• • • Finest Iris 
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FOR DETAILS ABOUT RED 
VELVET, BIG NEW RED. 
Top — GOLDEN BEAR 
Front — RED RADIANCE 
JUNALUSKA 
Runner-up for 1938 
Dykes Medal 
MARQUITA (Cayeux). One of the finest 
French iris ever produced — a remark¬ 
able variety which should eventually 
find its way into the gardens of all 
iris lovers. Described by one of the 
A. I. S. judges as: “One of the most 
unique of all . . . America should give 
it its highest award.” 
Overlooked in the awarding of the 
French Dykes Medal because it was so 
late of bloom that most of the judges 
missed it. Perhaps the largest of all 
variegatas, but so distinctly different 
in coloring from the average variegata 
that it hardly seems to belong under 
the same classification. Simply huge 
blooms, standards of clear creamy yel¬ 
low, frostily lustrous, and with falls 
of cream, but so heavily lined rose 
pink that it seems more like a suffusion 
than a lining at the end of the petals. 
Late. 42-inch. A. M., A. I. S., 1936: 
$1.25 
MARY GEDDES (Washington). Con¬ 
sidered by many to be the most fas¬ 
cinating of all the soft blends because 
of its unusual coloring — a blending 
of lovely soft tones that approaches 
salmon pink. A Dykes Medal winner. 
Best described as a lighter, taller 
King Midas. Standards light bronze 
with just a suggestion of flesh color. 
Falls coral rose with yellow haft, lined 
bronze. Medium in size, but neverthe¬ 
less a most appealing variety. Stock 
limited. Mid-season. 36-inch. 
60c; 3 for $1.50 
MATA HARI (Nicholls 1937). We are 
very pleased at having been able to 
help introduce this variety, for it is 
one of Col. Nicholl’s finest productions. 
Standards very rich deep blue, falls 
rich pansy purple. Inconspicuous 
brown veinings almost cover the haft, 
with beard of dull gold. Well branched, 
with flaring falls. 40-inch. Late. $10.00 
MATULA (H. P. Sass, 1939). Standards 
a flesh shade of bronze, falls bronze, 
brown, and red, suffused. The tone in 
the center is on the violet-red shades. 
Haft brown. A very delightful iris. 
Late mid-season. 38-inch. $25.00 
MELDORIC. Flowers of blue-black, and 
very large. Gold beard. Good habit 
and branching. Hardy everywhere. 
Mid-season. 30-inch. H. M., A. I. S., 
1931. 60c; 3 for $1.50 
MIDGARD. Not a large flower, but very 
delicate in its orchidy tones, obtained 
from a blending of yellow and pearly 
pink. 25c; 3 for 60c 
MIDWEST GEM. (Hans Sass 1937). An¬ 
other most attractive Sass variety that 
we were privileged to help introduce. 
A very luminous, boldly formed iris of 
real character — something unusual 
in a pearly blend. Strikingly beautiful. 
Pale frosty gold, enhanced by the pink¬ 
ish Midgard type flush down the center 
of the falls. Large Blooms. Substance 
heavy. H. M., A. I. S., 1937. Mid¬ 
season. 36-inch. $10.00 
NATIVIDAD 
CALIFORNIA GOLD 
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