SHANNOPIN (Pillow, ’*40) — Tall- 
growing iris with pink and white ef- 
fect. Standards creamy white, falls 
same with heavy flush of pink. Gold 
at center of flower. Good grower. 
Tall. $2.50 
SHINING WATERS (Essig, 733) — 
Clear, clean, medium to light blue, 
with striking contrast in orange 
beard. Large flowers with flaring 
falls on tall stems. Rated slightly 
tender but usually does well here. H. 
M., A. I. S., 1934; A. M., 1936. $.40 
SHIRVAN (Loomis, ’32) — Glowing 
mahogany brown. S. silky golden 
brown, F. velvety red brown broadly 
margined color of standards. A. M., 
A. I. S., 1936. $.25 
SIERRA BLUE (Essig, ’32)—Soft, 
clear blue self. One of the outstand- 
ing blues. Many large flowers on 
extra tall stalks. Late. Dykes Med- 
al, 1935, A. I. S. 
SIR KNIGHT (Ashley, ’34)—Deep 
violet self, with orange beard. Large 
blooms have domed S. and flaring F. 
Haft unusually broad. A “good doer’’. 
Tall. Midseason. H. M., 1936, fe lk 
Ss. 25 
SIR MICHAEL (Yeld, °25)—S. blue, 
F. red-brown, with orange beard. 
Striking color combination. $.25 
SNOQUALMIE (Brehm, ’38)--One of 
the best of the popular cream-toned 
irises. Deep, even tone. Petals of 
large flowers thick and leathery, falls 
flaring. Very tall. $1.00 
SNOW CARNIVAL (Graves, °42)-—- 
One of the masterpieces in white 
iris. Splendid, striking cold white, 
with large ruffled flowers well plac- 
ed on excellent stems. Perfectly 
hardy here. H. M., A. I. S., 1942; 
A. M., 1944. ~ $6.00 
SNOW FLURRY (Rees, ’39)—Many 
very large blue-white blooms on tall 
stems. Buds tinted blue, opening 
cool white. Beautifully ruffled, with 
falls large and broad. Strong sub- 
stance and long lasting, with delic- 
ious scent. Difficult in North. A. M., 
A. I. S., 1941. $2.00 
SNOWKING (H. P. Sass, ’35)—One 
of the very best whites of the day. 
Glacial purity and regal carriage. 
Huge, well-spaced flowers on strong, 
well branched stems. Hardy and 
vigorous. H. M., A. I. S., 1936; A. 
M., 1937. $.35 
$.35 — 
SOLITUDE (Kleinsorge, ’37)—Som- 
bre blackish-mulberry self. Very 
tall, with profusion of large blooms. 
Late. $.35 
SPINDRIFT (Loomis, 744) — Defi- 
nitely shell pink. One of the most 
decided color breaks in recent years, 
and a great advance on what used. 
to be considered pink in iris. Self 
with glowing tangerine beard. Flow- 
ers and stalk of medium size. Place- 
ment good. H. M., A. I. S., Ae 
7.50 
SPOKAN (J. Sass, ’33)—Deep cop- 
per. Flowers among the largest. H. 
M., 1936, A. I. S. $.35 
SPRING CHIMES (Hall ’43)—Stun- 
ning bronze-gold blend. For color 
alone this attracted more attention 
than anything else in our garden the. 
year it was introduced. Form good, 
substance fair. Branching a little 
high. Variety is a vigorous grower, 
12 
hardy, and floriferous. $2.00 
SPUN GOLD (Glutzbeck, ’40)--Prob- 
ably the most famous yellow. Winner 
of Dykes Medal, A. I. S., 1944. Gleam- 
ing, velvety golden yellow. Huge 
flowers of perfect form have heavy 
substance. Tall, well branched 
stems. Solid color with no shading 
or veining makes this a brilliant iris. 
H. M., A. I. S., 1939; A. M., rrr 
4.00 
STARDOM (Hall, ’41)—An unusual 
and pleasing color that is difficult to 
describe. Close to onion skin pink 
of the color charts, but does not have 
a strong pink tone. Somewhat like 
Prairie Sunset, but brighter. Flower 
is a self, of good form, and medium 
size, on strong stems of medium 
height. Free bloomer, vigorous and 
hardy. H. M., A. I. S., 1940; A. M., 
1943. ~ $1.50 
SUMMER TAN (Kirkland, ’35)—Ex- 
quisite blend of gold, tan, rose and 
olive. Subtle color harmony. More 
interesting as single stalk than in 
clump. $.35 
SUNMIST (Nicholls, 732) — Ruffled - 
creamy white of heavy substance, 
shading at the heart of the flower to 
sunny gold. Even on cloudy days 
this iris seems to be shot through 
with sunlight H. M., A. I. S., 1936. 
_ §.25. 
