New Introductions for 1941 
BLUE RIVER (Milliken) 
Introduced by popular demand of visitors to our garden and an iris primarily for the 
milder climates where a very early bloomer is wanted. A uniform deep blue companion of 
such early bloomers as San Gabriel, Sungold, Purissima, Mauna Loa, etc., which, when 
planted together with these varieties, extends the iris season as much as three weeks in the 
mild climates. The flowers are of medium size, well-rounded form, and are carried on well 
branched 3-foot stems. $2.50 
BREAK O' DAY (Milliken) 
A delicately beautiful iris that calls to mind the first hour of daylight with its soft shades 
of yellow and gold faintly suffused with shades of lavender. The standards are clean pure 
yellow as though touched with the first rays of the rising sun and the falls are softer yellow 
flushed with a haze of lavender and purple. A prominent golden beard is like a shaft of light 
in the center of the Hower. The flower has beautifully rounded form with wide full standards 
and falls, and a remarkable substance that withstands all tyoes of weather. Fragrant. 3 ft. $5.00 
CHRYSOLITE (Milliken) 
Although there are now many fine yellow irises in the deeper shades, there are few 
good creams. Chrysolite fills a rather conspicuous gap in this color range of irises. The flowers 
are a clean light cream with a heavy substance and a smooth even finish that glistens and 
sparkles in the sunlight. The form of the flower is most pleasing, with fine large standards and 
wide semi-flaring falls and a beard of deep orange-yellow. Fine, low branching, a vigorous 
grower, and a free bloomer. Height, 4 feet. Not yet tested in the colder climates. $10.00 
FORT KNOX (Milliken) 
Fort Knox is the iris that caused such a sensation when pre-viewed at the Pasadena 
Flower Show last year. It is also the iris that a prominent iris judge from Virginia selected 
as the most outstanding seedling in our garden when he saw it bloom for the first time three 
years ago. 
Much of the world’s supply of gold is buried at Fort Knox, Kentucky. As for the rest, 4 
portion must surely be stored in the depths of this glorious yellow iris. Both standards and 
falls are a uniform rich golden yellow with a smooth, even finish and a quality which sur- 
passes anything we have ever seen before in a yellow iris. 
The flowers are unusually large with handsome broad falls that flare out at a most graceful 
angle. A hardy vigorous grower with fine foliage, a free bloomer, perfectly branched stems, 
and altogether the finest deep yellow iris we have ever seen. 314 feet. $25.00 
MOUNTAIN SKY (Milliken) 
This is the fine blue that was so much admired by the members of the American Iris 
Society when they visited us two years ago. Many thought it to be the nearest to a true blue 
of any iris. At that time it was tentatively named Blue Heaven, but this name was later found 
to be unavailable. 
Mountain Sky is a most beautiful uniform soft shade of blue with a suffusion of yellow 
in the center of the flower that adds a warm glow to the iris. A most charming feature of this 
flower is the effect produced by the wavy appearance of both standards and falls. 
The growing habits and freedom of bloom leave nothing to be desired. $10.00 
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