FALL BLOOMING IRISES 
We are proud to take some credit for 
popularizing Fall Blooming Irises, an 
important new branch of the Iris fam- 
ily. Several years experience in hand- 
ling fall bloomers has shown conclu- 
sively that they will produce two crops 
of bloom per year over a wide area of 
the country. They are at their best 
in the South where they furnish an 
almost continuous’ succession of 
bloom. In fact a Southern customer 
reports at least one bloom open every 
day in the year from one of our $1 
collections. However, with care and 
attention fall bloom can be had as far 
North as New England and some of 
the Northern states. Last fall we had 
a fine show with many hundreds of 
blooms, beginning in September and 
lasting until freezing weather in No- 
vember. The fall bloomers are of un- 
questioned hardiness even in the 
North and are of value for their 
color to the intermediate season. New 
varieties are adding to the color range 
and bringing increased size and 
height. Good growing conditions and 
adequate moisture throughout the 
growing season produce the rapid 
growth necessary for maturing the 
second crop of bloom. Frequent trans- 
planting is advisable as crowded 
plants do not have a chance to re- 
bloom. 
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AUTUMN ELF (Brown, 1935)—This 
variety has re-bloomed throughout the 
summer and fall in the originators 
garden in Massachusetts. Standards 
olive cream, domed and ruffled; falls 
lavender with cream edge, flaring; 
fragrant 
AUTUMN FLAME (Sass)—A sensa- 
tional new fall bloomer of very large 
size and heavy substance, deep toned 
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AUTUMN FROST (Schreiner, 1934)— 
A seedling of Moonlight with much 
the same warm white tone. It is the 
largest and tallest white fall bloomer 
$0.25 
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AUTUMN HAZE (H. Sass, 1934)—This 
tall fall bloomer has been both early 
and persistent in its long blooming 
habit and marks a real advance over 
fine old Autumn King. In effect it is 
an attractive soft lavender of fine 
form: and laree’size = eee ne $0.15 
AUTUMN KINS (H. Sass, 1924—The 
real progenitor of the race of rebloom- 
ers. Typical lavender blue bicolor of 
splendid form, a good seed bearer $0.15 
AUTUMN KING, JR.—A redder Aut- 
umn King 
AUTUMN QUEEN (H. Sass, 1926)— 
The most persistent of all rebloomers, 
giving some bloom every month from 
summer to fall. It is a pure white of 
exceptional form, the finest white 
dwarf 
AUTUMN SUNSET (Lapham 1939)— 
This fine and large blended pink 
brings a delightful new color tone to 
the reblooming section—and it has in- 
herited quality and vigor from two re- 
cent Dykes Medal Winners — both 
strong growers and free bloomers. 
Rosy Wings and Rameses ....... $3.00 
BOUNTIFUL BLUE (Hill-Son 1942)— 
This is not a flower to take to an Iris 
show and yet it is so profuse with 
bloom that it is distinctly showy and 
makes a great mass of true blue color 
in early spring, late summer and 
fall 
DORCAS HUTCHESON (Sass-McDade, 
1933)—-An early and persistent pansy 
violet self. Semi-dwarf, up to 20 
inches 
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (Sass - Mac- 
Dade, 1933)—-This variety was award- 
ed the: Hutcheson Gold Medal for the 
best fall bloomer of its year. It is a 
deep fluorite purple self of fine carry- 
ing power and has given us a full 
month of bloom in the spring and in 
favorable seasons three full months in 
the fale oe ok pee ese eee $0.15 
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