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1947 Personality Parade 
This is a group of irises that have been selling under number to garden visitors. 
So many people have urged us to name them, even suggested names for them that 
here they are— 
CONGO PRINCESS (Whiting 1947) No. 4088 (RUBEO X SMOLDER) L. 36 inches. 
Deep red purple with a smooth enamel finish. $1.00 
CYNTHIA ANN PARKER (Whiting-Crow 1947) No. 403 (SHINING WATERS X 
GLORIOLE) E. M. 36 inches. Clear, light blue with a brilliant yellow beard. It 
1s a sister seedling of FROSTY BLUE and has been much admired here and in 
other gardens. Mrs. Ray will co-introduce. $1.00 
GALLANT LADY (Whiting 1947) No. 4338 ((PURISSIMA X MATULA) X WHITE 
GODDESS) M. 40 in. This is a great favorite of ours and came very near to being 
introduced at a high price. The flowers are very large, beautifully ruffled, car- 
ried on tall, strong stalks. The color is a soft, pastel lavender blue. $1.00 
JANE OPPEL (Whiting-Swanman 1947) No. 4126 (MIDWEST GEM X PRAIRIE 
SUNSET) M. 36 inches. This iris was named by the Duluth Iris Society in mem- 
ory of the late Mrs. Robert J. Oppel who had meant so much to them. Under No. 
4126, it had been her favorite iris in her garden. It is a glowing pink and gold 
ee with a central lighting of golden yellow. Described under number in Bull. 
65. $1.00 
KING HIGH (Whiting 1947) No. 4273 (SKY HIGH X SNOWKING) M. L. 50 in. 
In 1940 a strange iris appeared in our seedling row from (SENSATION X HAPPY 
DAYS). It was a large flowered blue that stood 55 to 60 inches tall, when it stood. 
Mostly it twisted so we planted it along a fence and called it SKY HIGH, the 
climbing iris. We crossed it with SNOWKING and got this tall white which we 
named KING HIGH. It is still too tall but is a good white iris and so many people 
have been interested in it, especially for breeding, that we offer it for sale. $1.00 
MEXIA (Whiting-Crow) No. 426 (MATULA X CHINA MAID) E. M. 34 inches. 
Mrs. E. L. Crow of Mexia, Texas, named this one. It is deep copper rose, similar 
to THREE OAKS, and has been sold under number to hundreds of visitors. Mrs. 
Ray also lists. $1.00 
ROSEMARY (Whiting 1947) No. 4232 (MARISHA X MOROCCO ROSE) M. 38 in. 
A large, fresh toned orchid pink that we have long been urged to name. We have 
used it considerably in breding for pinker pinks. $1.00 
SPRING CHEER (Whiting 1947) No. 4012 (MATULA X HAPPY DAYS) M. 34 in. 
This has large, creamy yellow flowers, flushed with pale blue on the falls. The 
haft is delicately patterned with golden brown markings. $1.00 
In order that many may have new irises at low cost, we are offering any 6 of the above for $5.00. 
Or all 8 of them, plus any 4 other irises in the catalog that are priced at $1.00 each, 12 in 
all, for $10.00 



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