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DUBROVNIK (Williamson 1938) M. 36 in. 
An outstanding beauty in deep phlox pur- 
ple, richly touched with gold, as colorful 
and lovely as the Jugoslavian city for 
which it is named. Its splendid form, 
silky texture and brilliant garden effect 
make it a great favorite. A blue blaze on 
the falls heightens its distinction. The 
plants are strong growing and free flow- 
ering. H. M. 1940, Per. R. 88, 1940 $2.50 
E. B. WILLIAMSON (P. Cook 1937) M. 36 
in. A very fine copper red self of smooth, 
even coloring without a trace of blue or 
purple. The flowers are large and of full, 
rounded form, well spaced on the widely 
branched stalks. We consider it well 
worthy of its many awards and honors 
and recommend jit very highly. The 
strong plants grow and increase well and 
bloom profusely. Gold Medal, Rome, 
TOs embiee Nel oos eA «| 9o9!tber-R: 90; 
1939. $2.00 
ELLA WINCHESTER (Grinter 1935) M. 
38 in. A well groomed and handsome iris 
of rich, glossy raisin purple. The color 
is very dark but warm and glowing—the 
wide hafts are smooth and rich in brown 
mahogony. The plants are small but per- 
fectly hardy and bloom very freely al- 
though the increase is not great. A well 
established clump is a joy in any garden. 
H2M. 1936, Per. R. 88; 1933: 50c 
ELSA SASS (H. P. Sass 1939) M. 36 in. 
A frosty dish piled high with lemon ice! 
Few irises have created more enthusiastic 
approval than this delicately tinted 
beauty. Its charmingly ruffled petals are 
of pure pale lemon yellow with a slightly 
deeper beard and a central area of white 
on the falls. The plants are hardy and 
vigorous in growth, blooming and iucrea-- 
ing freely. A high spot in any garden 
and a sure winner on the show bench. As 
proof of its wide popularity, sixty eight 
judges rated it last year giving it a Per. 
R. of 89, 1940. H. M. 1939. $10.00 
ETHIOP QUEEN (Schreiner 1938) M. 34 
in. Well named is this dusky queen of 
almost sooty blackness. It is practically 
a self with standards of deep black purple 
and falls of pansy black with a velvety 
texture. The thin but strong stalks are 
well branched, the plant growth quite 
good. R. 85, 1940. $3.50 
EXCLUSIVE (Grant 1935) M. 35 in. A 
lovely iris of powder blue that gains in 
popularity every year. No other iris has 
quite its air of serenity and refinement, 
due to its graceful form and subtly blend- 
ed tones of blue. The plants are strong 
and hardy and bloom very freely. It is 
sweetly fragrant. H. M. 1937, A. M. 1939, 
Per. R. 90, 1938. $1.0) 
EXTRAS !! 
FAIR ELAINE (Mitchell 1938) M. 40 in. 
“Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable” is 
as true of this flower as of the Lily Maid. 
It is one of the new and popular bitone 
yellows and is delightfully fresh and allur- 
ing. The standards are of rich cream, 
the falls of clear pinard yellow with a 
light cadmium beard. Sixty judges rated it 
last year giving it a Per. R. of 89 for 1940. 
ELROD See Awe eh 43 $10.00 
FLORA CAMPBELL (Hill 1940) M. 38 in. 
A newcomer that will soon take a high 
place among the warm brown reds—a 
most valuable class in the garden picture. 
Mr. Hill has taken the rich tones of King 
Tut and blended them by several gen- 
erations of breeding into the smooth and 
glowing coppery red of this flower. The 
ripe warmth of a cling peach seems subt- 
ly infused giving it a luscious richness. 
The plants are of sturdy growth and good 
blooming habits. H. M. 1940. $6.00 
GALLANT LEADER (Wiesner-Nesmith 
1939) M. L. 40 in. This fine, large, bronze 
red has become widely known. and greatly 
admired. The broad and well arched stand- 
ards are of deep rose red, the wide falls 
are of velvety maroon touched with cop- 
pery gold at the haft. A tall, imposing 
flower of great garden value, a better and 
brighter Depute Nomblot. The fragrance, 
substance, branching and plant growth 
are all very pleasing. H. M. 1939, Per R. 
88, 1940. $5.00 
GARDEN MAGIC (Grinter 1936) M. 40 in. 
A gorgeous iris of deep, rich mahogany 
red. Since critics have learned to look 
for the beauty in so-called red irises in- 
stead of just argu.ng as to which is the 
reddest, they have come to really appre- 
ciate some of these warm and glowing 
dark reds. To me they are far more 
beautiful and surely of more value in the 
garden picture than spectrum reds. This 
is a grand flower in any language. There 
is no color plate in Ridgway that exactly 
matches it. It is between oxblood red 
and Bordeaux but not as brown as mahog- 
any red in this chart. lt is almost a self 
—the color in the standards being almost 
as deep as that of the wide velvety falls. 
An excellent feature is the smoothness of 
color at the haft—a rich overlay of brown- 
er red at the sides of the golden beard in- 
stead of the veining which mars so many 
dark irises. It has a well groomed and 
finished air—an enameled or lacquered 
texture—and is a superior iris in the gar- 
den or on the show bench. Although not 
a very fast increaser it is perfectly hardy 
and has dependable growing and bloom- 
ing habits: It is richly fragrant. Ho’ M: 
1937, Per. R. 89, 1939. $3.00 
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