BLACK AND GOLD. Striking new 
variegata from Dr. Kleinsorge. 90¢ 
BLACK BANNER. Velvety near 
black. A stunner in this class. $1.25 
BLACK FOREST. [If you desire the 
darkest iris on the market you need 
look no farther. This is it. The entire 
flower is silky blue black even to the 
beard. Medium sized blooms on 30 
inch stems. $1.75 
BLACK RUBY. (Dolman, 1949). An 
almost black-red, extra smooth and 
glossy. It is very early, being one 
of the first of the tall bearded Iris to 
open, Hafts are clean and devoid of 
markings, the bronze-gold beard seem- 
ingly placed on a solid piece of vel- 
vety crimson-black. Branching is good 
and the stems are about 34 to 36 
inches in height. Increases rapidly 
and soon forms a fine clump. HC AIS, 
1946; HM, 1949. $4.00 
BLUE ENSIGN. (Meyer 1938) M. Tall 
and commanding this handsome Eng- 
lish iris is royal blue or dark medium 
blue in color with darker clean hafts 
and blue beard. “he falls are flaring 
and lightly ruffled. The poise of the 
flowers on the tall well-balanced stalk 
is especially good. Large flowers, 
qase substance, and vigorous growth. 
warded the Dykes Medal by The Iris 
Society of England 1949, 39 in. $3.50 
BLUE FRILLS. An azure blue of pure 
coloring. Lovely. $1.35 
BLUE GLOW. Here is a dark velvety 
blue with brown haft. A self. Lovely. 
$1.00 
BLUE PARAKEET. (Waters 1950). 
A stunning new Iris. lovely clear 
Chicory blue with a very decided olive 
haft reaching nearly an inch down the 
fall. The flowers are large, the tall 
stalks, 40-43 inches tall are widely 
branched. Heavy fragrance. Excel- 
lent. Midseason. Late. $12.00 
BLUE RHYTHM. Dykes Medal winner 
in 1950. Winner of President’s Cup 
in 1950. Award of Merit English Iris 
Society 1950. This grand blue from 
Mrs. Whiting just wins the Honors, and 
a heavy demand here. $1.50 
BLUE SHIMMER. A blue and white 
plicata. White ground, heavily but 
evenly marked and dotted soft bluish 
violet. A 36-inch stem. $1.00 
BLUE VALLEY. (Smith 1947) ML. 
36 inches. Hailed as one of the clos- 
est approaches to true blue in Iris-- 
the bluest yet. Large, full ruffled 
flowers with a jaunty flare and a nice 
sparkling sheen. Novel in form and 
color, scented. HM, 1947. AM, 1949, 
$2.50 
BLUE ANGELS WINGS. (McKee 
1949). A fine, tall lovely, blue white 
that is really different. Large well 
balanced flower of merit. $3.50 
BLUE CROWN. Large blue-white self 
from Mr. Washington. $1.35 
BLUE ELEGANCE. (Jory 1948). E. 
This beautiful Onco-hybrid of very 
large size is in two shades of blue. 
The full rounded standards are clear 
chicory blue with the large, semi- 
flaring falls of a deeper tone. The 
general effect is a medium steel blue 
with darker veining. H. M., A. I. S. 
1949, 40 in. $7.50 
BLUMOHR. (W. Marx 1949) E-M. 37 
in. A very large, heavily substanced 
flower of medium blue. Broad slightly 
ruffled petals. Typical of the larger 
onco-breds, H.M. 1949, $10.00 
BONNY. Peppermint pink in color and 
leathery substance. ‘l'angerine beard. 
From Mr. Lapham. H.M. 1950. $2.25 
BRIGHT LIGHTS. A novel plicata. 
In garden effecta bright waxy yellow 
with an intriguing alabaster-white 
blaze on the falls and soft tan stitch- 
ing to further captivate one. Afar it 
carries as a yellow, closer a bi-toned 
yellow with deep golden standards 
and white-bordered yellow falls.$1.50 
BRIGHT SONG. (Schroeder 1949) E. 
38 inch. A casually ruffled bright 
pink flower of great brilliancy. In our 
ardens it was perhaps one of the 
ee most brilliant of the “‘raspberry 
pinks’’ with a prominent tangerine 
beard. Extra fine growing qualities 
with tall, very well branched stems. 
It is a striking new Iris, original in 
coloring and poise. H.M. 1950 $10.00 
BRONZE BROCADE. (Nesmith 1948) 
M. L. The name is most descriptive 
of this lustrous warm blend of copper 
red, and tobacco brown. The stan- 
dards are bronzy red, very broad and 
roundly domed with strong midrib. 
The semi-flaring and ruffled falls have 
a brown undercolor flushed Corinthian 
purple around the bronzy gold beard, 
There is a darker band of Kaiser 
brown bordering both standards and 
falls. Heavy substanced flowers. 
Strong vigorous growth with 10 or 
more blooms on 5-way branching stalk. 
H.M., A.LS. 1948. 40 in. $6.00 
BROWN BOY. Very brilliant copper 
with orange tones. Large flower, me- 
dium height. Very popular, order ear- 
ly. 50¢ 
BROWN THRASHER. A very bright 
coppery golden brown. Very brilliant. 
Award Merit. $1.00 
