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WE PRESENT 170 MODERN BEARDED IRIS TO REPRESENT 
A LIVING SPECTRUM 
IN RHYTHMIC TRANSITION FROM COLOR TO COLOR 
COLOR CLASSES. The following comprehensive listing in 28 
RAINBOW COLOR CLASSES, instead of the customary alpha- 
betical system, includes both the new creations of many hy- 
bridizers and the standard time-tested sorts. Varieties in each 
color group are in order of the year of introduction to simplify 
your selection of varieties to grace your garden. 
_ Alphabetical Index on page 25 
Collections on pages 13 and 14 
SYMPOSIUM. To aid you in recognizing the outstanding va- 
rieties, we have analyzed the last (1945) Judges SYMPOSIUM 
of the American Iris Society. This is conducted annually by 
Kenneth D. Smith, and shows today’s list of the 100 best iris 
that have been distributed sufficiently to be generally available 
for the Judges to see. In each of our color classes we have 
pointed out those varieties that attained the distinction of a 
place in this list of Iris aristocrats. Since most color classes 
contain only a very few SYMPOSIUM Iris, it is indeed an honor 
for a variety to achieve this coveted position. Most of these 
varieties are not only new and scarce, but obviously in great de- 
mand. If you desire any of them, an immediate order is im- 
perative. 
AWARDS. To help its members to know which Iris are best, 
the American Iris Society makes regular separations of ‘‘the 
wheat from the chaff’’, and we note in our descriptions the va- 
rieties to which this Society has recently given its awards. The 
annual DYKE’S MEDAL represents the pinnacle of Iris fame, 
and only slightly below this are the AWARDS OF MERIT, and 
next, those receiving HONORABLE MENTION. 
CHROMOSOME NUMBERS. Chromosomes constitute the physi- 
cal basis for heredity and the transmission of characteristics 
from one generation to the next. Nearly all of the Iris varieties 
that we list are tetraploids, having 48 chromosomes (double the 
usual number), and the accompanying large flowers and vigor 
of growth. Why be content with the old-fashioned 24-chromo- 
some diploids, when you can get tetraploids? Hybridizers should 
know the chromosome numbers for the varieties with which they 
are working. Some varieties are triploids, or even pentaploids, 
and are of little value in breeding. We will be only too glad to 
help you. 
EXPLANATION. For every variety we show who originated it 
and when it was introduced. Following this you will find useful 
information on the season of bloom, and height in inches. VE = 
Very early; E = Early; EM = Early-midseason; M = Midseason; 
ML = Midseason-late; L= Late; VL = Very late. 
SHIPPING TIME. Bearded Iris are best shipped in summer and 
early fall. We start shipping as soon as rhizomes are mature, in 
late June or early July, and continue until about the end of 
September. We normally ship orders in rotation in the order in 
which received. Early orders are, therefore, sent first. If special 
circumstances require that your order be shipped at a particular 
time, we will do our best to accommodate you, and will ship any 
time from June 1 to November 30. If you plant in late fall in 
a cold region, the planting should be adequately mulched. Full 
cultural directions sent with all orders. Stocks are complete 
when each yearly catlog is mailed, but if you delay in ordering, 
we may be sold out of many of the varieties that you want. 
We turn you now into Our spectroscopic pasture of Iris at 
the end of the Rainbow, to browse to your heart’s content. 
THE ORCHID - PINKS 
ILLUSION (Kleinsorge 1943) VL—30". A member of that 
exclusive clan, the descendants of the original pogocyclus hybrid, 
» WILLIAM MOHR. Much resembling its seed-parent ORMOHR, 
but colored an ethereal orchid-pink, with tawny brown over- 
lay. Valuable also because it is the latest to bloom. $7.50 
ORCHID LADY (Salbach 1943). See page 3. $5.00 
RIDING HIGH (Lapham 1940) M—32”. A large deep lav- 
ender-pink from Lapham who has given us so many fine pinks 
and reds. $1.00 
FRIEDA MOHR (Mohr-Mitchell 1926) L—44’’. Today's most 
popular Iris. Though originated many years ago, and hence very 
low in price, this is still recognized as an aristocrat, and is prob- 
ably to be found in more gardens than any other modern Iris. 
Really a bi-color, this beauty has standards of soft lavender 
and falls of deep lilac-rose. No Iris collection is complete with- 
out this. One of the very few triploid Iris, having 36 chromo- 
somes. 35c, 3 for 90c 

4 “What skillful limner e’er would choose To paint the rainbow’s varying hues, 
Unless to mortal it were given To dip his brush in dyes of heaven?” 
Scott: Idyls of the King. 
