Ohis and Chat 
Folks look forward to winter sports, summer vacations, etc., but Iris time 
makes it possible for us to work through other months of the year. Although 
Fall, with harvest, has somewhat to recommend it! At that time we are reminded 
of all the seeds we did not buy and all the garden we did not plant. And we’ve 
been known to envy a fellow nurseryman’s Chrysanthemums, with their gorgeous 
coloring. Even Zinnias we forget until a friend drives in, bringing an armful of 
giant blooms. For a time afterward we look around for a spot where some of 
these plants might be grown. But by next Spring, we are again thinking only of 
Iris. 
Well, yes—will have to admit to a Daffodil or two! Hadn’t seen Grant 
Mitsch’s planting since he moved to Canby, until last year when we spent several 
hours among his rows of fine Daffodils, including seedlings. And, as a result, a 
few new varieties will bloom in our dooryard this Spring. 
Among the new Iris which we enjoyed last Season were Helen Collingwood, 
Heritage. Pinnacle, Peg Dabaugh, and Spanish Peaks. (The latter, here, is large 
and tall, but I especially remember it as seen in Colorado in ’47.) And another 
white, Green Whisper. Only a “whisper” of green in the white flowers, four out 
at once, well-spaced on a sturdy stalk. Among the new ones this season we will] 
have Mrs. Whiting Maytime, Technicolor, and Opera Pink. Mr. Lapham’s color- 
ful Paradise Pink. Ebony Echo. Twilight Sky. Mrs. Corey’s Bay State. Sulphur-yel- 
low Moonlight Sonata. Mrs. Lowry’s Yellow Diamond, from a cross on Her Grace. 
And speaking of yellows, The Spartan was a particularly bright spot in last year’s 
planting. And one of Mr. McKee’s new orange-hued varieties is on my want list. 
Amandine was excellent here, in ’50. And proved a notable contrast planted 
next to Envoy. 
As did Helen McGregor and Color Carnival! 
Will not be Viewing Iris in other than Oregon gardens this year. Last May. 
spent a pleasant few days in Berkeley, with the Sydney Mitchells. The same at: 
tractive garden, but with a number of years additional growth since I’d last seen 
it! Iris; conversation; dinner at Fishermens Wharf. Happy lines for one’s mem- 
ory book. Had hoped to visit several places on the return trip, but hurried direct: 
ly home, instead. It was not a planned trip! In fact, I had written to the 
Mitchells, on a Saturday, that I could not make the visit. Then, early Sunday 
morning, took off in the car and arrived in Berkeley ahead of the letter. 
Geddes Douglas had said that Paradise Pink is probably the deepest pure pink. 
so was happy to find it in Berkeley. It has good increase here, this year, and a 
bloom stalk for each plant. 
At Salbach’s, the outstanding variety was a magnificient display of Lady 
Mohr. And I would have liked his yellow seedling of Lady Mohr, to use with my 
yellow, Elmohr X Rodeo. At Professor Jory’s, enjoyed all the oncoBreds with 
which his garden is filled. You have, no doubt, noted the picture of some of these 
in A.I.S. Bulletin No. 120. 
In the Mitchell garden there were a number of outstanding seedlings. Profes- 
sor Mitchell works with plicatas, pinks, blends, browns, whites, etc. And I consid- 
er it a privelege to introduce his very fine whitey ney Mitchell. 
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Do you miss Dave Hall’s “Flamingo,” come rng? We do. So have filed the 
later issues with other catalogs which we keep. Some of Mrs. Pattison’s are in this 
file. One, a 1932 copy. Would be ‘‘tops’, yet today. 
Also, we were checking on prices during the early thirties. A few, as follows: 
Blue Velvet, $30.00; Chromylla, $25.00; Coralie, $25.00; Depute Nomblot, $50.00; 
Ethel Peckham, $50.00; Helios, $30.00; K. V. Ayers, $50.00; Ministre Fernand David, 
$35.00; Red Dominion, $30.00; W. R. Dykes, $40.00; ;Zaharoon, $45.00. 
And those were the “depression years!”” It would seem that Iris prices have 
not kept pace with the up-and-up trend of everything else. Your Iris dollar, at 
least, is still full value, today. 
