Page 24 IRISES AND DAYLILIES 


EARLY BLOOMING INTERMEDIATE IRIS 
If you have been growing only the tall-bearded varieties of iris, the time will 
come when you will wish that you could stretch the season out longer. There IS a 
way to extend the iris season and the way to do it is—BACKWARD. 
... To really begin at the beginning you should have some dwarf iris, which start to 
bloom a month or so before the tall-bearded. But our purpose, on this page, is to 
interest you in the early-blooming intermediates. It is necessary to stress the term 
“early-blooming” because of the confusion which has resulted from also using the 
designation “intermediate” in describing a low growing tall-bearded iris. The latter is 
not a true intermediate except in relation to height. ; 
The EARLY BLOOMING INTERMEDIATES are, generally speaking, the result 
of crossing dwarfs with tall bearded varieties and such hybrids are between the two 
in size, height and blooming season. Their height is between 16 and 28 inches and 
they have an unusual vivid clearness of coloring, altho the color range is much 
more limited than among the later flowering tall-bearded varieties. 
The intermediates are doubly valuable because they bloom at a period when there 
is a definite lull in the garden. Daffodils and spring-flowering shrubs are through 
blooming and altho tulips bloom at this time, these are not happy everywhere and 
inclined to die out. Intermediate iris, on the other hand, have rugged constitutions 
and are generous in the profusion of bloom. The culture is the same as that of the 
tall-bearded. 
As an extra dividend, some of these intermediates bloom again in the fall, if 
conditions are favorable, which implies that the plants are not allowed to become 
crowded, that moisture has been sufficient for new growth and that the fall tempera- 
tures hold favorable for this second crop of flowers. 
LIST OF INTERMEDIATE IRIS 
KOCHINETTE— (Kirkland 1934) ae 
ABELARD—(H. Sass 1934) Salmony rose 
standards. Copper red falls..........-.. pou 
ALICE HORSEFALL—(H. Sass 1932) 
Large velvety claret purple. -....... $ .30 
AUTUMN FROST—(Schreiner 1936) 
Finest early white but refuses to bloom 
inathe fall Nera... ee $ .30 
AUTUMN HAZE—(H. Sass 1934) Large, 
tall soft lavender. One of the most re- 
liable fall bloomers here. .............. SesO0 
AUTUMN KING—(H. Sass 1924) Laven- 
der-blue in two tones, Progenitor of 
fall bloomers. D500 
BLACK HAWK—(Schreiner 1941) Rich 
velvety black-purple with plush-like 
sf: 0 A ER eR. Nuts sia TMM pet ot $1.00 
BOUNTIFUL BLUE — (Hill-Son 1942) 
Profuse bloomer, spring and _ fall. 
VL GORI wOLUG pes eee en ae 
BLACK MAGIC—(Wayman 1935) True 
purple fall bloomer. Eleanor Roosevelt 
TOCOPTUICO DS cae see a ee ia tae ee Dero. 
CHALLENGER—(J. Sass 1929) Large 
Geep, purplew ees See eee waar $ .30 
DORCAS HUTCHESON—(McDade 1933) 
Pansy violet self. Fall bloomer..... Sisco 
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT—(H. Sass-Mc- 
Dade 1933) True purple of great te 
tensity, Reliable fall bloomer......... $ 
GENTIUS—(H. Sass 1934) Bluish violet 
and deeper royal purple. ................ $ .30 
GLADSONG—(H. Sass 1942) Yellow- 
ground plicata adapted to fall bloom- 
Fhe gig. RRR Na eereir Be atta ihe hag oh? ok bled Bee $1.00 
GOLDEN WEST—(J. Sass 1934) Fine 
empire and wax yellow with gold 
beard. 5 . 
purple with flaring falls. -............... $ 
MARINE WAV E—(Schreiner 1941) 
Solid, uniform medium deep blue. Blue 
beard. $1.00 
NYMPH—(H. Sass 1927) Deep yellow 
with rich golden beard. Fine garden 
value, $-.30 
OCTOBER BLAZE—(McDade 1935) 
Large purple-red adapted to fall 
blooming. ....2...2...-2. ee $030 
PESHAWAR— (Schreiner 1937) A vigor- 
ous onco-bred that should be in every 
garden. Rich brown-purple and dotted 
deeper. Dshand 
RED ORCHID—(J. Sass 1934) Violet- 
carmine self with velvet falls. Splen- 
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CG i. socennnssadecconcesctadcuai ve Jarome $ 
RUBY GLOW—(Schreiner 1941) Richest 
and reddest intermediate. .............. $1.50 
SANGREAL—(J. Sass 1935) Fine chrome 
and citron yellow fall bloomer..... $ .30 
SEPTEMBER SKIES—(Sass-Hill 1933) 
True purple, lighter than Eleanor 
Roosevelt and adapted to fall blooming. 
$ .30 
Fiery deep 
> sao 
SPAR K—(Nicholls 1931) 
brick-red. 
SPRING GLOW—(Schreiner 1942) 
Finely formed rich maroon brown. 
$1.00 
SUSA—(H. Sass 1934) Intense rich red- 
purple with purple beard. ............ $ .30 
ULTR A—(H. Sass 1926) Ultramarine 
blue with flaring falls. Fall bloomer. 
$ .30 
WHITE AUTUMN KING—(H. Sass 1935) 
Dependable white fall bloomer..... $ .30 
