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CHIVALRY (Wills, 1944) Each $5.00 
A most impressive flower. It is deeper in color than Great Lakes 
and larger in size. The domed standards are large and full. The 
flaring falls are broad hafted and strong. The beard is orange, 
changing to blue at tip. Standards and falls are ruffled. Well 
branched and splendid placement of blooms. This is a very fine 
real blue iris of outstanding merit. 36 inches. 
CHRISTABEL (Lapham, 1936) Each 50c, 3 for $1.25 
The large flowers are a beautiful glowing red with a very smooth 
finish and a brilliant yellow beard. Dependable, and one of the 
finest reds at any price. Midseason. 36 inches. 
CITY OF LINCOLN (H. Sass, 1937) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
Medium late. 42 inches. Possesses rich golden standards and 
bright velvety red falls. This makes a clump of this variety a 
very striking focal point in any iris picture. 
CLARA NOYES (H. Sass, 1931) Each 40c, 3 for 75c 
M. 30 in. Tones of yellow, orange, apricot. Fascinating color 
which gets full share of attention from garden visitors. 
CLARIBEL (J. Sass, 1936) Each 40c 
M. 40 in. White plicata with blue stitching. Large flowered and 
vigorous. 
CLOTH OF GOLD (Whiting, 1945) Each $1.50 
Midseason, 36 inches. A bright but deep yellow self. The sub- 
stance is very heavy, the form pleasingly flared. Plants are ex- 
tremely vigorous. 
CLOUD CASTLE (Graves, 1944) Each $2.00 
M. An exquisite and effective pale wistaria blue. The standards 
are broad and roundly domed with a distinct fluting at the edge. 
The ruffled falls are wide and flaring. There is an indefinable 
charm about this iris that always attracts the attention of gar- 
den visitors. 387 inches. 
COLOR CARNIVAL (DeForest, 1949) Each $10.00 
M. 37 in. Something different in the shell pinks; larger and 
deeper in color than Spindrift and with a bright splash of purple 
on the falls around a full red beard. 
COLOR SERGEANT (H. F. Hall, 1948) Each $6.50 
M. L. The broad and perfectly domed standards are a blending 
of malaga and antique ruby. The flaring falls are antique ruby 
with deeper velvety flush, bordered by ruffled edges of lighter 
malaga. Beard deep brownish yllow. Handsome and outstanding 
in the ranks of rich deep reds, the large flowers have strong 
firm substance. 40 in. 
CONTRA COSTA (Mitchell) Each $1.00, 3 for $2.50 
One of Sidney Mitchell’s charming plicatas with soft colorings 
and delicate markings. This one has cinnamon etching and 
dotting on a buffy ground color. 3 ft. 
COPPERCLAD (Tompkins, 1949) Each $2.00 
M. 36 in. A brilliant orange copper self of full flaring form. 
One of the brightest iris in the garden. 
COPPER LUSTRE (Kirk, 1934) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
Beautiful copper tone. Performs well in all sections of the 
country. It positively glows in its bright copper, gold and pinkish 
tan blendings. Dykes Medal, 1938. 
COPPER PINK (Kellogg, 1941) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
Big pink blend with coppery suffusion at the haft. There is 
some blue shading on the mid-rib and the style arms are blue. 
Beard is orange-brown, and there is considerable gold about the 
center. 
COPPER ROSE (Cook, 1941) Each 75c 
M. 38 in. Smoothly blended old rose, tan and copper with gold- 
en center. Standards between buff pink and Japan rose. Falls 
between terra cotta and ochre red. Broad petals. 
CORDOVAN (Kleinsorge, 1946) Each $2.00 
The large bold flowers of ox-blood red are appropriately named, 
the color resembles that of Cordovan leather. The beauty of 
the rich finish is enhanced with a coppery flush over the entire 
flower. The wide falls are distinctly fluted. Heavy substance; 
well branched. Midseason. 36 inches. 
CORNFLOWER (Whiting, 1948) Each $2.50 
A really blue self. Not one of the largest, but one of the bluest 
irises we have ever grown. Darker and much bluer than either 
of its parents, it comes close to cornflower blue, of classical 
form, with well domed standards and nicely flaring falls. branch- 
ing good, plant growth very vigorous. Late midseason. 
CORITICA (H. Sass, 1942) Each $1.00 
Precisely dotted brown on a rich yellow ground, it is regarded 
by some iris enthusiasts as the best of the Sass yellow plicatas. 
Deeper in color than Balmung, but not quite as large. 
COURTIER (D. Hall, 1947) Each $3.50 
M. The deepest pink of the Hall Flamingo pinks. Not quite as 
good form as Cherie, but the color is outstanding. Very promi- 
nent deep tangerine beard. Strong stalks and good branching. 
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CRIMSON TIDE (Nicholls, 1939) Each 60c 
40 inches. M. L. Very large brilliant red flowers. 
DAMASCUS (Tompkins, 1945) Each $1.50 
M. A large rich Spanish yellow with a smooth overlay of Navajo 
or copper-orange on the falls. The petals are quite broad, heavily 
substanced and have a velvety finish. Stalks are strong with 
good branching and the plants are very hardy. 38 inches. 
DAMERINE (Gage, 1939) Each 50c 
A large flower of deep red with domed standards and flaring 
falls. Received Bronze Medal at New York World’s Fair, 1940. 
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DAPHNE PINK (Milliken) Each $3.50 
A sumptuous flower with its full, loosely ruffled standards and 
falls, the latter being three to four inches wide and measuring 
two inches at the haft. A self in which the color shades from 
light to dark crushed raspberry. 3 to 4 ft. 
DAUNTLESS (Connell, 1929) Each 40c 
M. 40 in. One-time best “red,” this purplish red Dykes Medal 
winner of 1929 ranks, for general all around goodness, as one 
of the best irises of all time. 
DAYBREAK (Kleinsorge, 1941) Each $1.00, 3 for $2.00 
A huge golden pink with slight undertones of copper. The flow- 
ers are well shaped with closed standards and falls that are 
semi-flaring, but there is suggestion of ruffling in the entire 
blossom. It has excellent branching and the stems are 3 to 4 
feet tall. The name is most appropriate. 
DEEP NIGHT (Corey, 1947) Each $4.00 
M. An impressive flower of intense Mulberry purple, the near- 
est color to it is Grape juice (Maerz and Paul). The standards 
are broad, arched, and well held. The semi-flaring falls have a 
velvety over-lay of more brilliant color, surrounding the dark 
gold beard, and the bronzy flush at the haft is in striking con- 
trast to the rest of the flower. 36 inches. 
DEEP VELVET (Salbach, 1939) Each 50c 
M. 36 in. Glistening red-violet, shading to frosty claret brown 
at the hafts, this large iris with broad semi-flaring falls is one 
of the best. 
DERRILL HART (Glutz, 1938) Each 40c, 3 for 75c 
M. 40 inches. Large flowers whose standards are rose with 
suffusion of violet, falls showing more red. Tall well-branched 
stalks. A very lovely flower. 
DESERT SONG (Fay, 1946) Each $5.00 
Large beautifully formed blooms of cream, with very broad 
standards and rounded flaring falls. A self with no haft mark- 
ings and especially heavy substance. The flowers are. evenly 
spaced on very tall well branched stalks. Early midseason. 40 
inches. 
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