Tall B earded Iris Color ClassiFication 
F or the benefit of those who wish to pick out Iris of 
certain colors, I am giving a calor classification of the 
Tall Bearded Iris. This will prove to be of considerable 
help, as it will only be necessary to look up the descriptions 
of the varieties in the color group you are especially inter¬ 
ested in, selecting those that suit your purpose as to height, 
price, etc. 
Light Blue—Ammon, Aquarelle, Ariel, Ballerine, Blue Mon¬ 
arch, Blue Triumph, Gleam, Glariale, Lady Phyllis, Leo- 
nata, Mary Barnett, Pale Moonlight, Peacemaker, Shin¬ 
ing Waters, Souv. de Laetitia Michaud, Summer Cloud, 
Violet Crown. 
Medium Blue—Baldwin, Blue Gem, Blue June, Buechley's 
Giant, El Capitan, Giant Baldwin, Indigo Bunting, 
Lochinvar, Blue Hill, Paulette. 
Deep Blue—Blue Peter, Blue Velvet, Brahmin, Brunhilde, 
Cyrus the Great, Dariel, Hypatia, Blue Gown, Meldoric, 
Mephisto, Missouri, Mussolini, Naronda, Sierre Blue. 
Distinctive Blue Bi-Colors with Light Blue Standards and 
Contrasting Deep Blue Falls—Aristo, Blue Banner, Grace 
Wayman, Mabel Taft, Maisie Lowe, Mme. Maurice Las- 
sailly, Simonne Vaissiere, St. Louis. 
Black or Near Black—Blackamoor, Black Beauty, Black 
Wings, Modoc, Oregon Giant, Souv. de F. Denis, The 
Black Douglas, Thuratus, Winneshiek. 
Deep Blue Purple—Dominion, Douglas, Grandiosa, Guyasuta, 
Jolly Roger, Kochinette, Louis Bel, Mount Royal, Mourn¬ 
ing Cloak, Pansy Boy, Valor, Wonder Child. 
Deep Red-Purple end Violet Tones—Alice Horsfall, An¬ 
dante, Beltane, Carfax, Dark Horse, Favori, Majestic, 
M. A. Porter, Maureen, Midwest Pride, Ministre Fernand 
David, Monterey, Motif, My Maryland, Purple Giant, 
Refulgence, Rosemont, Sumac, Suzanne Woolfry. 
Red Tones—Burning Bronze, Charlotte Millet, Christobel 
Cinnabar, Coralie, Dark Knight, Dauntless, Directeur 
Pinelle, Don Juan, Erebian, Ethel Peckham, Evelyn Ben¬ 
son, Evening Splendour, Hernani, Indian Chief, Joycette, 
King Tut, Lighthouse, Maluska, Marco Polo, Monadnock, 
Numa Roumestan, Prof. S. B. Mitchell, Rebellion, Red 
Dominion, Red Douglas, Red Flare, Red Radiance, Red 
Robe, Red Sails, Red Velvet, Rhodes, Rob Roy, Sir 
Launcelot, Trains End, Ukiah, Voltigeur, Waconda, War 
Eagle 
Red-Toned Bi-Colors, in which the falls of a brilliant red 
tane are the predominating color, but which have bronze, 
or tan or old gold or other colored standards.—Al-Iu-we, 
Berkeley Bronze, Blenheim, Brasier, Bronze Beacon, Cor¬ 
nelian, Cheerio, Cupavo, E. B. Williamson, Gift, Golden 
Helmet, Hermitage, Jeb Stuart, Junaluska, Legend, Lord 
Lambourne, Magnifica, Nene, Neon, Nordic, Spokane. 
Pink Tones (Light, Medium and Deep Pink)—Aphrodite, 
Aubanel, Ballet Girl, Berkeley Ace, China Maid, Con¬ 
stance Meyer, Day Dream, Dogrose, Edgewood, Eloise 
Lapham, Eros, Ethelwyn Dunbar, Fascination, Fragonard, 
Frieda Mohr, Frivolite, Imperial Blush, Kate Izzard, 
Magenta, Miss. California, Mme. Pompadour, Morocco 
Rose, Mrs. Marion Cran, Pink Butterfly, Pink Lotus, 
Pink Opal, Pink Satin, Rheingauperle, Rose of Cuba, 
Solferino, Thais. 
Brown, Copper, Ton, Old Gold, Buff and Bronze Tones— 
Bronze Champion, Bronzino, Brown Betty, Byzantium, 
Copper Lustre, Euphony, For West, Gilead, Jean Cayeux, 
King Midas, Monal, Nurmahal, Pongee, Sea Dawn, Sum¬ 
mer Tan, Tint 0 Tan, Tuscany Gold. 
Light Blends, in which several colors are blended together 
to make light pastel blends—Allure, Anne Marie Cayeux, 
Asia, At Dawning, Aubade, Banneret, Beotie, Candlelight, 
Chloris, Genevieve Serouge, Hollywood, K. V. Ayres, Lily 
Pons, Ningall, Noweta, Orient Pearl, Queen Anne, Rhadi, 
Shot Silk, Shrine of Gold, Spring Maid, Theme, Vishnu, 
Zaharaon. 
Medium Blends—Amenti, Clara Noyes, Coronet, Crown 
Jewel, Deseret, Dolly Madison, Equipoise, Evolution, 
Golden Flare, Khama, Marquita, President Pilking- 
ton, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Geddes, Mary Gibson, Mary 
Senni, Rameses, Setting Sun, Super Geddes, Talisman. 
Rich Deep Blends, dark rich colors that remind one of the 
rich colorings in fine Persian rugs—Ambassadeur, Betel- 
geuse, Bruno, Chomita, China Boy, Depute Nomblot, 
Egypt, Grace Sturtevant, Klamath, Moa, Mrs. Valery 
West, Persia, Melchior, Morgane, Old Ironsides, Shirvon, 
Sir Michael, Sir Michael, Jr., Tapestry, Vert Gallant, 
Zuni. 
White—Several whites should always be included. They 
are indispensable with the darker colors for garden ef¬ 
fect—Columbine, Cosette, Crystal Beauty, Easter Morn, 
Gudrun, Madeleine Brun, Marie Poole, Mrs. Robert Em¬ 
mett, Micheline Charriere, Moonlight, Mount Cloud, 
Mountain Snow, Mount Washington, Purissima, Selene, 
Shasta, Silver Chimes, Silver Jubilee, Sitka, Snowdrift, 
Snow King, Snow Plume, Venus de Milo, Wambliska, 
White and Gold. 
Cream and Ivory Tones—Bermuda Moon, Eothen, Ivory 
Coast, Kalinga, Lagos, Nanook, Natividad, Sunglow, 
Sweet Alibi, Vestal Flame. 
White Bi-Colors—In which the Standards or upper petals 
are white, or near white, end the falls in some rich 
color—Contabile, Dorothy Dietz, Mildred Presby, Rhein- 
tochter, Shah Jehan, Wabash. 
"Plicotos"—In which the ground color is white, or peach 
or soft yellow, peppered or feather-stitched with another 
color—Anndelia, Ariane, Blue Chintz, Castor, Claribel, 
Cydalise, Electro, Fedalma, Franklin B. Mead, King Karl, 
Liberty Bell, Los Angeles, Maid of Astalot, Merry Widow, 
Mourning Dove, Mme. Louis Areau, Orloff, Seduction, 
Siegfried, True Delight, Wasatch. 
Yellows, like whites, are needed in every collection, to 
bring out the colors of other varieties by planting them 
for contrast. 
Soft Yellow—Desert Gold, Drop D'Or, Feste, Goldilocks, 
Helios, Lady Paramount, Pearl Lustre, Phebus, Moon 
Magic, Starlight, Ta-wa, Yellow Pearl. 
Medium Yellow—Alice Harding, Ambera, Daffodil, Eclador, 
G. P. Baker, Happy Days, Lucretia Bori, Oregon Sunshine, 
Padishah, Porrima, Sunlight, Treasure Island, W. R. 
Dykes. 
Deep Yellow—Alta California, California Gold, Chosen, 
Coronation, Crysoro, Golden Bear, Golden Bow, Golden 
Hind, Jasmania, Jelloway, Lucre, Marvelous, May Sun, 
Nymph, Pluie D'Or, Sunburst, Sungold. 
Orange—Naranjo stands alone in this group. 
Yellow Blends—In which yellow predominates, but with 
some soft flush or blending of other colors—Camelliard, 
Eclat, Henri Riviere, Largo, Mrs. G. G. Whitelegg, Magali, 
Sunol, Suntan. 
"Voriegotas" or Yellow Bi-Colors, in which the standards 
or upper petals are yellow or gold and the falls are of a 
contrasting color—Aurex, Beau Sabreur, Boulderado, 
Cadetou, Claude Areau, Crown Prince, Gaucho, Golden 
Light, Good Cheer, Jinny Sue, Khorason, King Juba, 
Lodestar, President Lebrun, Serenite, Tiger-Tiger. 
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