LL BEARDED IRISES 
Correspondingly Low 
Prices Quoted Below. 
it is one of our finest introductions. An at¬ 
tempt at a description would be a lovely blend¬ 
ing of soft pink tones, overlaid Pomeranian 
red. There are eight to ten flowers to a 
stem and they are nicely branched. 
MARY GIBSON—42 in. EARLY. A hand¬ 
some, soft rosy-bronze blend with a yellow 
throat and rich golden beard. Always a great 
favorite 
MARY SENNI—42 in. EARLY. VERY FRA¬ 
GRANT. HUGE FLOWERS WHICH CLASS WITH 
THE GIANT NENE, EL CAPITAN, CUDRUN, 
MARQUITA and others in the giant class. The 
flowers are a most delightful coloring and 
beautifully placed on strong stems. Since I 
originally imported this variety from France I 
have had a growing fondness for it each time 
I see it in bloom, for it is a magnificent 
flower without a fault. S—soft lilac, flushed 
very soft reddish brown; F—deep violet with 
marginal tips the color of the standards. A 
large stock of extra fine strong rhizomes now 
permits an exceptionally low price for such a 
fine variety . 
MELCHIOR—36 in. THIS MAGNIFICENT IRIS 
SOLD IN 1931 FOR $50.00 FOR A SINGLE 
PLANT, but an extra fine stock of large 
rhizomes now enables me to make a very 
low price. S—lustrous bronzy-violet; F—rich 
velvety crimson-purple of ah unusual bril¬ 
liance . 
MODOC—36 in. EARLY. A new and very 
handsome deep velvety black-purple, almost 
black in effect, with a richness throughout 
that reminds one of the finest cut velvet. 
One of our most handsome dark varieties. 
MOUNT ROYAL—36 in. EXTREMELY FRA¬ 
GRANT. A gigantic purple bi-color, so fra¬ 
grant that one blossom will fill a room with 
fragrance . 
MRS. MARION CRAN—48 in. WHEN I IM¬ 
PORTED MY ORIGINAL STOCK OF THIS 
VARIETY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO I PAID 
$50.00 A PLANT FOR IT. Now I have a fine 
large stock of it in extra fine rhizomes that 
I am able to sell at a ridiculously low price 
for such a fine Iris. It is a lovely tall pink 
toned variety that it is hard to beat.—. 
MRS. ROBERT EMMETT—36 in. I PAID $1 00.00 
FOR THE FIRST THREE PLANTS I IMPORTED 
OF THIS VARIETY. Prior to last year I had 
withdrawn it from sale in order to propagate 
enough stock to release it at an attractive 
price, and this year I am glad to be able to 
reduce the price still further. It is a rugged, 
free flowering, extra fine white. 
MRS. VALERY WEST—40 in. FRAGRANT. THE 
MASTERPIECE OF BLISS, CREATOR OF THE 
WORLD FAMOUS DOMINION RACE OF VEL¬ 
VETY PETALED IRISES. MR. BLISS CONSID¬ 
ERED THIS HIS FINEST CREATION. It is an 
Iris of huge size, perfect form, heavy sub¬ 
stance and nicely branched; in a rich brown- 
red and crimson blend, leaving nothing to be 
desired in a perfect Iris. A large stock of 
fine rhizomes enables me to fill all orders 
this season for extra fine plants at a price 
that is within the reach of all. 
MY MARYLAND—48 in. FRAGRANT, HONOR¬ 
ABLE MENTION AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY. 
This is a truly magnificent flower, of perfect 
form, large size and rich brilliant coloring. 
S—petunia-violet shaded with rose; F—deep 
velvety amaranth-purple, overlaid with rich 
garnet-brown. A halo of yellow at the heart 
of the flower adds a glow that enhances its 
beauty . 
NENE—38 in. THIS VERY STUNNING IRIS 
IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST IRIS AND ONE 
OF THE FINEST INTRODUCED TO DATE. The 
huge flowers sometimes measure 8 to 9 inches 
long, with petals of heavy substance. S—soft 
lilac, F—rich old-rose. General effect red. 
Now that it can be had at such a nominal 
price it should be in every garden. Large 
rhizomes . 
NINCALL—46 in. A magnificent new intro¬ 
duction in a lovely blend of soft pastel colors 
that are hard to describe. S—rosy buff; F— 
Hays lilac, shading to a white centre, with 
soft buff shadings towards the border and a 
Former Present 
Former Present 
Price 
Price 
bright yellow halo at the throat. A magnifi- 
Price 
Price 
cent cut flower... 
25.00 
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17.50 
.50 
NUMA ROUMESTAN —36 in. A fine bright 
red toned Iris of French origin. A large 
stock permits a very low price. 
PERSIA —46 in. FRAGRANT. Massive blos¬ 
soms in a unique blending of deep colors, re- 
25.00 
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40.00 
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minding one of the rich colors of a Persian 
rug, hence the name. The flower has a glis- 
tening silky texture and is one of the finest 
I have .-. 35.00 
PHEBUS— 42 in. GIVEN AN AWARD OF 
MERIT BY THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY OF FRANCE. A beautiful well formed 
.20 
smooth, soft, canary yellow, with a deep orange 
beard, the entire flower being of a uniform 
color throughout, with well rounded flowers 
of firm wax-like substance and a deep orange 
beard. A fine companion for the darker 
Pluie D’Or . 15.00 .20 
PINK SATIN —46 in. HONORABLE MENTION 
BY THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY. One of 
25.00 .20 the half dozen finest pink tones and one of 
the largest, tallest, smoothest and finest soft 
pink toned Irises introduced to date. It is 
entirely different in all respects from Imper¬ 
ial Blush, Ethelwyn Dunbar, Eros and other 
pink-toned varieties, each of which have 
their own individual charm. Now that it can 
50.00 .20 be had at such a modest price it should be 
in every garden . 40.00 .20 
25.00 .15 
50.00 .15 
PLUIE D’OR —(Golden Rain)—41 in. WIN¬ 
NER OF THE DYKES MEMORIAL MEDAL, 
HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL HONORS. A FINE 
DEEP CLEAR TALL YELLOW that is unsur¬ 
passed for landscape effect. Large flowers 
and a prodigious bloomer, entirely hiding the 
plant by its mass of flowers. A large stock 
of extra fine plants now permits a very low 
price . 35.00 .20 
PRES. PILKINCTON — 46 in. GIVEN AN 
AWARD OF MERIT BY THE FRENCH NA¬ 
TIONAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: ALSO 
SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE IRIS COMMISSION 
FOR THE BEST THREE IRISES OF THE YEAR. 
50.00 .15 A 1933 introduction of the famous French 
concern of Cayeux and named after the Presi¬ 
dent of the Iris Society of England, himself 
a famous hybridizer. Many magnificent, large, 
perfectly formed flowers, of an outstanding 
blending of colors, are produced in the great¬ 
est profusion. A magnificent stock of extra 
fine plants now permits a very low price. 25.00 .26 
60.00 .15 RAMESES —42 in. WINNER OF THE DYKES 
MEMORIAL MEDAL, HIGHEST INTERNATION¬ 
AL HONORS, this medal being given to only 
the one best Iris of the year in England, France 
and America. Rameses is a perfect flower 
in every way, in a blending of tourmaline pink 
and soft yellow, with a pronounced yellow 
glow at the centre. A magnificent Iris now 
available in fine strong rhizomes at a very 
low price .-.-. 1 0.00 .20 
65.00 .20 
25.00 .15 
50.00 .35 
RED DOMINION —42 in. FRAGRANT. GIVEN 
HONORABLE MENTION BY THE AMERICAN 
IRIS SOCIETY. A fine red-toned variety, with 
clear, lustrous, deep red standards and full 
flaring velvety red falls. One of the most 
popular red tones... 25.00 .30 
ROMOLA —38 in. EXQUISITE FRAGRANCE. A 
large stock of fine plants of this magnificent 
Iris now enables me to offer it at a very low 
price. It is one of our very best Iris, with 
large flowers of perfect form and good sub¬ 
stance. S—soft lilac; F—rich velvety red- 
violet .-. 35.00 .20 
ROSE ASH— 36 in. EARLY. A very fine 
flower of great size, combined with fine form 
and heavy substance, in the popular “ashes 
of roses” color. 10.00 .20 
ROSE DOMINION —38 in. GIVEN HONOR¬ 
ABLE MENTION BY THE AMERICAN IRIS 
SOCIETY. A BEAUTIFUL NEW BRILLIANT 
AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE COLOR, with flar¬ 
ing falls and a vivid golden beard . 15.00 .20 
RUBEO —48 in. The flower is of the richest 
velvety texture, heavy substance, perfect form 
and massive size and the stalk is nicely 
branched. In fact it has every good quality 12.50 .40 
I WILL FURNISH THIS ENTIRE MASTER LIST ONE EACH 
RIETIES, AS LISTED, FOR.. 
FORMER PRICE $2262.00. 
OF 75 VA- 
.$14.75 
You may order as many collections as you wish at this new low price. 
Former Present 
Price Price 
SACHEM —40 in. VERY FRAGRANT. A very 
lovely rich red-toned bi-color, with erect silky 
standards of rosy-bronze; Falls deep velvety 
dazzling red. A flower of perfect form, bril¬ 
liant colors and an especially fine garden mass. 
Fine large rhizomes. 20.00 .20 
SAN FRANCISCO —44 in. EARLY. WINNER 
OF THE DYKES MEMORIAL MEDAL, HIGH¬ 
EST INTERNATIONAL HONORS. One of the 
largest and finest Iris in the “Plicata” type, 
marking a new era in this group. White with 
a feather stitch edging of lavender blue. 35.00 .20 
SANTA BARBARA —40 in. THIS FINE AMER¬ 
ICAN INTRODUCTION HAD THE DISTINCTION 
OF RECEIVING AN AWARD OF MERIT FROM 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 
ENGLAND. It is one of the finest of the 
pure lavender-blues, of gigantic size and per¬ 
fect form. It must be seen to be appreciated 10.00 .15 
SENSATION— 48 in. FRAGRANT. GIVEN AN 
AWARD OF MERIT BY THE ROYAL HORTI¬ 
CULTURAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE. A real 
sensation in a new clear analine-blue, created 
by Cayeux of France. A perfect flower of 
gigantic size, with flaring falls, and one of 
the most prodigious bloomers. Considered one 
of the world’s best blues and the most pop¬ 
ular of all the blue toned varieties today. 30.00 .20 
SIR MICHAEL —48 in. ONE OF THE WORLD’S 
FINEST IRISES, of indescribable beauty. S— 
clear heliotrope; F—rich red-purple, suffused 
coppery-brown, but no description can do it 
justice and all attempts of artists to repro¬ 
duce it in color plates have met with failure, 
as no color plate of it produced to date even 
remotely discloses its great beauty. IT MUST 
BE SEEN . 50.00 .20 
SOLFERINO —56 in. EARLY. A bright pink on 
the order of Aphrodite, but brighter and with 
larger flowers on taller stalks, the flower 
stalks towering almost five feet high and 
loaded with blossoms. Can you imagine any¬ 
thing more striking. . 25.00 
TALISMAN — 38 in. DELIGHTFULLY FRA¬ 
GRANT. GIVEN AN AWARD OF MERIT BY 
THE IRIS SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. THIS 
IRIS SHOULD BE IN EVERY GARDEN, AS IT 
IS IN THE EXACT COLORS OF THE WORLD’S 
MOST FAMOUS TALISMAN ROSE, a subtle 
blending of red. yellow, pink and chamois, with 
an electric-blue flush down the centre of the 
petals. It is one of our most lovely Iris. 25.00 
THAIS— 42 in. EARLY. VERY SWEET FRA¬ 
GRANCE. GIVEN AN AWARD OF MERIT BY 
THE FRENCH NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. Huge flowers of perfect form in a 
most unusual and attractive pink tone. One 
of the most gorgeous of our pink-toned Irises. 
I can furnish extra fine, large plants of this 
variety this season at a very attractive price 12.00 
THURATUS —34 in. A NEW SASS BLACK 
IRIS, in reality an exceedingly rich blackish 
prune-purple. One of the darkest of all Iris, 
with a satiny lustre that makes it superb. 25.00 
VALOR —50 in. VERY FRAGRANT. GIVEN 
AN AWARD OF MERIT BY THE AMERICAN 
IRIS SOCIETY IN 1936. The largest, richest 
and finest of its type, the general color effect 
being a deep rich blackish blue-violet bi-color, 
but with market changes in different lights, 
the color in the bright sunlight being brilliant 
crimson ... 20.00 
VENUS DE MILO —44 in. FRAGRANT. THIS 
VARIETY WAS THE SECOND CHOICE OF 
THE JUDGES IN DECIDING UPON THE VAR¬ 
IETY THAT WAS TO RECEIVE THE DYKES 
MEMORIAL MEDAL IN 1936. It is a gigan¬ 
tic pure snow white, a perfect flower in ev¬ 
ery way and considered by many as the best 
white. A large stock of fine rhizomes makes 
a very low price possible this season. 20.00 
WACONDA — 36 in. GIVEN HONORABLE 
MENTION BY THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY. 
A fine new Iris in brilliant fuchsia-red. 10.00 
WHITE AND COLD —36 in. A pure gleaming 
satiny white, with a brilliant gold beard which 
adds to its attractiveness. A flower of per¬ 
fect form and finish, a very profuse bloomer 
and I believe the most satisfactory white of 
all for landscape effect, or for mass effect in 
the garden, as it is exceptionally rugged and 
robust and no variety produces a greater quan¬ 
tity of bloom. I recommend it above all 
others for landscape work. 25.00 
ZAHAROON —42 in. EARLY. AWARDED A 
SILVER MEDAL BY THE IRIS SOCIETY OF 
ENGLAND, ALSO ONE OF THE GROUP WHICH 
WON THE RUNCIMAN CHALLENGE CUP. An 
indescribably beautiful blending of subtle, soft 
pastel tints, buff, fawn and soft violet. IT 
MUST BE SEEN. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT DE¬ 
SCRIBE IT .100.00 
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