
DIXIE BELLE 
AZTEC COPPER (Kleinsorge) 
A smoky blend of violet and copper. Large and of good sub- 
stance. Very effective as a cut flower when used in the right 
setting. 3 feet. $1.50; 3 for $3.75; 10 for $10.00 
AZURE DAWN (See Spurias, page 25) 
AZURE SKIES (Pattison) 
A very attractive pale blue with firm substance and pleasing 
ruffles. It was selected for introduction by Mrs. Pattison, 
who is familiar with the finest varieties of iris. 3 feet. 
$2.00; 3 for $5.00 
BALI BELLE (Mitchell) 
This iris attracted our attention when we first saw it as an 
unnamed seedling which stood out among a large assortment 
of yellow plicatas in Sidney Mitchell’s garden. Its soft yellow 
ground coloring is lightly, but sharply, marked with purple, but 
the touch which gives it its exceptional appeal is a blue blaze 
extending from the white beard. 2% feet. $2.50; 3 for $6.00 
BALTIS (C. G. White) Oncobred 
A very rich deep violet self, naphthalene violet, shaded with 
dark naphthalene violet (Ridgway), with pronounced onco- 
cyclus characteristics. The flowers are round, about 5% inches 
in diameter, of excellent substance. The stalks have three 
branches, each branch having two buds. A very fine flower 
for cutting as well as for the garden. 3 feet. $7.50 
BAYOU VERMILION (See Lousianas, page 26) 
BELADI (White) 
An iris which will add a new note of beauty to any garden. 
The plants are strong growers and produce firm globular 
flowers five inches in diameter. Both standards and falls are 
veined and dotted with deep violet and then, as a climax to this 
beauty, there is a rich deeply colored signa] patch at the end of 
the beard, such as occurs also in Present and Enchanted. An 
excellent cut flower. 30 inches. Onco bred. 
$1.00; 3 for $2.50; 10 for $7.00 
BED TIME (C. G. White) 
A fascinating flower of rich brown blended with violet and 
beautifully veined in both standards and falls with deep pur- 
ples. A velvety black patch is prominently displayed at the 
end of the long golden yellow beard. Bed Time is a flower of 
medium size on 2-foot stems. Early. An oncobred. 
75c; 3 for $2.00 
BEL AIR (Milliken) 
A very much ruffled, round flower in the medium violet 
shades (hyssop violet to light hyssop violet—Ridgway). Both 
standards and falls are about the same size, 2 inches x 2 inches, 
or larger. The style arms and crests are broader. The petals are 
translucent enough so that the ruffling is accented by high 
lights and shadows. It has a pleasing delicate fragrance. An 
altogether delightful iris. 2% feet. $10.00 
BELLE BRUNETTE (Mitchell) 
See 1949 Introductions, page 2. 
BERKELEY GOLD (Salbach) 
One of the best of the deep yellows. The color is clear, not 
muddy; the size, shape and substance good and the stem well- 
branched. Deservedly popular throughout the country. 3 feet. 
See illustration, page 20. $1.50; 3 for $3.75; 10 for $10.00 
BETSY ROSS (Milliken) 
A mauve of delightful grace and refinement. The large wavy 
flowers are firm without being stiff. A very vigorous and free 
flowering plant. 3 feet. $1.00; 3 for $2.50; 12 for $7.00 
BEVERLY HILLS (Milliken) 
This variety is very effective in the garden. The vinaceous 
and mallow shades produce a strong pink tone which is notice- 
able at a distance. The carrying quality of the flower is aided 
by the coloring of the standards being as deep as that of the 
falls. The flowers are large and hold their shape well. 2% to 
3 feet. $1.00; 3 for $2.50; 10 for $7.00 
BLUE PETER (C. G. White) 
Massachusetts says: A beautiful blue-purple iris that rates 
higher each time you see it. Virginia comments: One of the 
most striking vivid dark irises I have ever seen. 
40c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $2.75 
BLUE RHYTHM (Whiting) 
This blue won immediate favor at its introduction and it is 
nbecoming more and more popular as it becomes more generally 
known. Many competent judges are putting it at the head of 
the medium blues. It is a soft cornflower blue of semi-flaring 
shape and of firm substance. The falls have wide hafts and 
the broad standards are nicely arched. 3 feet. $7.50 
BLUE RIVER (Milliken) 
A uniform deep blue, one of the bluest. It blooms early, along 
with the intermediates. With us here in Southern California it 
usually flowers throughout the winter. The flowers are of me- 
dium size, well rounded form, and are carried on well-branched 
stems. The fragrance is delightful. 2% feet. 
$1.00; 3 for $2.50; 10 for $7.00 
BLUE SHIMMER (J. Sass) 
There are many blue plicatas, white with a blue buttonhole 
stitch around the borders of the petals, but this variety at once 
strikes one as something different and very beautiful. Fine blue 
dots soften the coarser stitching and make the blue framework 
to the white centers of the petals very pleasing. Flowers are 
large. 3 feet. $2.50; 3 for $6.00; 10 for $17.50 
BLUE SPIRE (Milliken) 
This is a blue iris that seems to possess all the qualities of 
perfection. Blue Spire is tall and stately. It has large, beauti- 
fully-shaped flowers of the clearest, cleanest shade of medium 
blue carried on strong, graceful stems. A strong grower. 4 feet. 
$1.00; 3 for $2.50; 10 for $7.00 
BRAZIL (Milliken) 
A large flaring orange-red carried high on well-branched 
stalks. The coloring is deeper toward the center of the flower. 
It blooms freely on well-branched stalks and the plants are very 
vigorous. In case you are interested, its ancestry includes 
Grace Sturtevant, Sherbet 2nd, California Blue. Ukiah, Naranja 
and China Maid. 3% to 4 feet. $1.50; 3 for $3.75; 10 for $10.00 
BRILLIG (C. G. White) 
A medium-sized flower of lovely form. Rosy-purple over a 
yellow tinted ground, both standards and falls finely veined 
with dark purple. The styles are old goid. A prominent dark 
signal patch. 2 feet. Early. Onco-bred. 75c; 3 for $2.00 
