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Announcing ... The Lilliput Hybrids 
Garnet Treasure 
(Minnie Colquitt X pumila violet) 
This little flower makes a carpet of blooms slightly 
above the foliage. It is a bitone. The standards are 
light wine red and the flaring falls are deep garnet. 
There is a wide border around the falls the color of the 
standards. Three flowers. Beard tipped white. Very 
showy. Midseason to Late. Fragrant. 8-10 inches. 
Happy Thought 
(((Mme Louis Aureau X Virgin) X Hall yellow 
X Sonny Boy) X pumila yellow) 
A soft sulphur yellow self. No markings mar this little 
gem. The falls flare. The stalk has a bi-lateral terminal 
and one adjacent branch. Happy Thought is somewhat 
similar to Baria in color, but has a much earlier season 
of bloom. It is very floriferous and the color effect 
is pleasing. Midseason. Fragrant. 10-12 inches. 
Lilliput 
(Helen McGregor X pumila blue) 
The tall bearded parent has given to these intermedi- 
ates a purety of color never before seen in small irises. 
The flowers are nicely ruffled and flared. The falls are 
light Lobelia blue overlaid with a prominent spot of 
deep Lobelia blue. The standards are light Lobelia 
blue. Two terminal flowers, Midseason to Late, Lilli- 
put has a very long season of bloom. White Beard. 
Fragrant. 15 inches. 
Our Eastern customers may also 
order from our associate introducer 
FAIRMOUNT GARDENS 
Mrs. Thomas Nesmith 
166 Fairmount St. Lowell, Mass. 
Little Shadow 
(Gulf Stream X pumila violet) 
This is a deep blue-purple self with a beard to match. 
The flower and stalk are in perfect proportion. There 
are usually three flowers, two at the terminal and one 
on a lower branch, though sometimes a second branch 
produces a fourth flower. The falls flare horizontally 
and the petal tip curls downward. The terminal flowers 
are at the top of the foliage. Very Early through Mid- 
season. Fragrant. 12 inches. 
Pagan Midget 
(Gulf Stream X pumila violet) 
This is a stunning red-purple self with an almost black 
overlay of velvet around the haft. The conspicuous 
beard is light blue. The two terminal flowers are car- 
ried at the top of the foliage and the third flower is 
rather hidden by the leaves. This variety is very flori- 
ferous and is the latest to bloom of these introduc- 
tions. It begins Midseason and lasts to the first of the 
tall bearded. Fragrant. 12 inches. 
Pigmy Gold 
(Orange Glow X pumila yellow) 
This is a very brilliant yellow self with good form and 
habit. The color is a bright chrome, and the flaring 
falls are very velvety. In Tennessee it is most unusual 
beginning to bloom with the first of the dwarfs and 
lasting until the tall beardeds open. The first stalks are 
scarcely five inches tall; later as the weather begins to 
warm up more and more stalks are made. These last 
stalks will reach a height of 10 to 12 inches. Beard 
chrome yellow. Very fragrant. 
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