INTRODUCING 
Aladdin’s Wish A. L. Murawska, River Grove, finer 
In new iris true originality whether in a novel new pattern or in color is a 
comparatively rare occurrence. Generally an iris can be compared to another for 
a particular similarity. The striking difference in Aladdin’s Wish is the unimitated 
pattern of coloring which stamps this iris as one alone. Singular is the unex- 
pected new manner of coloring. The whole flower is a lovely shade of dulcet 
medium blue with brushings of cream radiating through the flower like the first 
rays of sun breaking through a lightly overcast dawn. The coloring is brushed 
rather than blended or perceptibly fading from one color to another. So uncom- 
mon is the configuration it is immediately noticed. It is individually different 
from any iris and should not be visualized as any type of a plicata nor is its color- 
ing similar to the borderline white-blue or blue-white iris as White Wedgewood. 
In all our experience with iris we have never seen an iris like this. The flowers 
are very large, broad full standards and copiously formed falls; tall, 36 inch 
branched stems, good substance. Price, each $15.00 
Black Forest Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, St. Paul, Minn. 
One of our ultimate aims in hybridizing iris is to try and develop an iris “‘black 
as pitch.”’ For years we have been experimenting toward this goal. At the same 
time we have been gathering and comparing the darkest iris created by other 
breeders. Our Black Forest is the most striking development we have flowered. 
It is several registers darker and deeper in color than any named variety we grow. 
Fresh blooms of Sable, Black Valor, Ethiop Queen and other famous blacks are 
all definitely lighter toned when compared directly. In color it is a rich, silky, 
ebon blue-black. The over-all effect with the blue beard and solid haft is truly 
like the sable vested night. For so deep a color it is bright and gleaming, decidedly 
not a dull iris. The flowers are medium sized, the stem is not tall, about 33 inches. 
Very well substanced flowers with firmly held standards and just a pleasant 
modified flare to nicely proportioned falls. No marking in the haft. A real mono- 
tone in the deepest coloring of any iris. Price, each 825.00 
Dinah Shore Tom Williams (The Old Dirt Dobber), Nashville, Tenn. 
A resplendent and enchanting honey-orange shaded iris. Deeper than Stardom 
and lighter than Tobacco Road with more pure golden overlay on the honey-tan 
standards and falls. A pure self. A well known Eastern critic rates it as the 
finest honey-orange. Ideal branching. The plants are vigorous, 38 inch branched 
stems with four perfectly spaced blooms open at one time. Foliage is well bal- 
anced. An iris of great ornamental value. This fine iris is the latest release of 
The Old Dirt Dobber whose program The Garden Gate on the Columbia Broad- 
casting System is a popular program with gardeners. Many of our friends wrote 
us mentioning they had listened to the program when this lovely iris was dedi- 
cated to the personable radio star, Miss Dinah Shore. Price, each 815.00 
El Morocco Joseph Becherer, St. Louis, Missouri 
A beautiful opal-pink iris whose broad rounded petals and heavy leather-like 
substance quickly attracts attention. A self, the flower is closest to an opal 
shade of pink. It is a descendant of that fine iris Angelus being larger and some- 
what earlier blooming with a better branched stem. Very few outstanding iris 
are in existence in this class and we offer this variety as a fine addition. 36 inches. 
Price, each 810.00 
