BLACK AND GOLD. Striking new varie- 
gata from Dr. Kleinsorge. 75¢ 
BLACK BANNER. Velvety near black. 
A stunner in this class. $1.00 
BLACK FOREST. If you desire the dark- 
est Iris on the market you need look no 
farther. This is it. The entire flower is 
silky blue black even to the beard. Med- 
ium sized blooms on 30 inch stems. $1.50 
BLACK RUBY. (Dolman, 1949). An al- 
most 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 seemingly placed on a solid 
piece of velvety crimson-black. Branch- 
ing is good and the stems are about 34 to 
36 inches in height. Increases rapidly and 
soon forms a fine clump. H.C., A.ILS., 
1946; H.M., 1949. $3.00 
BLUE ANGELS WINGS. (McKee, 1949). 
A fine, tall, lovely blue-white that is really 
different. Large well balanced flower 
of merit. $3.00 
BLUE BLAZES. (Welch ’50). M. (B-50: 
Gudrun x Easter Morn) x (Great Lakes). 
Lovely, tall, clean, smooth blue with qual- 
ity written all over it. Superb blood for 
blues and whites. H.C. ’49,H.M. ’51. $9.00 
BLUE CROWN. Large blue-white self 
from Mr. Washington. $1.00 
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.IS., 1949. 
40 inches. $2.50 
BLUE FRILLS. An azure blue of pure 
coloring. Lovely. $1.00 
BLUE GLOW. Here is a dark velvety blue 
with brown haft. A self. Lovely. 90c 
BLUE PARAKEET. (Waters 1950). A 
stunning new Iris. A lovely clear Chicory 
blue with a very decided olive haft reach- 
ing nearly an inch down the fall. The 
flowers are large, the tall stalks, 40-43 
inches, are widely branched. Heavy frag- 
rance. Excellent. Midseason. Late. $7.50 
BLUE RHYTHM. Dykes Medal winner 
in 1950. Winner of President’s Cup in 1950. 
Award of Merit English Iris Society in 
1950. This grand blue from Mrs. Whiting 
just wins the honors, and a heavy demand 
here. - $1.00 
BLUE SHIMMER. A blue and white pli- 
cata. White ground, heavily but evenly 
marked and dotted soft bluish violet. A 
36-inch stem. 90c 
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. A.M., 1952. $10.00 
BLUE VALLEY. (Smith 1947). ML. 36 
inches. Hailed as one of the closest ap- 
proaches 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. H.M., 
1947. A.M., 1949. $2.00 
BOLD COPPER. Dark tan to brown 
blend. Ruffled flowers. Heavy bloomer 
on 38 inch stalk. This from Sass Bros. 
1950. A good one. $7.50 
BONNY. Peppermint pink in color and 
leathery substance. Tangerine beard. 
From Mr. Lapham. H.M., 1950. $1.50 
BRIGHT LIGHTS. A novel plicata. In 
garden effect a bright waxy yellow with 
an intriguing alabaster-white blaze on the 
falls and soft tan stitching to further cap- 
tivate one. Afar it carries as a yellow, 
closer a bi-toned yellow with deep golden 
standards and white-bordered yellow falls. 
$1.00 
BRIGHT SONG. (Schroeder, 1949). E. 
38 inch. A casually ruffled bright pink 
flower of great brilliancy. In our gardens 
it was perhaps one of the finest, most bril- 
liant 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. $8.00 
BRONZE BROCADE. (Nesmith, 1948). 
M. L. The name is most descriptive of 
this lustrous warm blend of copper red 
and tobacco brown. ‘The standards are 
bronzy red, very broad and roundly domed 
with strong midrib. The semi-flaring and 
ruffled falls have a brown undercolor 
blushed Corinthian purple around the 
bronzy gold beard. There is a darker 
band of Kaiser brown bordering both stan- 
dards and falls. Heavy substanced flow- 
ers. Strong vigorous growth with 10 or 
more blooms on 5-way branching stalk. 
H.M., A.LS., 1948. 40-inch. $3.00 
BROWN BOY. Very brilliant copper with 
orange tones. Large flower, medium 
height. Very popular, order early. 50c 
BROWN THRASHER. A very bright cop- 
pery golden brown. Very brilliant. Award 
Merit. 90c 
BRYCE CANYON. (Kleinsorge, 1944). 
This flower is a pure self of distinct warm 
shades of henna-copper closely resembling 
the glowing colors of the rock formation 
in the colorful canyon for which it was 
named. Of good substance on well 
branched stems, highly domed standards 
and broad round falls. Mid-season. 36-in. 
H.M., A.LS., 1945. A.M. 1947. $1.20 
BURGUNDY ROSE. Large, ruffled flow- 
er of dark Amethyst Rose. No color like 
it; ; $1.00 
Garden Clubs can pool orders and get 
the lower price brackets and premiums. 
