PACIFIC. This fine big iris combines 
all the qualities of clear clean color, 
substance, carriage, vigor and garden 
effect. It blooms very early and con¬ 
tinues for a long time. The color is 
light bluish violet. Falls flaring, stems 
straight and slender. The first note¬ 
worthy Essig blue — very fine. 32". 
35c; 3 for 85c 
CHINA ROSE 
OURAY (Thomas-Thorup). An iris in 
a bright ruby-red color. No other iris 
compares with Ouray for richness of 
color. The blooms are well formed, of 
medium size, borne on two-foot stems. 
One of our Kentucky customers says: 
“I want to tell you how much atten¬ 
tion Ouray created here. It was plant¬ 
ed in the first position in the “Guest 
Iris” row and was worthy of the place, 
and created as much favorable com¬ 
ment as The Red Douglas, Angelas, 
Cortez, and Siegfried.” Mid-season. 28". 
75c; 3 for $1.75; 6 for $3.00 
OZONE (Jacob Sass). An attractive, 
large lavender that is both beautiful 
and distinctive due to its warm brown 
haft. White beard tipped orange. 
Large flowers on well branched 36" 
stem. Mid-season... $1.00 
February, 1937, Iris Society Bulletin: 
“Natividad, an exquisite creamy white 
that looks as though a yellow candle was 
behind it, gleaming through the stand¬ 
ards and falls.” 
PADRE (Mitchell). This dignified iris 
is tall, well branched, vigorous of 
growth and remarkable for its long 
period of bloom. The dominating color 
is the rosy purple of the silky falls 
flushed bright blue. As many as ten 
blooms to a spike. Mid-season. 40". 
25c; 3 for 50c 
PALE MOONLIGHT (Essig). A very 
tall, stately iris of palest blue — a 
shade lighter than Shining Waters. 
By far the best of its shade, and will 
bloom in the East, although it needs 
special protection to winter well where 
the climate is severe. Mid-season. 45". 
40c; 3 for $1.00 
CALIFORNIA GOLD 
Carl Salbach... 
PERSIA. This variety, of which little 
was heard in the first years of its in¬ 
troduction, has come to be considered 
one of the very finest of Dr. Ayres’ fine 
productions. Its refined and subdued 
colorings rank it as one of the most 
pleasing of all. 
Very large blooms with falls that 
are a blend of bluish lavender, and 
standards of iridescent steel blue. 
Brown haft and yellow beard. Smooth 
finish. H. M., A. 1. S., 1928. Mid¬ 
season. 36".35c; 3 for 85c 
PINK JEWEL (Salbach). Each year 
we have sold low on this iris, in fact 
last year we withdrew it to increase 
stock. Not a large iris, but one with 
a good form and an appealing color. 
A very delicate lilac pink, with stand¬ 
ards somewhat lighter than the falls. 
Only a limited amount of stock avail¬ 
able. Rhizomes are not large. Mid¬ 
season. 30" .50c 
PINK OPAL. Tallest of the lavender 
pinks. Individually, this variety is 
technically at fault in that its attrac¬ 
tive blooms tend to bunch near the top 
of the stalk. Actually, this is a dis¬ 
tinct asset, as far as clump plantings 
are concerned, as it presents a solid 
mass of color. Lavender-pink, not as 
deep as that of Dogrose, but its color 
is on a par with others of this type. 
Blooms large. Mid-season. 48"....50c 
PINK SATIN. Probably the most re¬ 
fined of all the pink-toned iris. Aptly 
named for the smooth satiny texture. 
A suave slender iris on tall stalks, well 
branched. A different type of iris than 
Pink Jewel, just as attractive in its 
own fashion. A most entrancing iris. 
H. M., A. 1. S., 1931. 36"..25c; 3 for 50c 
NATIVIDAD 
PEACEMAKER (Mitchell). A tall 
smooth porcelain-colored iris, with pale 
lavender blue flush in the center of 
the falls. Large well formed blooms 
on tall low-branched stems. Has been 
highly praised in England and the 
East. One of the A. I. S. judges re¬ 
ferred to it as an iris, “a lot of us 
have been missing.” Mid-season. 42". 
50c; 3 for $1.25 
PE.SHAWAR (Schreiner). Exotically 
beautiful, this very early blooming on- 
cocyclus hybrid is also an easy doer 
and a rapid increaser. The standards 
are rich violet, the falls reddish brown, 
overlaid glistening black, the beard is 
a dusky brown. Altogether a very 
striking flower of medium size and 
fine form. Rhizomes naturally small. 
Early. 14".75c; 3 for $2.00 
From South Carolina, one of our cus¬ 
tomers, viewing his 1937 blooming of 
Happy Days, reports “I regard it (Happy 
Days) as the best iris I have ever seen.” 
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