gave the quality we had anticipated because of its wide hafts and fine substance. It produced the 
longest and brightest beards in its seedlings of any of the new pinks used. Crossed with Pink Formal, 
Salmon Shell and Apricot Glory, Party Dress produced a wide range of lovely colors. With 49-11 C 
a host of fine, smooth flowers, many of which were as heavily ruffled as their mother. Considerable 
ruffling came, too, from Salmon Shell, as might be expected because of the Midwest Gem blood. 
We quite liked the very large and tall Strathmore with its smoothly finished salmon-pink flowers 
nicely spaced on well branched stalks. Cherie has been a favorite of ours for its lovely form, and 
Twilight Sky and Pink Cameo consistently good. Pink Sensation is excellent with quite good form 
and substance. Dolly Varden has the fulvus overlay of color that gives it added interest. Its size 
and form are very good. We think Heather Rose and Mary Randall are going to be of great interest 
to hybridizers, as will, of course, all of Hall's new pinks and their bi-products. We like the quality 
of the pinks that have come to us through Gold Ruffles’ lost chord child, No. 47-72, that crossed with 
pollen of Pink Formal gave us 49-11 C. We look to blooming Paradise Pink really well. It is difficult 
to judge a first year plant. It has good size, width and other fine qualities, so we are sure it will 
prove a fine parent. We recommend it highly and in it lies new blood for added vigor. We must 
seek out new blood and that is why we think Party Dress, Salmon Shell and Apricot Glory have 
much to offer the hybridizer; we know from our experience that crossed with our own lines they are 
producing quality. Fortunately my pinks all stem from both the Hall and Loomis lines, so they 
blend well with the iris from these hybridizers. We are, however, most anxious to get Moonlight 
Serenade into producing pink seedlings. A sister to Cream Gold crossed on Yellow Tower gave us 
perhaps the most unusual new color-break last year—an odd chartereuse-salmon with a self beard, 
No. 51-61 A. We have employed Chantilly together with Gold Ruffles and other ruffled pink lines 
with good results in pink breeding. Our new Clara B should be a fine parent here, unfortunately 
its seed has not yet been planted where I have employed it with pinks, but with ruffled things the 
ruffling came through very pronounced and, we might add, they were delightful. 
AMOENAS 
Wabash has set a standard for this color class, and is be!ng used widely in the quest for better 
amoenas. Recently Extravaganza (a near amoena) made its appearance and has been found 
a useful parent for this color—already introduced are Helen Collingwood, Gaylord, and Criterion and 
others are on the way. Amoenas have been rather difficult parents and when induced to seed 
these have not always germinated well. Evidently some new blood is indicated for vigor. This may 
come from Maytime, Rumba Rose or the introduction of some vigorous outside blood—possibly 
neglectas or blue bi-colors will be useful here. My own Mist Glow is proving a good parent and 
Step Up, being introduced this year, is a ‘'step up” on the ladder, for it has a bit more contrast and 
slightly smoother hafts. M. D. Wallace of Orem, Utah, had a surprisingly good amoena from Golden 
Eagle x Wabash, which we hope to see again this year. It has good size and the shape of Golden 
Eagle. Nine Hearths does not ordinarily have pollen, but we found some last spring and it proved 
very fertile. If it can be induced to parenthood it will surely produce fine seedlings in amoenas 
whites, and other colors. Perhaps some of the new bi-colors from the shell pinks will be useful here— 
those showing light pink standards and deep pink or orchid falls. Shannopin being the parent of 
Maytime might be used. It has a strong tendency to throw its own color and qualily, so it should 
be used with something good in size, shape and smoothness of hafts. China Maid being distantly 
related to Wabash through Lent A. Williamson might be useful and would surely contribute size 
and smoothness. The same might be said of Hall’s Flamingo pinks” that come through ihe same 
blood by way of Dolly Madison. Three Oaks, Pink Formal, and Loomis’ Sea Shell derivities would 
carry some of this same blood and may be useful. Surely there is an open field here. Geddes Douglas’ 
fine article in A.I.S. bulletin No. 121 will be of help and inspiration to all hybridizers working on 
this class. 
VARIEGATAS 
Perhaps much of our progress in lovely new colors came through the use of the species I. variegata, 
and surely the amoenas owe their origin to this color, as do the yellow plicatas, rich blends and 
brilliant yellows. City of Lincoln was long the standard of variegatas, but now, perhaps its child, 
Staten Island, holds this position, but there are other good ones: Gypsy, Black and Gold, High Com- 
mand, The Oriole, Top Score, Red Torch, Rajah Brooke, Mary Vernon, Mexico, Aztec Indian, and 
Marry Ellen. Extravaganza is proving a superb parent for this color when bred with things like 
Gypsy, Rajah Brooke, and Mexico. Red Torch should be a fine breeder, and needs only to be bred 
to something with height and size; its falls being about as red as anything it may be a fine breeder 
for reds, too. 
OTHER COLORS 
So many new colors are coming to the fore these days we cannot pass them by. Char-Maize 
would fall in this class, as would many of the “hybrid” derivities, such as Persian Pattern. The 
Shell pinks are throwing a wide variety of colors, as mentioned before: orchids, salmons, oranges, 
fuchsias, and purples—all with various kinds and shades of brilliant beards from self to very red- 
tangerine and “red”. We have some plicatas with tangerine beards, and, of course, these new 
-chartreuse-salmons with self beards will be something different, and we think DeForest’s Frances 
Kent falls in this category. 
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