POLAR KING 
This photo taken in Massachusetts during early November. 
Dr. Robert J. Graves, noted Irisarian 
of Concord, N. H., writes: "I wish to 
go on record that to date (June 13, 
1938) the finest white iris that I hove 
ever seen was a blossom of Polar 
King. 1 have seen almost all the new 
whites, and Polar King has -features 
which are not equalled by any of the 
others. The long blossoming season 
and its dependableness in blooming 
a second time in autumn are addi¬ 
tional points of merit." 
POLAR KING 
(Donohue) 44", E. 
This variety is the very finest and 
best spring blooming white iris, and 
also is the most dependable and 
beautiful fall bloomer of any color. 
This unique and strikingly beautiful 
hardy, huge, glistening, clear white 
is the result of a cross of Moon¬ 
light X Dominion Seedling. Many 
flower judges have declared it to be 
the very best white in existence. It has 
an exceptionally long blooming sea¬ 
son, being the first tall bearded white 
to bloom and also the very last. 
Stalks are tall, well-branched, and 
bear as many as twelve perfectly 
formed blossoms, each of which lasts 
from three to five days and improves 
with each day after opening—just the 
opposite from other whites. 
The long, spreading, oblong flower 
is compact and well-balanced with 
petals of good substance exuding a 
spicy fragrance. S. are conic domed 
with F. flaring. Plants are vigorous, 
hardy, rapid increasers which pro¬ 
duce stiff, broad, blue-green foliage. 
1939 is the first year that this King of 
the White Division has been offered 
for sale, and we consider it a privilege 
to be selected by the originator as the 
first grower to place it on the commer¬ 
cial market. 
Polar King is a most dependable 
fall blooming variety, flowering pro¬ 
fusely in Massachusetts each autumn 
for the last five years. This super iris 
is not only the very best white to 
bloom in the spring, but the very fin¬ 
est fall bloomer, being larger and 
taller than the others in this group. 
The president of the English Iris 
Society writes, "Polar King has 
bloomed all winter and all summer at 
the Wisley trial gardens." Polar King 
is the only iris to ever receive an 
Award of Merit from the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society on the basis 
of its November blooming. This vari¬ 
ety has received both Honorable 
Mention and Award of Merit from the 
American Iris Society—awards which 
no other iris has received before its 
introduction. Our illustration was 
made from a photo taken on Novem¬ 
ber 1st. $35.00 
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NATIONAL IRIS GARDENS. BEAVERTON, OREGON 
IRIS. HEMEROCALLIS 
