AN IRIS LOVER’S CATALOG 
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PLICATAS Continued from previous page 
Yellow Plicatas With Rose and Brown Nlarkings 
Originator 
Year 
Height 
Variety 
Price 
Performance 
Season 
Sass, J. 
.1939 
M 
BONANZA. 
B 
ML 
Sass. H. 
.1937 
M 
ORLOFF. 
. 7.50 
A 
M 
Sass, H. P. 
.1939 
M 
ROYAL COACH. 
. 5.00 
A 
M 
Sass, H. 
.1936 
T 
SIEGFRIED. 
. 5.00 
A 
L 
Sass, H. 
.1939 
M 
TIFFANY. 
. 5.00 
A 
M 
Trial Varieties 
Balmung.$15.00 Florentine..$10.00 
Ruth Pollock.$20.00 
A class with unusual coloration, very like hemstitching; superbly and delicately colored individuals. Every iris collection must 
have the indispensable Los Angeles, blue stitching on white. Its lavender sister, San Francisco, is a worthy rival of so illustrious an in¬ 
dividual. For delicacy of marking Seduction is preeminent and for the odd variety of the quartet we have deep rose marked Alme. Louis 
Aureau. Some prefer Wasatch because of its size. The three blue plicatas from Mr. Sass are very sturdy growers, while one of the most 
extraordinary for coloring is Florentine. 
We group the yellow plicatas here for convenience. They are marked on backgrounds of cream and yellow and could be classified 
with the yellows with probably more logic than here. The Sass brothers, pioneers in this class, have an outstanding lead. Siegfried- 
havana brown marked on cream, Orloff-cinnumon tone on yellow, Tiffany-tosc markings on yellow — each has its boosters. They are 
individually different and are most striking in the garden looking like some unusually marked rare butterfly. We are testing and com¬ 
paring Balmung, Koyal Coach, Bonanza, and Fjtth Pollock. 
AMOEXAS 
White and Blue-toned Bicolors 
Originator 
Year 
Height 
Variety 
Price 
Performance 
Season 
Williamson. 
.1930 
T 
CANTABILE □. 
.$ .25 
A 
M 
Williamson. 
.1929 
T 
DOROTHY DIETZ. 
.25 
B 
ML 
Cayeux. 
.1931 
M 
MARQUITA. 
.35 
B 
L 
Neel. 
.1932 
T 
SHAH JEHAN . 
.25 
A 
L 
Williamson. 
.1936 
T 
WABASH. 
. 2.50 
A 
M 
This is not a large class numerically but it contains some of the more striking contrasts of colors reminding one of a rare orchid. 
Exceptional is Wabash, cool white standards and vivid contrasting velvety blue falls. A real novelty and one of the most unusual iris 
is many-hued Shah Jehan. Cream and rose Marquita is another striking variant of this class. 
EI<»HT BLIJEI^ 
Light Blue Selfs 
Originator 
Year 
Height 
Variety 
Price 
Performance 
Season 
Stern. 
.1934 
M 
ALINE □ . 
. $ .35 
A 
ML 
Sass, J . 
.1933 
T 
BLUE MONARCH . 
.25 
A 
ML 
Buechley. 
.1932 
T 
BUECHLEY’S GIANT. 
.25 
A 
ML 
Mohr-Mitchell. 
.1926 
T 
EL CAPITAN. 
.25 
B 
M 
Grant. 
.1937 
T 
EXCLUSIVE . 
. 2.00 
AA 
ML 
Cousins. 
.1938 
T 
GREAT LAKES . 
. 4.00 
A 
M 
Millet. 
.1930 
T 
PAULETTE. 
.25 
B 
M 
Cayeux. 
.1925 
T 
SENSATION □. 
.25 
A 
ML 
Essig. 
.1933 
T 
SHINING WATERS! . 
.35 
D 
M 
Williams. 
.1936 
M 
WAVERLY. 
. 8.00 
A 
M 
Palest Blues 
Sass, H. 
.1936 
M 
ANITRA. 
. 2.00 
A 
M 
Nicholls. 
.1938 
T 
BLUE DIAMOND. 
. 6.00 
A 
EM 
Grinter. 
.1932 
T 
BLUE TRIUMPH. 
.35 
A 
ML 
Gage. 
.1933 
T 
GLORIOLE. 
. 1.00 
B 
M 
This has always been a strong class with a standard of quality so high new aspirants are on their mettle to make the grade. We 
have some very worthwhile recent developments here, however. Crisp, frost-blue Blue Diamond is a splendid addition. Different, and 
another splendid development, is the Canadian origination Great Lakes. The smooth shade of periwinkle blue we get in Exclusive. Aline 
continues about the bluest iris and wc certainly must say a word of praise for celestial colored Anitra. Older varieties ever popular in¬ 
clude rugged Blue Monarch and tranquil Shining Waters. Just for variety’s sake add the fluffy ruffles of Gloriole. 
