TALL BEARDED IRIS 
The following list of tall bearded iris is not a very 
long one but it is one that embraces the choicest and 
most outstanding varieties selected from a list of several 
hundred varieties while they were blooming. Among 
them are many of the finest in existence. 
It is not easy to describe flowers by word. They 
should be seen to be really appreciated and this goes 
for peonies as well as for iris and other flowers. How- 
ever, we are doing the best one can in the short descrip- 
tions of the following varieties and feel sure that if the 
customer knows the colors preferred it will be possible 
to select from this list with an assurance there will be 
no disappointment. 
ALADDIN’S WISH (Murawska 1945) 36” 
Large porcelain blue with brushings of cream. 
Each $2.00 
ALEPPO PLAIN (J. Sass 1943) 36” 
Yellow plicata; cream, heavily dotted on edge form- 
ing a border of pansy purple. Each $1.50 
ARAB CHIEF (Whiting 1944) 
Brilliant self, rich burnt orange, almost henna. One 
of the brightest and most attractive in this color. 
Each $1.00 
BERTHA GERSDORFF (J. Sass 1942) 32” 
Standards yellow flushed pink, falls yellow flushed 
pink-purple. Colors are marbled rather than blended. 
Midseason. Each $1.00 
BLUE RHYTHM (Whiting 1945) 38” 
Cornflower blue with silvery overcast. Flowers of 
appealing color and smoothest finish. About the finest 
of the medium blue iris. Each $3.00 
BLUE SHIMMER (J, Sass 1942) 36” 
Large graceful snow white flowers with wide stip- 
pled blue borders. One of the choicest and most beau- 
tiful plicatas. Each $1.00 
BRYCE CANYON (Kleinsorge 1944) 36” 
Reddish-brown or henna-copper. Superb. 
Each $2.50 
BUFFAWN (Andrews 1940) 
Soft pink buff with brilliant tangerine beard. 
Beautiful, distinct and different. Each $ .50 
BURGANDY ROSE (Hall 1946) 35” 
Large ruffled dark amethyst. General effect burg- 
andy rose. Each $2.50 
CASCADE SPLENDOR (Kleinsarge 1945) 36” 
Gleaming blend of coppery pink and bright tan. 
Gorgeous color combination. Flowers large with ruffled 
falls. Each $2.50 
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