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Spindrift (Loomis 1944) ML. 36”. 
Here is an iris which is one of the most remarkable color breaks in iris development. It is a translucent, 
delicate sea shell or coral pink in color. . . truly exceptional. Significant because of its very close 
approximation to true pink, a color that has hitherto long eluded the hybridizer. A perfect 
self of very pleasing form and excellent substance, non-fading and fresh toned to the end. A striking 
feature accented by the lovely ethereal pink shades is a deep tangerine colored beard both startling and 
stunning individually as well as in combination with the pink petals. 
This break in coloring is a landmark in iris development. It has been adjudged the finest of an entire 
series of seedlings that has created so much attention to this race of hybrids of Dr. Loomis’. It has been 
tested widely and reviewed under its seedling number TQ 70 and its blossoming has attracted as much 
attention as any single iris in years. The stems are stiff and willowy standing the weather well; it is 
well branched. We offer this iris because it is so utterly unique. It is one of the most visable forward 
strides made by a hybridizer in the last 20 years toward pink. Price, each $15.00 
Suez (Schreiner 1944) M. 33”. 
In Swez we have an unusual oriental colored iris of great merit. It is a descendent of that remarkable 
iris William Mohr. Suez is large, rounded and broad and is a rich shade of oriental reddish purple with 
an unusual veining and spotting pattern inherited from both its parents, Wm.Mohr x Mme. Louis Aureau. 
Important is the fact that Swez is the first of the race of pogo-cyclus iris, to which family of hybrids 
Wm.Mobr belongs, that yields fertile pollen and is capable of setting seed as well. In fact it sets seed 
to its own pollen and is of undoubted merit as it should to be an invaluable stud for plant hybridizing. 
This iris as a garden plant is most satisfying. We have found it to be one of the easiest of this entire series 
to grow. A fancier’s iris that we were most agreeably surprised to find in our seedling bed. 
Price, each #15.00 
Russet Mantle (Schreiner 1944) EM. 38”. 
This splendid iris eclipses any like-colored variety and is a fine performer. There are not many iris 
in the true brown and russet class. They either veer toward the red side or toward the purple side which 
gives them a more sombre cast. The exceptional beauty of this iris is the clarity and glow of its colors, 
smoothly applied, and a notable lack of venation. The flaring elegance of this iris is most easily pictured 
as a more brilliant colored Shirvan, done more volubly and smoothly. Standards soft buff, falls rich garnet 
brown. The appreciable improvement is not only in color value but in its ideal candelabra branched stem 
that proudly carries several open blooms at once. It is one of the most effective garden iris and 1s equally 
of value as a close up flower. Price, each $15.00 
Lamplight (Schreiner 1944) M. 34”. 
Competition in the blend class is very keen. There is always the question of whether there is such 
a thing as the one finest blend, pink or red iris. This iris is colored just as the name implies, a tranquil 
flesh, buff, coppery self with a lamplight glow. The flower possesses lots of style and is lovely because 
its color is softly and deftly combined in a harmonious whole. This lovely blend is very heavily sub- 
stanced, a feature we believe is important in order to withstand the many rigors of the weather. 
Price, each ®15.00 

If it is permissable at this point to write a word about the future I would like to say that we expect 
to introduce next season an extraordinary addition to that small color class, the near blacks. This new 
iris, which we have named Black Forest, is the first dynamic intensification of dark blue black shades, by 
direct comparison several tones darker than such splendid kinds as Sable, Black Valor and Ethiop Queen. 
There has been considerable discussion as to whether the above named varieties were not the ultimate 
in color depth but this new seedling we believe is a further advance. We are withholding this iris so we 
can propagate more stock before we offer it for general distribution. No roots will be sent out this season. 
We insert these notes on Black Forest to report to those people who have written us about this iris, 
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