, 
also larger and taller. Fair branching. Height over 36 inches.$ 3.50 
GEORGE DAVIDSON (Brehm) 
A cool toned permanent yellow lake self of perfect Bruno form, substance and tex¬ 
ture; a yellow which carries well without brassiness. Refined and beautiful; low 
branched; height, 40 inches. Exceptionally vigorous grower. Does not fade....$ 1.50 
JOSEPH LE CONTE (Brehm) 
Distinctive; indescribable without recourse to a technical palette; a fine flower of 
yellow carmine or zinc yellow (Winsor and Newton color chart), with a shadowing 
of violet gray. Height, 38 inches; vigorous grower. Does not fade.$ .75 
SEADEEP (Thole) 
Attractive to all visitors and pronounced by Mr. Cooley as the best blue bicolor. 
Standards more intense and darker than Wedgewood. Falls rich royal blue. Tall, 
over 40 inches; of good form, exceptional branching and long blooming season. 
Slightly fragrant, good grower and retains color. Unexcelled where a mass of intense 
blue is desired.$ 7.50 
THOMAS R. BACON (Brehm) 
A refined, well-rounded ivory yellow, similar to William Carey Jones, except for a 
scarcely perceptible violet gray shading and flush from the tip of the beard. Large 
flowers in four tiers; vigorous grower; height 40 inches. Does not fade.$ .75 
WILLIAM CAREY JONES (Brehm) 
An outstanding iris hybridizer and recognized critic writes, unsolicited: “We like 
your yellow seedling very much. With us it was an ivory yellow of excellent shape 
and substance, a very attractive flower.” Beautiful in mass, and combines well 
with other colors; vigorous grower; large flowers; height, 40 inches. Does not 
fade (Won the bronze medal of The Michigan Horticultural Society in 1937).$-1.00 
WINTER MOON (Thole) 
A large cream white of fine form with green blue shadows; haft flushed and reticu¬ 
lated green gold, orange chrome beard. Standards wide, domed and slightly frilled. 
Falls broad and flaring. A form similar to Depute Nomblot. Tall, 42-inch, well 
branched, floriferous and slightly fragrant. A beautifully poised blend, suggesting the 
tones of antique marble.$ 2.00 
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