THE IRIS GARDEN 
SANTA CLARA (Mit) Best of the medium blues for garden use and this 
means that it surpasses Sierra Blue and Missouri (both Dykes 
medal winners) as a garden blue; midseason; tall___..__._.__.---_-- 
SELENE (Con) Huge flowered, silvered white; very fragrant; early; 
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SEMINOLE (Farr) Very popular vivid red, purple; the bright orange 
beard makes it look redder still; midseason; short-__..._.____-- 3 for 
SENSATION (Cay) Clear cornflower blue of unsurpassed substance and 
qreatsretinement sate) tclle en ee ee ere 
SHAH JEHAN (Neel) Standards are buff edged lavender; the falls are 
purple ranging from a brownish tinge at the hatft to a lavender 
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SHINING WATERS (Essig) Clear, light blue of waxy texture; well 
Dronched tender siOSsecsOn: «(lia sue eee 
SHIRVAN (Loomis) Brilliant brownish bicolor; the standards are yellow 
brown and the falls red brown; midseason; medium height_______-_ 
SIEGFRIED (H. P. Sass) Very large yellowish plicata; a creamy yellow 
ground dotted brown; good branching; midseason; tall__.__________ 
SIERRA BLUE (Essig) Soft, medium blue of waxy finish; Dykes medal: 
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SINGING CANARY (Kin) Bright canary yellow with a few brown feathers 
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SIR KNIGHT (Ashley) Enormous dark purple bicolor of sturdy substance 
ondigood placement; midseason ttalla- sess oe 
SIR MICHAEL (Yeld) S. lavender blue; F. purple suffused red; a showy 
golden beard lights up this attractive combination; midseason; tall 
SKITCHWAUG (Chase) Brilliant dark pink blend that holds its color well 
at a distance; midseason; medium height.-...__________._-_- Osfor 
SNOQUALMIE (Brehn) Smooth cream of leathery substance; well 
branched midssason medium sheiqht sss. 25a). aan 
SNOWBOUND (Row) Brown markings against sprakling white; early; 
mediumsheight! soo renee ee ee ee 3 for 
SNOWKING (H. P. Sass) Pure, unmarred white of faultless form and 
habit; runner-up for the 1939 Dykes medal; midseason; tall________ 
SOLFERINO (Cay) Deep lilac rose; often as many as seventeen buds and 
blooms on the long stem; early; very fall-__.-_-2__ 3 for 
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oar October 14, 1940 
Will you please send me thirty more iris. I didn't order quite enough 
to fill my bed. 
“The ones you sent were fine and I certainly do appreciate the extra 
ones.” 
Page 18 Mrs. J. S. S., Webster Groves, Mo. 
