Battle Creek, Mich, 
IRISES—Tall Bearded 
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TALL BEARDED IRISES 
FINE NEW AND RARE VARIETIES 
Among others, we have added the following new Irises, which we have not listed 
because of small stocks. Prices on request: Casque d’Or, DerriH’Hart, Drap d’Or, 
Elsa Sass, Great Lakes, Matterhorn, Matula, Ming Yellow, Radiant, Riding High, 
Rookwood, Seabscuit, White Alone, White Goddess, Youth’s Dream. 
In this group, including the intermediates, we have in our garden more than 600 
named varieties, and have discarded that many others that proved inferior to 
present sorts. 
ALICE HARDING—A large primrose 3 ^ellow self of satiny finish and splendid 
substance, tall and well branched. Unfading in rain and hottest sun. Dykes 
Medal, France, ’33.50 
AL-LU-WE (H. Sass, 1932)—A tall and large-flowered variegata with fine, 
clean colored yellow standards and red brown falls, slightly fluted.25 
ALTA CALIFORNIA—One of the best of the new yellows. S. clear yellow; 
F. slightly deeper, faintly bronzed. Large, smooth, firm. 40". H.M., 1936.25 
AMIGO—Perhaps the most outstanding Amoena. S. clear pale lavender; F. 
flaring, intense pansy violet with lighter edge. Truly an “ohs” and “ahs” 
iris. A “continuing” iris of greater charm. A.M., A.I.S., ’38. 1.00 
AMITOLA—A most interesting smooth blend of rose and gold and lavender. 
S. light Russet Vinaceous. F. Tourmaline Pink with lavender flush. 38". 1.00 
ANGELUS (Egelberg, 1937)—A. M. 1939. A huge, silvery light mauve-pink 
blend of extraordinary substance. 36". 2.00 
ANN MARIE CAYEUX (Cay., 1928)—38". An exquisite iris distinct in color 
and form. S. mauve shot with fawn; F. rosy heliotrope flushed blue.20 
AT DAWNING—An iris of the delightful pink of the Trailing Arbutus, the 
falls slightly deeper than the standards, and both S. and F. edged pale gold. 
Large, well-spaced blooms of fine substance. A.M., ’38. 1.00 
AUBADE—A beautiful soft yellow with a rosy flush on the falls. 31".40 
AUBANEL—A flower that “glistens and gleams” with S. and F. of shrimp pink 
with a bronzy glow at the center and a spot of pinkish violet on each fall. 
An outstanding “pink” iris. A.M., A.I.S., ’38. 3.50 
BALLET GIRL (Sass 1935)—S. domed, flesh-pink. F. flaring, flesh-pink. A 
most delicate colored and smoothly rounded flower. 38".25 
BEOWULF—The first true maroon Iris, a solid, smooth color blending to an 
edge of soft, rich brown. The velvet of the F. equals that of Dominion. 
Golden beard. Large, early, well-branched. 32".75 
BLACKAMOOR (J. Sass, 1932)—40". M. The largest, darkest and richest blue 
purple self to date. A brilliant blue beard intensifies the color.25 
BLACK WINGS—One of the finest of the dark colored Irises with nearly black 
falls and standards a little lighter. A sensational iris.25 
BLENDED BEAUTY (Weed 1939)—48". A very much improved Mary Geddes. 
Brighter, taller, and much better substance. Makes Mary Geddes look in¬ 
ferior, fine as she is. 3,00 
BLUE MIST Table Iris TB-EB-BIL (Gers.; Ashley 1934)—Pallid bluish violet 
self, 32". “notable for its refreshing blueness and informal form.” Ver}" free. .20 
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