BLUE RHYTHM 
1950 Dykes Medal Winner in America 
Every hybridizer hopes that one of his irises will some 
day win the Dykes Medal. We are humbly grateful to 
the Iris Society of England for providing this great 
incentive to iris hybridizing and to the American Iris 
Society for choosing BLUE RHYTHM to receive this 
coveted honor. 
We shall never forget the great joy of having so many 
of you with us during the 1950 Annual Meeting of the 
A. I. S. It was a great day in Maple Valley history. 
We were thrilled that BLUE RHYTHM won the Pres- 
ident’s Cup but still more deeply gratified by your 
evident enjoyment in being here. We treasure the 
heart warming letters received from so many good 
friends. 
Several other awards and honors came to Whiting 
irises in 1950. In England BLUE RHYTHM and PALE 
PRIMROSE received Awards of Merit and THREE 
OAKS was selected for trial at Wisley. In America 
CLOTH OF GOLD received an Award of Merit (for 
which ARAB CHIEF and LILAC LANE lacked only 2 
or 3 votes), GOLD SOVEREIGN, PALE PRIMROSE, 
MAYTIME and TECHNICOLOR were given Honorable 
Mention, while FLORA WHITING and No. 4666 re- 
ceived High Commendation. 10 Whiting irises and 2 
ass varieties introduced by us are included in the 1950 
AIS. Symposium of 100 Favorites in America. 
We are offering FIVE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS of 
irises which have received awards and honors in the 
past few years. If you already have some of these, 
you may substitute any other varieties of similar value 
in this catalog. 
BLUE RHYTHM 
GROUP—-$5.00 
Blue Rhythm 
Cloth of Gold 
Arab Chief 
Pale Primrose 
Three Oaks 
Honorable Mention 
GROUP 1—$9.00 
Gypsy Rose 
Mellowglow 
Arab Chief 
Vatican Purple 
Cedar Rose 
Mirabelle 
Raejean 
Tea Rose 
Veishea 
Honorable Mention 
GROUP 2—$50.00 
Campfire Glow 
Gold Sovereign 
Lilac Lane 
Pathfinder 
Maytime 
Technicolor 
AWARD OF MERIT 
GROUP—$10.00 
Rocket 
Garden Glory 
Priscilla 
Three Oaks 
Golden Spike 
Blue Rhythm 
Pale Primrose 
Cloth of Gold 
ALL SYMPOSIUM 
GROUP—$20.00 
Lilac Lane 
Rocket 
Tea Rose 
Mellowglow 
Garden Glory 
Blue Rhythm 
Vatican Purple 
Arab Chief 
Cloth of Gold 
Priscilla 
Red Torch (Sass) 
Golden Fleece 
(Sass) 
