INTRODUCING ™ 1949 
PINNACLE (Stevens 1949) M. 38” 
It takes an outstanding Ivis to carry this significant 
name but this is an outstanding Iris. Developed in 
New Zealand, it was instantly apparent when the first 
flower unfurled that here was one of those significant 
“breaks” in hybridizing, the creation of something dis- 
tinctly different. So impressed were we with this Iris 
that we offer it this year to the Ivis public as an Ameri- 
can introduction. 
Pinnacle is pre-eminent both in beauty of coloration 
and perfection of form. ‘This distinguished Iris is 
unique because of its singular color combination—ab- 
solutely clear white standards and smooth primrose 
yellow falls. Ihe blooms are wax like and beautifully 
molded. The good habits, branching, heavy substance 
and colors of daffodil freshness combine to give us a 
lovely, lovely Iris. 
We greatly regret that we were unable to get a good 
reproduction of this Iris due to some imperfection in 
the color film. In our years of experience with Iris we 
have never seen an Iris like this. In fact so highly do 
we regard it that we feel it merits placement in the 
100 Best Iris. We consider it one of the finest Iris it 
has been our privilege to offer. $20.00 
CONFETTI (Schreiner 1949) EM. 38”. 
A most unusual plicata. Confetti is the first tall, well 
branched pink plicata with large flowers and very heavy 
substance. It is a striking flower delightfully flared, 
beautiful in form and fresh in appearance. The mark- 
ings and stipplings are pink on creamy white without 
the pearly sub-tint present in so many of this kind. 
The branching, placement on the stem and smart, trim 
carriage of the flowers are extra good. Confetti 1s 
pretty, bright and snappy. Notice the illustration on 
the front cover. 
$15.00 
HONOLULU BELLE (Becherer 1949) ML. 38”. 
Development in self blues has been remarkable and in 
the dark selfs there have been a number of worthy 
additions. A color class that has suffered neglect by 
comparison is the sharply contrasted blue bicolors. 
Every garden should have a specimen clump of this 
handsome pattern. Honolulu Belle with its light blue 
lilac standards and rich, velvety deep blue falls with 
velvet sheen is a pattern of luxuriant beauty. In addi- 
tion to its brilliant color pattern this Iris has branching 
of perfect candelabra placement. Quite in contrast to 
the general bunching of similarly colored Iris. It is 
very much worthwhile and more individual than the 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT prosaic word bicolor suggests. We recommend this 
NEW ZEALAND IRIS beauty highly. 
We feel honored that we have been designated the $10.00 
American Agents for the distribution of the Iris creations 
of Mrs. Jean Stevens of Wanganui, New Zea- 
land. This discerning hybridizer, creator of 
such fine Iris as /nspiration and Pinnacle, to 
mention but two, has forwarded an extensive 
collection of her developments to us and we 
expect to have many in full bloom for the 
meeting of the American Ivis Society in Oregon 
this spring. Because of the fact that Iris from 
the southern hemisphere must be adjusted to 
the inversion of the seasons it generally takes a 
year or two for the plants to become “straight- 
ened around.” Both we and the originator are 
interested in releasing only those kinds that 
have intrinsic worth and are distinctly different. 
We can assure our Iris friends that there are 
some exceptional Iris on the horizon from this 
fine hybridizer and we are impatient to increase 
our stock so we can offer Mrs. Stevens’ fine, rose 
colored Challenge in another year. We await 
the coming blooming season with keen interest. 
GLOSSARY OF IRIS TERMS 
Following each variety name are given the 
name of the originator, year of introduction, 
season (Very Early, Early, Midseason, Mid- 
season-Late and Very Late), and height of 
plant in inches. 
Various terms applicable to Iris used through- 
out this catalog may be defined as follows: 
AMOENA: (Pleasing.) White or tinted white 
standards with colored falls. 
PLICATA: (Pleated.) Stitched or stippled mar- 
gin color on white background. 
VARIEGATA: Yellow or near yellow standards 
with deeper falls which may be either 
veined or solid tones of brown or purple. 
BLEND: Combination of two or more colors 
(one always being yellow). 
BICOLOR: (Two colors.) Light or medium 
standards and deeper contrasting falls. 
BITONE: Two tones of the same color. 
SELF: An Iris of uniform color. 
TEXTURE: Sheen or finish of the petals. 
SUBSTANCE: Thickness of petals. 

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