1948 IRIS INTRODUCTIONS FROM 
GARDENS OF A. H. HELLER 
Mr. Heller has been hybridizing iris for 15 years, 
with average annual plantings of from 5000 to 10,000 
seedlings from carefully selected crosses. As a result 
he has obtained many new beautiful varieties and 
improvements that have won the acclaim of judges 
and all iris lovers who have seen them. So far, how- 
ever, Mr. Heller has registered very few iris and intro- 
duced only one, namely, GREEN PASTURES (\hiting 
Introduction 1947). Because of repeated reques’s that 
Mr. Heller introduce more of his wonderful seedlings 
we are pleased to offer this year a number of those 
which he and various judges felt had been sufficiently 
tested under various conditions to warrant their intro- 
duction. Some of these iris were first developed a num- 
ber of years ago and a large stock has accumulated 
so that it is possible in such cases to set a low intro- 
ductory price. 
GRECIAN ROBE (Heller 1948) No. 1-5-2383 (Sungold x 
Chosen) x E. B. Williamson) Midseason. 48 inches. In 
1945 Mr. Heller received H. C.’s on three wondertul 
very tall bearded iris, namely GRECIAN ROBE, GREEN 
PASTURES and GOLD BROCADE. Since then all three 
have been fully tried and tested in various paris of 
the United States under different climatic conditions 
and these have repeatedly won Blue Ribbons when 
displayed at various iris shows. Of the three GRECIAN 
ROBE has the most perfect flower and widest falls. 
It is aptly named since it is a creamy white with 
decided gold border on the edges of both falls and 
standards. In this new introduction besides its own 
intrinsic self beauty one could not ask for any better 
breeding stock for substance height and perfect 
branching. Mr. Heller has obtained a number of won- 
derful crosses from this iris. 9 to 12 buds= =. $15.00 
GOLD BROCADE (Heller 1948) (Golden Majesty x 
Radiant) Midseason to Late. 48 inches. Since Mr. 
Heller first developed this iris many deep golds have 
been introduced but we have not seen any which 
combine all the fine points of GOLD BROCADE. It has 
exceptional height, well shaped flowers, ideal sturdy 
branching, a chamois like feel of heavy texture. The 
name was suggested by the presence of gold bro- 
cading on the haft and blade on a deeper gold back- 
ground, yet the entire flower is a deep gold self with 
an entire absence of unsightly reticulations or veining 
so common to many tall golds of this class. The few 
crosses which Mr. Heller has found time to make with 
this iris have yielded off-spring which no doubt will 
be heard from in the future. He suggests further work 
by breeding this iris with OLA KALA, PRINCE OF 
ORANGE, THE RED DOUGLAS as well as with his 
own GREEN PASTURES and BROWN SUEDE. The 
plant is a long bloomer with 11 to 13 buds... $15.00 
BROWN SUEDE (Heller 1948) No. 135-5-2. (Junaluska 
x Sonny Boy) Midseason 36 in. This was the best of a 
number of beautiful iris obtained from this cross. 
Some judges may remember it as having the sug- 
