SNOW VELVET AND CHANTILLY 
TOBACCO ROAD (Kleinsorge 1942) M. 34”. 
Stiff, horizontal flaring flower. Rigid, upright standards give 
this Iris a crisp effect. A unique color, a golden tobacco 
brown. HM’44. AM’46. $2.00 
TREASURE ISLAND (Kleinsorge 1942) ML. 36”. 
A massive flower of a rich shade of vivid yellow. The pure 
golden tones are washed lighter cream at the center of the 
flower. Rich golden beard, tall stems, moderately branched, 
large flowers and hardy. HM’39. AM’45. 50c; 3 for $1.25 
TROPIC MOON (Stevens 1950) E. 33”. 
Eye-level Iris may droop their falls with impunity but border 
Iris are more colorful if they have flaring form. This happily 
named lemon-cream qualifies in both form and floriferous- 
ness, as well as in color, as a pre-eminent border Iris. $5.00 
TRULY YOURS (Fay 1949) L. 40”. * 
This is our candidate for the most ruffled, lace-edged Iris. 
A spectacular flower, the heart of the bloom is bright yellow 
shading to white at the edges of petals. Unopened buds are 
yellow and the under side of the falls are yellow though white 
on top. A very limited stock allows us to offer only a few 
rhizomes. HM’49. AM’51. $20.00 
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VATICAN PURPLE (Whiting 1943) ML. 38”. * | 
Rich and majestic, a glossy blue-purple self with a 
satin-like finish. Heavily textured, broad formed 
blooms, wide spreading falls. Tall stalks carry many 
flowers. This color is always needed in the garden and 
this Iris is a reliable grower where many darks are 
less so. HM’43. $1.50; 3 for $3.75 
VELVET DUSK (Schreiner 1948) ML. 36”. 
A new addition to the very dark colored Iris, Velvet 
Dusk is a descendant of Sable and carries the coloring 
of that family of darks with a rich glisten like the glow 
and sheen of a piece of black fur. The good sized flow- 
ers are carried on well-branched stems. The bloom is 
full, well flared and rounded. Its form seems as if 
chiseled and the sonorous dull bluish brown beard is 
in fitting harmony with the flower. Taller stems than 
most dark Iris possess. Pictured page 28. $3.50 
VENTURA (Walker 1949) M. 36”. 
This fine Iris was a pleasant surprise on our last trip 
to California to view new Iris. A very lovely mulberry 
with heavily marked chocolate shoulders alongside the 
gold beard. An Iris that deserves a place in the Iris 
limelight. Certainly very much overlooked, we recom- 
mend it most wholeheartedly. $1.00 
VESTAL BEAUTY (Schreiner 1942) L. 38”. 
Absolutely starch-white except for an orange beard. 
Free flowering and heavily substanced. A rock-bound, 
hardy white; valuable for its late blooming. 
75c; 3 for $2.00 
VICE REGAL (Miles 1946) EM. 34”. 
A fine velvety bronzy red-purple practically a self. We 
feel we cannot emphasize the importance of fine purple 
Iris in the garden too much. They give the depth and 
timbre to the garden composition. That is why we 
value this Iris along with such fine purples as Purple 
Moor, Master Charles and the always reliable Indian 
Hills. HM’47. AM’51. $1.00; 3 for $2.50 
VIGIL (Wills 1947) EM. 38”. 
A new white, snowy white in effect, hardy and particu- 
larly strong and vigorous growing. Commencing with 
the early flowering varieties and producing a profu- 
sion of bloom extending through midseason and finish- 
ing with the late blooming kinds. A most worthy addi- 
tion. HM’47. $3.00 
VIOLET CROWN (Kirkland 1931) EM. 38”. 
Older than many of the varieties we offer, it possesses an 
individuality all its own. A tall and stately, deep toned lilac 
shade. It is neither pink nor blue but a shade midway be- 
tween. HM’36. 50c; 3 for $1.25 
VIOLET SYMPHONY (Smith 1940) M. 40”. * 
A gleaming lilac-mauve self, the individual blooms have a 
finished appearance as if precisely carved. Huge in size, broad 
petaled. A splendid Iris whose quiet beauty ranks it near the 
top of its class. HM’40. AM’43. 75c; 3 for $2.00 
VOODOO (Kleinsorge 1948) M. 34”. 
Not a brilliant Ivis, this two-toned chocolate tan with rich 
red-maroon-brown falls with crimped and fluted edges is an 
unusual creation. You will find it a superb subject to cut and 
bring indoors, it combines so well. See page 13, center flower 
lower. $2.50 
WABASH (Williamson 1936) M. 36”. 
Fresh toned as any Orchid is this amoena with snowy white 
standards and ultramarine-blue falls with brighter margining. 
The best and one of the very few true amoenas, it is a stand- 
out. For illustration of this clear contrasted flower see page 
32. AM’38. DM’40. 50c; 3 for $1.25 
