Page 2 IRISES AND DAYLILIES 
1949 IRIS INTRODUCTIONS 
We resolved, years ago, that we would exercise restraint in launching new intro- 
ductions. That we would not only strive to be objective in our self-criticism, but that 
we would seek out the true and unbiased appraisal of others whose judgment we 
valued. With the finest and newest introductions of other breeders growing in our 
gardens, we have had every opportunity to make comparisons and we have tried to 
avoid being carried away by our own enthusiasms. 
Maybe this high resolve caused Fortune to smile upon us because we have the 
feeling that we are the recipients of a liberal allotment of “beginners’ luck,” in pre- 
senting these, our first originations. We hope you will like them too. 
AZTEC INDIAN—(W. E. Buss 1949) EM 
38”. 
Large blended variegata, very bright and 
colorful. The ruffled domed standards 
are tan-yellow with soft reddish suffu- 
sion and a gilded appearance due to an 
overlay of sparkling irridescence. The 
semi-flaring falls are rich brown-red, 
nearest to India Red in the Color Dic- 
tionary, but deeper and redder and vel- 
vety. (Substance, stalk and branching, 
all good. The plant is healthy, vigorous 
and floriferous. $20.00 

MASKED BALL—W. E. Buss 1949) M. 
32”. White ground plicata of unusual 
color pattern. At first glance one thinks 
of a reverse amoena. The standards are 
so heavily striated that the coloring 
appears almost solid—a deep blue-purple 
about the shade termed ‘“‘petunia”’ in the 
Color Dictionary. There is a quarter inch 
margin of this same color on the glossy 
white falls. The form is domed and semi- _ 
flaring, the size medium iarge, the beard : 
dull yellow tipped blue. Substance is AZTEC INDIAN 
good, the stalk strong and well-branched. 
The name, Masked Ball, suggested, we thought, a black mask covering the upper 
half of a white face. Until we found the name unavailable, we called this seedling 
“Night & Day” and it was referred to by this name in the English Iris Society year- 
book quoting from Mr. David F. Hall’s letter to Mr. Randall, the president of this 
society. Mr. (Hall pronounced it the outstanding seedling which he had seen in 1948. 
Photograph on back cover. $25.00 

PINK TALCUM—(W. E. Buss 1949) iML. 
46”’. 
A smooth-textured peach-blossom pink 
with thick reddish beard. Delicate but 
distinct pink with less yellow in its make- 
up than any of the “shell” pinks we have 
compared it with. Has more the ground 
color of Flora Zenor in twice as large a 
flower and without any markings on the 
falls. The form is good, the standards 
closed at the top, the falls semi-flaring 
with a 6 inch spread. The substance is 
firm, the branching rather high, the 
stalk tall but strong. $15.00 

PINK TALCUM 
All three introductions may be had for $50. 
