
TALL BEARDED IRIS 
From My Farms in the Famous Yakima Valley 
Our great tribe of modern Tall Bearded Iris is like a World Congress—Congress 
of Beauty and Garden Splendour: ‘‘Pallida” from the Southern Tyrol; “‘Albicans”’ 
from Arabia and Spain; ‘‘Variegata” from Serbia and Bulgaria, and the neighbor- 
hood of Vienna; ‘““Kashmuriana” from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and the fragrant 
Vale of Kashmir; “‘Trojana”’ from the Troad; ‘‘Mesopitamica”’ from Armenia; 
“Cypriana” from Cyprus, and “Ricardi” from Syria. All these and many others 
have been fetched from the loveliest natural garden spots of the world, and bred 
and cultivated, hybridized and blended, into the bewildering array of our modern 
brilliant, stately, superb, and luxurious Tall Bearded Irises. Hybridizers in friendly 
competition have striven intensively to outdo one another in the production of new 
and unique varieties, of enormous size and height, in new colors, forms, and tex- 
tures, with fragrance to outdo the lily and the rose, until today no flower approach- 
es the Irises in their combinations of these desirable qualities. The pedigrees of some 
of these splendid varieties are so far reaching, so complex, that seeds from a single 
pod of varieties fertilized with pollen from their own flowers will produce blooms 
in all the colors of the solar spectrum. The surpassing beauty of these latest cre- 
ations will thrill you like the glories of a golden, roseate, and opalescent sunset, 


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Sierre Blue 
FOR A COMPLETE 
COLLECTION OF 
THE WORLD’S FINEST 
TALL BEARDED IRIS 
SEE PAGES 7 TO 29 
OF MY IRIS AND PEONY 
CATALOGUE 

oA WELL displayed collection of these MASTERPIECES will win 
you the capital prize in any show, and many of the other prizes 
in their classes. They represent my personal selections of potential 
100% Prize Winners from several thousand varieties that I have grown. 
If you already own some of them you are well acquainted with the sur- 
passing quality of the whole group, and you will welcome the opportunity 
to acquire others. If, however, you have yet to make their acquaintance 
but do not wish to purchase the entire collection, you may freely make 
your own selections with every assurance that each one is the finest, in 
its own class. The collection includes 10 Winners of the Dykes Memorial 
Medal, a coveted international honor awarded only for the finest Iris 
of the Year. The others are all Championship varieties. 
Alice Harding—40 in. DYKES MEDAL WINNER. A magnificent 
large primrose yellow with a smooth satiny texture. 25c. 
Beotie—48 in. A new and unique color in Iris, being elephant gray, 
flushed taupe. A very attractive Iris, 25c. 
Blue Monarch—40 in. A superb soft blue of gigantic size, with as many 
as 15 flowers to a stem. One of the very best in this color. 20c. 
Constance Meyer—40 in. AWARDED TWO SILVER MEDALS in 
England, where it originated and where it is considered the finest pink 
toned Iris originated to date. 20c. 
Crystal Beauty—50 in, Very early and very tall new gleaming snow 
white that stands shoulder high. The tallest and one of the most out- 
standing of all white Iris. 20c. 
Dauntless—40 in. DYKES MEDAL WINNER. One of the finest and 
purest red toned Irises. Sold for $35 for a single plant just a few 
years ago. 25c. 
Depute Nomblot—48 in. DYKES MEDAL WINNER. Standards 
copper-red flushed golden-bronze. Falls rich claret-crimson. 25c. 
Ethelwyn Dubuar—328 in. One of the finest and largest new pink tones. 
A gigantic flower. 20c. 
G. P. Baker—48 in. AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL, ALSO THE 
DYKES MEMORIAL MEDAL. A superb canary yellow, perfect in 
every way, each flower stalk profusely branched. A Masterpiece. 20c. 
Cup een 
OF GORGEOUS TALL BEARDED IRIS 
Carefully made up of varieties not listed above, but of superb 
quality, so that one may order both groups without a chance 
of duplication. The term ‘“‘Surprise’’ is used advisedly, for the 
collection contains some of the most celebrated of the world’s 
favorite varieties. One is thrice a Medal Winner, and record- 
breaker thereby; and there is a rare and radiant bronze, a de- 
lightful orchid pink, a flaming fiery red, a fragrant lavender 
giant, and other sensational and unique varieties. You will 
find it a happy surprise indeed! 
16 Varieties — My Selection es 
ALL DIFFERENT 
Each Separately Labeled 
These will be sent to you direct 
from my Iris Ranch at 
for they dim the radiance of tropical butterflies with their jeweled splendor. 
FIVE-STAR 10096 PRIZE WINNERS—EVERY ONE A CHALLENGER! 
Gudrun—42 in. Early. Awarded the DYKES MEDAL in England. 
Superb snow white of massive size. The largest white and by many 
considered the best. 35¢. 
Happy Days—44 in. The Hybridizer’s dream come true. A mammoth 
sized deep yellow as large as the giant Nene with an unusual glistening 
finish and deep orange beard. 35c. 
Jean Cayeux—36 in. Winner of the DYKES MEMORIAL MEDAL in 
France. A marvelous blending of Havanna and Copper brown. 50c. 
Liberty Bell—30 in. A giant ‘‘Plicata.”” Awarded FIRST PRIZE at the 
Boston show. I paid $50.00 each for my original stock of Liberty Bell. 
White with a red toned feather-stitch. 20c. 
Meldoric—50 in. Early. Generally considered the finest purple Iris in- 
troduced to date. Flowers of huge size. 25c. Sy 
Nene—38 in. THIS VERY STUNNING IRIS IS THE WORLD’S 
LARGEST IRIS AND ONE OF THE FINEST INTRODUCED 
TO-DATE. The huge flowers sometimes measure 9 inches long, with 
petals of heavy kid-like substance. The Standards are soft lilac and 
the Falls rich old-rose, the general effect being red. Now that it can be 
had at such a nominal price it should be in every garden. 25c. 
Peaches—32 in. A new and surprisingly beautiful novelty in yellow and 
lilac, with coppery brown network. 20c. 
Rameses—42 in. DYKES MEDAL WINNER. A superb flower in a 
blending of Tourmaline Pink and soft yellow. A prodigious bloomer. 20c. 
San Francisco—44 in. DYKES MEDAL WINNER. Huge white with 
a feather-stitch edging of lavender blue. Sold a few years ago at $35.00 
for a single plant. 20c. 
Sierre Blue—50 in. Awarded DYKES MEDAL in the United States. 
Finest Deep Blue introduced to date. A real champion, 50c. 
Vert Gallant—50 in. DYKES MEDAL winner in France. The most 
prodigious bloomer of any Iris I have ever seen, producing 4 to 5 
powers stalks to a single rhizome. Soft rose and dahlia carmine 
end. 35c. 













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