1939 INTRODUCTIONS 
SNOW FLURRY 
COPPER CASCADE (Kleinsorge 1939. 
(Treasure Island x Far West). Unique 
in being the only copper-colored iris 
that is at once rich, soft and bright. 
A complete color break in that it is 
pure copper, but with a glistening gold¬ 
en undertone that “makes” the iris. 
Self colored, with orange beard. 
Like water cascading down a gorge 
of pure copper — hence the name. The 
closest match by Ridgway fails to show 
its brightness, but if you have an 
average imagination, you can look at 
Ridgway’s plate for “Ferruginous,” 
then imagine the undertone, and you 
have Copper Cascade. 
Good habit and form in every way, 
and of good size — a top-notch iris. 
Mid-season. 36" .$10.00 
DEEP VELVET (Salbach 1939). (San 
Diego X Seedling) x Modoc. Carries 
the rich velvetiness of Modoc into a 
bigger, taller flower of better form 
and a new shade. Deep Velvet is both 
smooth and rich, yet at the same time 
is the livest of dark-toned iris. Not 
only the most regal iris imaginable, 
but one possessing the same glowing 
“color from the depths” as richest vel¬ 
vet — hence the name. 
Not comparable to the ordinary dark 
iris, for although it falls in the blue- 
black class, it has a red-violet cast that 
gives it both regalness and great 
vibrancy. Particularly notable is its 
smooth finish, although it is a top- 
notcher in every other way, having 
good form, substance, and habit. Color 
(by Ridgway) Nigrosin violet, with 
haft of rich blackish red-purple, shad¬ 
ing to frosty claret-brown. Dusky 
gold beard. Early mid-season. 38". 
$ 1.').00 
DEEP VELVET 
NARADA (Brehm 1939). (Purissima 
X (El Capitan X Bruno)). One of the 
largest iris, yet not in the least coarse. 
On the contrary it is an iris of fine 
form, fine stems and beautiful poise. 
The color is a clear light blue, the 
standards being a shade lighter than 
the broad flaring falls. Proved hardy 
in Seattle, Washington, where the win¬ 
ters are cold and wet. A real stand¬ 
out in the blues. Late. 40". 
$10.00; 3 for $25.00 
RED VELVET (Kleinsorge 1939). Real 
red iris are difficult to produce. Here¬ 
tofore we could only describe them as 
“red-toned” iris. In Red Velvet, we 
not only have a real red, but a red that 
is comparable to the richest red-velvet 
cloth. This year we had a small well- 
established planting, that produced a 
generous lot of magnificent blooms on 
well-branched flower stalks, 3' tall. 
The individual blooms are large and of 
fine form. The technical color accord¬ 
ing to Ridway is; Standards live Van 
Dyke red, slightly deeper at edges of 
petals, falls velvety carmine to ox- 
blood red. Good plant growth and 
hardy. Mid-season. 36".$12.50 
NARADA 
REDWOOD (Kleinsorge 1939). An iris 
of very unusual coloring. Redwood re¬ 
minds one of the old Rose Ash gladio¬ 
lus — in fact we would have named it 
Rose Ash, but found the name had 
already been used. It is really a live 
smoky red toned iris. 
Blooms are of good form and size, 
held on tall well branched stems. Per¬ 
haps the best way to depict the rare 
beauty of Redwood is to picture the 
result of a rich red carmine water color 
paint, softened by a light touch of 
chocolate. Late. 36" .$10.00 
SNOW FLURRY (Rees 1939). Early 
last season. Miss Rees the originator 
of Snowflurry, brought us two indi¬ 
vidual blooms that seemed to be as 
beautiful and perfect an iris as we have 
ever hoped to see. A few days later 
we saw a planting of Snow Flurry that 
was simply stunning. In this same 
garden were a number of the finer and 
newer varieties, such as Happy Days, 
California Gold, Purissima, and others, 
but none were so outstanding as Snow 
Flurry. The blooms were even larger 
than any of the others. Standards are 
pure icy white, beautifully ruffled, and 
falls big, broad, and clear white. There 
is a faint cast of blue in both stand¬ 
ards and falls, but it in no way de¬ 
tracts from the beauty of the flower. 
Buds show a definite cast of blue. The 
flower stalks are very tall and carry 
as many as seventeen buds and flowers. 
The blooms are carried fairly high on 
the stems, but this adds to the strik¬ 
ing boldness in the garden. At this 
writing, April 15th, Snow Flurry is in 
full bloom, and we are even more im¬ 
pressed with it than we were last 
season. Few, if any, iris are more de¬ 
liciously scented. Early. 50c" Stock 
limited .$17.50 
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