1946 INTRODUCTIONS 
MISSION MADONNA, (Essig, 1946) EM 40”. This soft creamy white 
has very large flowers, with heavy substance and well rounded form. The 
standards and falls have fascinating picoted edges that make the bloom 
quite different from any other creamy white. The ground color is white 
with a flush of creamy yellow on the haft coming down to the tip of a full 
yellow beard. H.C. Rating of 89 in 1945. Hardy. $15.00 

IRIS ORIGINATIONS BY LYELL 
For 1947, LEADING LADY, one of tre finest things we have yet seen in 
iris. Her standards are a medium yellow a bit darker than Golden Fleece 
and the falls are white with a band of yellow the same color as the stand- 
ards. It grows over 36 inches and has the most nearly perfect branching 
of any iris we have seen anywhere. It bloomed over a four week period 
this spring. Don’t miss it next year. 
STRATOSPHERE BLUE (Lyell 1946) 38” S. medium blue, F. deep blue 
with a brown patch on each side of the beard. Branching is exceptionally 
fine, the flower is very large and fragrant. This is a blue Iris lovers have 
been waiting for. $12.00 
STRATOLINER (Lyell 1946) 38” A fragrant medium blue self that is 
well branched and an all around beauty. The flowers are large. $12.00 
KEEP ’EM FLYING (Lyell 1948) 88” This is Mr. Lyell’s first introduc- 
tion and is still his favorite. It, like all the iris he thinks worth a name, 
is exceptionally well branched. The branches start well below the center 
of the stalk and carry the flower away from the stalk so that there is no 
bunching of the bloom. The color is a bronzy red blue. He calls it the 
color of the breast of a red pigeon and with the same sheen of the pigeon’s 
feathers. Keep ’Em Flying is a late and a heavy bloomer and the bloom ~ 
seems to improve with age. This is one that should be in every garden. 
$5.00 
