LADY PARAMOUNT (C. G. White) 
This was the first of the great yellow irises. Since it was introduced 
other large yellows have been produced but none have more charm 
than this beautiful iris with its enormous petals of soft, clear primrose 
yellow. Discriminating iris specialists consider it an ideal of iris 
beauty. All other large yellow irises will sooner or later have to 
stand the test of comparison with this marvelous variety, for it has 
a standard of excellence. It has been successfully grown from coast 
to coast. See illustration, page 9. Early. 3% ft. 50c; 3 for $1.00 
LOS ANGELES (Mohr-Mitchell) 
A stunning large white flower of fine shape and excellent cande- 
labra branching. The standards are faintly edged with clear blue, 
the falls slightly reticulated red brown at the base, with the blue 
style arms adding a note of clear color in the center. A flower that 
is at once admired for its poise and clean sparkling appearance. 
A feet. See illustration, page 17. 35c; 3 for 75c 
LUCRE (C. G. White) 
According to color charts it is the deepest yellow it is possible 
to produce. Any deeper, or darker, yellow drifts into the orange 
tones. The slender but rigid stems of this iris are forty inches, with 
two or three branches. It is prolific in bloom and increases rapidly. 
A two-year plant produced thirty-six stems of bloom. There are no 
dark veins in the haft. 35c; 3 for 75c 
LUCREZIA BORI (Schreiner) 
A greenish yellow of good size, having about the finest foliage 
of any iris. The leaves are unusually wide and tall and are a most 
beautiful shade of deep rich green. 75c 
MARGERY (Dean) 
Standards of light blue-violet and falls of deep violet. An attrac- 
tive and desirable landscape iris for the milder climates. 4 feet. 
35c; 3 for 75c 
MARQUITA (Cayeux) 
A Spanish dance in a flower. Something entirely different that is 
so striking that it immediately attracts your attention. The standards 
are a very clear ivory flushed with yellow and the falls are the same 
color, evenly veined with brilliant ruby lines. The petals are stiff 
and round, giving a very trim appearance to the flower. If you wish 
to light up a spot in your garden with gay colors, try a clump of 
Marquita. Over 3 feet tall and a strong grower.  75c; 3 for $2.00 

Would you like to originate some new varieties of iris 
which are different and perhaps more beautiful than any now 
existing? Try a few crosses, and when your seedlings come 
into bloom you will experience a genuine thrill. We will tell 
you how we hybridize, striving to produce better irises. 
Creating new irises is really quite simple. The first thing to 
do is to plan the cross which you anticipate making. Be sure 
to select good new varieties, for there is no object in working 
with old varieties which have long since been surpassed. 
Remember that ancestry is a very important factor in attaining 
the results which you are after. Perhaps you have a variety 
with good color, but which would be much more beautiful 
if the flowers were of better shape and the petals not so thin, 
or if the blooms were larger and carried on taller, well- 
branched stalks, or if the iris had a longer blooming period. 


After selecting two varieties, one of which has some out- 
standing qualities that you would like to try to combine with 
the good qualities of the other, you are ready to proceed. 
IF you will look at the color plate of Chosen, on page 7, 
you will see just above the beard of the lower petal, or fall, 
two upward-pointed extensions. This is the pistil, and pro- 
jecting out like a horizontal shelf as a part of the pistil, is the 
stigma. (This shelf may not drop down to its horizontal 
position until the flower has been open a few hours.) Under- 
neath the stigma is a stamen with its pollen-bearing anther; 
however, not all anthers have pollen. When pollenizing, the 
flower should be fresh with the stigma firm and not wilted. 
HYBRIDIZING IRISES 
MAUNA LOA (Berry) 
A tall, large flowered well-branched iris of decided merit. The 
reddish Howers are very conspicuous in the garden. It is of Mes- 
opotamica parentage and flourishes in California. 4 feet. 
35c; 3 for 75c; 12 for $2.00 
MELDORIC (Ayres) 
The demand for this iris is such that dealers have difficulty in 
maintaining a sufficient supply. The deep blue-black flowers with 
their rich golden brown beards add a deep note of contrast to the 
garden picture and yet in spite of the deep rich color, Meldoric 
possesses a luminosity unequalled by most other dark toned irises. 
21% feet. 50c; 3 for $1.00 
MISS CALIFORNIA (Salbach) 
The new blended lilac-pink from the Salbach gardens. A cross of 
Dauntless and Desert Gold, this iris is in the same color range as 
China Maid. Vigorous growth, good shape, and large firm-textured 
flowers. 3 feet. $1.00 
MISSOURI (Grinter) 
The 1937 Dykes Medal winner. A little darker than Sierra Blue 
and not so blue in tone as Shining Waters and Early Mass. There is 
considerable purplish-brown in the haft. The newly opened flowers 
have good substance and the falls flare nicely. 3 feet. 
60c; 3 for $1.50 
MME. LOUISE AUREAU (Cayeux) 
A striking plicata of silver white, heavily dotted and sanded with 
rosy heliotrope. A very free bloomer with large flaring flowers on 
214-foot stems. $1.00 
MODOC CEssig) 
This remarkable iris has a velvety depth of color that is unsur- 
passed. It gives the effect of being almost black, although in reality 
it is a very deep rich purple mixed with shades of dark brown. 
Very large flowers and is a striking iris. 24% feet.  25c; 3 for 50c 
MOHRSON (C. G. White) 
For many years iris hybridizers throughout the country tried, 
without results, to produce a William Mohr seedling. Mr. C. G 
White was the first to meet with success in this endeavor, and has 
given us Mohrson. Being a cross of William Mohr by a pogon iris, 
Mohrson is but one-fourth oncocyclus. It is a charming and unusual 
iris, more vigorous than its parent, and showing unmistakably some 
of the desired oncocyclus characteristics. 
The flowers are simply enormous, with standards a rich, clear, 
deep violet with a cockled and varnished surface and ruffled edges. 
The color in the falls is effected by close veins and is a beautiful 
shade of violet. 2% feet. 15c; 3 for $2.00 
Now with a pair of tweezers remove the stamen from one 
flower, say Depute Nomblot, and with it lightly touch each 
of the three stigmas of the other variety, say Happy Days, 
rubbing off some pollen from the anther. After crossing, write 
upon a small paper price tag what you have crossed, that is, 
Happy Days x Depute Nomblot. Slip the string of the tag 
around the base of the flower, between the flower and the 
stem, for your record. Then you must wait to see if a seed 
pod forms. If it does, in about eight or ten weeks, when it 
begins to split open, take out the seed, dry for several days, 
and then put them in an envelope. Label the envelope just 
as you did the tag, that is, Happy Days x Depute Nomblot, 
and give it a number. Put aside until early fall. 
Herein California we plant in open ground in a seed bed, 
but the planting can also be done in pots or in a cold frame. 
Plant the seed about one inch deep, and one inch apart, 
marking each lot of seed from a given cross with the number 
already given, recording the number and cross for which 
they stand in a small note book. 

The following spring when the seed has germinated and 
grown to plants six or eight inches high, transplant into the 
open ground. With good care, many of these seedlings will 
bloom the second year from seed. 
We shall be glad to have you write us regarding your 
results and we hope that you too may have the thrill of 
originating some fine new varieties. 


