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PYDNA *** (Cay. ‘38) red garnet and claret, 36” $6.00 
Rosy claret wine standards and very wide bright red garnet falls 
comprise this vigorous son of Vulcan x Depute Nomblot. 
RABAHERE *** (Cay. ‘37) yellow and bronze, 44’’. $5.00 
Golden yellow standards lighted with sky blue at the center are 
put together as only the French are able, with nearly horizontal 
falls spread with clear amaranth edged and veined at the throat 
with bronze. 
RADIANT **** (Salb. ‘36) flame orange, 33’’. $2.00 
“The flowers, they are radiant with glory’’—a glory of rich golden 
bronze standards and glowing coppery red falls. This will not 
always be a four starer, because others will come along wtih these 
colors and larger sizes, but we still call it a ‘’Best’’. 
RADIOBEAM *** (Kell. ‘40) yellow buff blend, 36’. $12.50 
We broadcast this as the blend with the very finest, wide, low 
branching making it a worthy potential seed parent. And it has 
lovely colors, buff yellow in tone made beamingly alive by a 
delicate flush of violet on the falls, with chestnut venations deep 
within the throat, and a distinctly orange beard. The blooms 
are excellently proportioned with rounded standards, semi-flaring 
full falls, and broad hafts with high shoulders—all of smoothest 
and heaviest substance. 
REBELLION **** (Klein. ‘37) dark red, 38”. $1.00 
A deep blood red of faultless form and rain proof substance. A 
smoother and better Burning Bronze. 
RED BONNET **** (Gage ‘39) pure red, 36”. $2.00 
The introducer says this is an invaluable iris for breeding, its 
progeny showing a variety of tones from crimson to near pink. 
The purity and smoothness of this dark red self, with wide domed 
standards and flaring full falls, is indeed a ‘’find.’’ H.M. ‘39. 
RED COMET *** (McKee ‘36) coppery red, 38”. $1.00 
“A comet amongst the stars’’—deep copper red with a brown 
undertone. A large flower of fine proportion and velvety falls. 
RED CROSS ** (Klein. ‘38) rose red, 36”. 60c 
Not a red cross, rather a rosy Mary Geddes—solid on the standards, 
and striped with white on the falls. 
RED GLEAM (Lap. ‘39) scarlet red, 34’. $12.00 
Reported by many judges as the ‘’FINEST red to date.” 
V — More on the scarlet tone than any of the other reds, with 
brilliant arched standards and rich red flaring falls having a slightly 
lighter edge. Well proportioned blooms, on well-branched strong 
stalks. H.M. ‘40. 
RED SAILS *** (Lap. ‘37) chestnut red, 38”. $1.75 
“Sailing on and on’ this charming red was discovered, with its 
chestnut standards flushed red and similar falls velvety and full. 
RED VALOR (Nic. ‘39) garnet, 38”. $12.00 
Rome loved this bloom, so rich in tone, so deep in color, 
and gave it a Gold Medal in ‘40. It’s a superb velvety red 
that carries great quality, its low branches are short showing sev- 
eral blooms at the same time. H.M. ‘40. 
REGAL BEAUTY (Mill. ‘39) violet, purple, 40’. $5.00 
The splendor of royal robes are brought to mind in the 
rich lustrous velvety falls of blackish purple paling at the 
edges to violet purple, and clear light violet standards. 
RHAPSODY *** (Wmsn. 37) violet blend, 36”. $2.50 
A rhapsody in violet purple and brown blended symphonically, 
with heavy substance and fine form. Blooming late. 
ROBERT *** (Ayres ‘33) yellow tan, 38”. 35c 
The large, lovely, gold flowers have pale amber cupped standards 
with a slight tan overcast, and the broad flaring falls with wide 
hafts have some blue at the centers. H.M. ‘36. 



ROSARIO **** (Thole ‘38) rose blend, 40’. $1.25 
Tourmaline pink with gold suffusions extending from the heart 
of the flower into the falls—a big pleasing blend. 
ROSE DORE *** (Thole ‘39) pink and red, 36”. $1.25 
Opalescent pink standards; Dragons blood falls with a black 
purple overlay and a distinct pink border—Striking! 
ROSY WINGS **** (Gage ‘35) best rose, 40’’. 85c 
With its deep pink standards surrounded with copper, and its 
wings, half spread, of deep rose, bordered with copper, this iris 
glided right into the hall of fame and the Dykes Medal. 
ROYAL COACH *** (H. Sass ‘39) yellow plicata, 36”. $2.00 
This coach led the new yellow plicata parade. The broad rounded 
standards have a yellow ground, flushed with bronze; the semi- 
flaring falls are a fine yellow, nicely edged with chestnut. H.M. 39. 
ROYAL COMMAND *** (D. Hall ‘39) velvet purple, 40’ $4.00 
Purity of color; a redder and better Persia; a finish unsurpassed; 
perfection of form; heavy substance; superb carriage on perfect 
candelabra branching; and finally, excellent health, vigorous 
growth. 
RUTH POLLOCK **** (H. Sass ’39) yellow plicata, 36’. $10.00 
We like Ruth the best of all those wonderful new yellow plicatas. 
She has a yellow top dotted dark red brown and a skirt of light 
yellow with a heavy brown border, H.M. ‘39. P.R. 90. 
SABLE **** (Cook ‘38) almost black, 40’’. $5.00 
Uniform shade of deepest claret black with full rounded petals, so 
glossy and brilliant, and an inconspicuous beard. The claret black 
rather than the purple black tonality makes it seem the darkest 
of the dark. It received an Award of Merit in ‘40. P.R. 90. 
gp SALAR (DeForest ‘40) rose salmon, 40’’. $20.00 
mW) A very new color, gay tones of flesh, cream, and tints of 
~ salmon. Rose shading on the falls make them slightly 
deeper in color than the standards. Large flowers, and well sub- 
stanced. 
SALUTATION *** (D. Hall ‘38) pearl yellow, 337’. $2.00 
And felicitations on this pearly yellow near self. The almost over- 
lapping standards are crinkled; the falls seem a tone lighter except 
for the broad gold haft and a hint of a deeper gold edge. 
SANDALWOOD **** (H. Sass ‘37) coffee blend, 34°’. 75¢ 
From these vinaceous tawny standards and army brown falls with 
a yellow underlay has come the famous ‘’Prairie Sunset’’. 
SATSUMA *** (Thole ‘39) pink brown, 40”. $1.25 
Pale brownish pink overall, faintly shadowed at first with violet, 
which later adds to a most beautiful soft chamois. It’s a strong 
grower, and the large spreading flowers have fine form. 
SEADEEP *** (Thole ‘37) two blues of the sea, 40’’. $1.00 
All the blue from the depth of the sea is mingled in this ex- 
quisite two toned blue iris. The standards are a deep blue, the 
falls a royal blue, intense in effect. A long blooming season, re- 
tention of color, fast growth, and good form are all combined 
in Seadeep. 
SHANNOPIN *** (Pillow ‘40) tall cream and pink, 48’’. $10.00 
Last season no iris in our garden produced more comment than 
Shannopin. It stood out so arrestingly, with its clear cream, 
ruffled, overlapping standards, and with its cream falls so heavily 
flushed with pink, and fairly wide yellow hafts. The flowers are 
exceptionally large and rounded and grow on low branched, tall, 
sturdy stalks. The foliage, and all over proportion are excellent. 
SHAWANO **** (Wmsn. ‘39) yellow with red veining, 37’’. $4.00 
Du-ya-wano know the color? ‘Tis brilliant yellow with Vandyke 
red veining in the falls. An outstanding variety, with excellent 
substance and vigorous growth. H.M. ‘40. 


