New Iutreductions for 1941 
TROUBADOUR (Milliken) 
A sister seedling of the stunning Fort Knox but instead of being yellow, Troubadour is 
a most beautiful blend of buff, gold and lavender. The standards are a deep buff suffused 
with gold and the large semi-flaring falls are buff flushed with lavender in the center and 
edged with golden buff. The flowers are unusually large for an iris of this color and the 
plants are very vigorous with stems four feet high and many flowers to each stem. The substance 
of the flowers is amazing and is vastly superior to that of other light blends. 
For cleanness of color and that elusive quality called finish, Troubadour belongs at the 
top of the list. Not yet tested for hardiness in the cold climates. $20.00 
CALIFORNIA TREK (C. G. White) 
Selected by the members of the American Iris Society and named in their honor while 
visiting Mr. White’s garden in 1939. The standards are a bright, clear, light yellow with 
crimped and serrated edges. 
The falls are a brilliant shade of yellow at the base, softening toward the end of the 
petals which also have edges that are crimped and wavy. 
Unusually large flowers on 4-foot well-branched stalks. An exceptionally fine yellow 
iris. $20.00 
NELSON OF HILLY (C. G. White) 
Another of the beautiful hybrid irises for which Mr. White is now so well known. 
Those who have seen the delicately beautiful “Some Love’ will be thrilled with this new 
companion iris. It is a small dainty flower on 18-inch stems and is a gem of a cut flower. 
Six exquisite round petals of firm substance form this flower. The upper three are tinted 
most delicately with bluish lavender and they meet at the top. Next come the warm, peach- 
toned styles and then the beautiful falls which start at the haft with the idea of being horizontal! 
but change their mind midway and turn downward showing the beautifully peppered 
surface of cream dotted with cinnamon and purple. $5.00 
SPRING SECRETARY (C. G. White) 
Each spring while the irises are blooming in Mr. White's garden, Mrs. Lena Lothrop 
spends a considerable amount of time helping him with his records and taking notes on his 
worthwhile seedlings. Mrs. Lothrop has done more to stimulate interest in irises in Southern 
California than any other single person. It is with the greatest of pleasure that we introduce 
this, the most beautifully blended iris we have ever seen, in honor of Mr. White's “Spring 
Secretary. 
The colors are smoothly blended with standards approaching the color of chamois 
blended with tints of light lilac. The ground color of the falls appears to be old gold shaded 
lilac with tawny olive in the haft and tints of Mikado brown. The beard is bright yellow. All 
of this tells little of the true loveliness of this flower as words cannot describe such a beautiful 
blend of clean pure colors. Firm, rounded petals carried pleasingly on a 39-inch stalk with 
three branches, produce a flower of superb form. $20.00 
SYMBOL (C. G. White) 
This is an intense, deep yellow self with a smooth surface. Both standards and falls are 
the richest of deep golden yellow with a patch of bright golden brown brushed on each 
side of the beard. All petals are round, their widest part being the middle of the petal. 
The standards are three inches wide and three inches high. The falls are 234 inches wide 
at their middle and three inches long. The proper proportion of a flower adds much to its 
beauty. Symbol is one of the irises selected for introduction by the American Iris Society 
members on their visit to California two years ago. $20.00 
