Iris 
Greetings to all our old customers and to all new customers from our new location 
in North Granby, Conn., the beauty nursery in New England. Did you ever see a 
pasture of cedars, junipers, and laurel of all shades? Did you ever see hemlock 
woods with laurel all about going down into a gorgeous ravine where there is 
that satisfying sound of rippling water? Do come and enjoy this heavenly spot 
with us. Bring your lunch and drink in the quiet peace by our cool brook. By the 
way, as you go to the woods take a glance at all the beautiful iris, poppies, peonies, 
and day lilies that we have attempted to describe in the following pages. You will 
see at once that words can never do the flowers justice. Read on and let your 
imagination run away with you and may it bring you in person to our gardens. 
SuMaduxUng, 
HARRIET FORDYCE 
(Wiesner-Kell. '40) An "enormous white having an opalescent sheen 
of silvery blue." It's a giant opalescent blue white from Gudrun 
x Osceola, as if one contained the other. The straight petallage 
has the same delicate and very satisfying crinkling as does Osceola. 
This iris also gives to us all the fine qualities of size, height, propor¬ 
tion, substance, texture, stalk, growth, and hardiness that are so 
well known in Mr. Wiesner's iris. 42". $ 15.00 
SHANNOPIN 
(Pillow-Kell. '40) This arresting flower, because of the crisp clarity 
and pleasing contrast of its standards and falls, brought unending 
joy to us and all our garden visitors this past season. The broad, 
clear cream, ruffled standards overlap; the cream falls are heavily 
flushed with pink; the fairly wide hafts, yellow which extends rather 
far down on the falls, are neatly veined with gold. The large rounded 
flowers possess excellent proportion, smooth texture, and good 
substance. It flowers on a fine, strong, low branched, 42 inch stalk; 
midseason to late. It is a superb grower and bloomer; is very hardy 
and has beautiful foliage. $ 15.00 
RADIOBEAM 
(Kell. '40) Don't you know what a radiobeam is? Well, in this case 
we broadcast it as the finest blend of the year. A buff-yellow in tone, 
made beamingly alive by a delicate flush of violet on the falls, as well 
as by the distinctly orange beard, with a background, far inside the. 
throat, of chestnut venations. The excellently proportioned bloom, 
with rounded standards and semi-flaring falls, has smooth very 
heavy substance, and a slight fragrance. The sturdy stalk is very 
low and widely branched; growth is rapid, and other qualities all 
desirable. The full standards are of yellow buff, the yellow intensify¬ 
ing at the edges. The falls have a broad haft with high shoulders 
and a nice upturn towards the tips, with a small crest at the end 
of the beard. 36". $ 15.00 
WILD ORCHID 
(Kell. '40) An orchid, easily grown in the garden! In color, a self, 
just matching the shade named Wild Orchid, in the color chart. The 
flower, with rounded standards and flaring falls, is of superb sub¬ 
stance and smooth texture. The shoulders of the falls carry a copper 
flush and a hint of violet under the yellow beard. The stalk is heavy, 
with fairly wide branching. Growth is rapid, flowering habit and 
hardiness very fine. 40". (K-ll-38.) $ 15.00 
May We Assist ? 
Standards — the three upper petals of the flower. 
Falls — the three lower petals. HORIZONTAL — the falls held straight out. DROOPING or STRAIGHT-HANGING — the 
falls straight down. FLARING and SEMI-FLARING — falls between horizontal and drooping. 
Beard — the hairs on the falls, running into the heart of the flower. 
Haft — that portion of the fall forming the center of the flower; may be wide or narrow. 
Colors — SELF — one color all over the petals. BICOLOR — in the iris dialect, means two shades of the same color. VARIE- 
GATA — yellow standards with red or brown falls. AMOENA — light standards, usually white or pale blue, 
with deeper falls, edged lighter. PLICATA — formerly, a white ground, stitched or sanded with blue or pink; 
now, it may be a yellow ground, flushed or dotted with brown or lavender. 
Texture — sheen or finish of the petals. 
Substance — thickness of the petals. 
Awards — H.M. — Honorable Mention given by the American Iris Society. The first recognition given a new iris of 
outstanding qualities, after the iris has been named. 
A.M. — Award of Merit given by the American Iris Society. The second mark of distinction. An iris must have 
received an H.M., to be eligible for an A.M. 
DYKES’ MEDAL — the highest praise that an iris can receive; only one Medal is granted each year in the 
States, in France and in England. 
C.M. — Certificate of Merit given by the French Society. 
