INTRODUCTIONS for 1952 
SPOTLIGHT (Schreiner 1952) ML. 40”. 
The engraver stole our thunder in this magnificent new 
golden Iris so that scarcely a word of description seems 
necessary. For a really scintillating highlight in your 
garden, use Spotlight! Jaunty, regal, large, copiously 
formed and superbly branched, it definitely supersedes 
the much smaller Ola Kala and all other gold-toned Ivis of 
our acquaintance except Royal Sovereign, from which it 
differs noticeably in form. A glint of white below the 
beard forms an attractive identifying mark. This style 
champion is so ultra in both poise and polish that it will 
prove a conversation piece in any garden. $15.00 
NEW LOOK (P. R. Johnson 1952) EM. 33”. 
New Look is the reddest Wm. Mohr seedling yet produced 
—a rich mulberry red with a very broad be: ird of golden 
brown. The standards are held rigidly upright, enabling 
one to look into the heart of the flower and marvel at 
the expansive style arms, fully twice as large as those of a 
bearded Iris. ‘The wonderfully exquisite tracery of veins 
and dots of Oncocyclus derivation creates in the center of 
this flower a pattern more fascinating than the center of 
| a Hibiscus! $10.00 
SPOTLIGHT 
VERNAL PEACE (Stevens 1952) L. 34”. 
Have you ever taken a walk in the woods in spring and re- 
clined alongside a cool brook and absorbed the play of sun- 
light on the ground and running water? Such is the feeling 
of inward peace inspired by the quiet tones of this lovely cool 
light yellow Iris. Actually it is a two-toned yellow, as if the 
falls were bathed in just a bit more sunlight. Interior decora- 
tors love these serene lemon tones and they are just as useful 
in the garden. Vernal Peace has the quality Iris fans have 
learned to depend on in originations by Mrs. Stevens. An in- 
dispensable and unbeatable Iris. $15.00 
BLACK BELLE (Stevens 1951) ML. 32”. 
This precisely-styled Iris of richest black velvet texture and 
silken sheen has a ruby overcast that gives it a myriad of high- 
lights like a star- -studded midnight sky. The general ebony hue 
extends even to the beard. An Iris of splendid substance that 
withstands wind and rain. Ideal for the front of the border. 
$10.00 
COURT HERALD (Stevens 1952) M. 38”. 
For a really vibrant color we like this deep, rich, burnished 
gold. So classically perfect is its form, so metallic is its lustre, 
one almost has to touch it to see if it is real. And yet nature’s 
mysterious artisans have given it the spiritual beauty reserved 
only for flowers. The symmetry of its form is matched by the 
perfection of its branching, creating a truly poetic ensemble. 
A radiantly beautiful Ivis. $10.00 
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