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Early Glooming Tutermediate Tree 
If you have been growing only the tall-bearded varieties of iris, the 
time will come when you will wish that you could stretch the season 
out longer. There IS a way to extend the iris season and the way 
to do it ii—BACKWARD. 
To really begin at the beginning you should have some dwarf iris, 
which start to bloom a month or so before the tall-bearded. But our 
purpose, on this page, is to interest you in the early-blooming inter- 
mediates. 
The EARLY BLOOMING INTERMEDIATES are, generally 
speaking, the result of crossing dwarfs with tall bearded varieties and 
such hybrids are between the two in size, height and blooming season. 
Their height is between 16 and 28 inches and they have an unusual 
vivid clearness of coloring, although the color range is much more 
limited than among the later flowering tall-bearded varieties. 
The intermediates are doubly valuable because they bloom at a 
period when there is a definite lull in the garden. Daffodils and 
spring-flowering shrubs are through blooming and although tulips 
bloom at this time, these are not happy everywhere and inclined to 
die out. Intermediate iris, on the other hand, have rugged consti- 
tutions and are generous in the profusion of bloom. The culture is 
the same as that of the tall-bearded. 
As an extra dividend, some of these intermediates bloom again in 
the fall, if conditions are favorable, which implies that the plants are 
not allowed to become crowded, that moisture has been sufficient 
for new growth and that the fall temperatures hold favorable for 
this second crop of flowers. 
LIST OF INTERMEDIATE IRIS 
ABELARD—(H. Sass 1934). Salmony rose standards. Copper-red falls. 
$0.40 
ALICE HORSEFALL—(H. Sass 1932). Large velvety claret-purple. 
$0.40 
AUTUMN ELF—(Brown 1935). Cream standards and flaring falls of 
AME Kee UB EM DeN Ae pat 2 ee ere ee eo) a Rei Ue ae ne ee, $0.40 
AUTUMN FROST —(Schreiner 1936). Fine early white but refuses 
tonploomiy in ‘thet fallihene 2g ay ee eet at ee $0.40 
AUTUMN HAZE—(H. Sass 1934). Large, tall soft lavender. One of 
theymostreliablestalllabloomerss here. see ee $0.40 
AUTUMN QUEEN—(H. Sass 1936). Fine white everbloomer. Has a 
record of blooming every month from April to November. Some- 
times listedas tacchwathe ne see eee thee ot ne os Ee ee ines $0.40 
BARIA—(Cook 1951). New low intermediate in lovely light yellow. 
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BLACK HAWK-—(Schreiner 1941). Rich velvety black-purple with 
plush: like stall si tsccae nee Deemer ee ee ce SB oe Be $0.75 
BOUNTIFUL BLUE—(Hill-Son 1942). Profuse bloomer, spring and 
falls eM eda mit 1c meee eee ee sen eae 2 aie Ricci 2 ree $0.50 
BLACK MAGIC—(Wayman 1935). True purple fall bloomer. Eleanor 
ROoseyelthinco ren ito speeeem ane meee te nr er eee 6 ene $0.40 
CHALLENGER—(J. Sass 1929). Large deep purple. _ $0.40 
COSETTE—(H. Sass 1936). Fine early white. 20... $0.40 
DORCAS HUTCHESON—(McDade 1933). Pansy-violet self. Fall 
bloorner yee ee eae eer ee ee Sa ee ay $0.40 
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT—(H. Sass-McDade 1933). True purple of 
STreatNtens bye cla blestal ls bl OGmIch yes ese eee $0.40 
GENTIUS—(H. Sass 1934). Bluish violet and deeper royal purple. 
$0.40 
GLADSONG—H. Sass 1942). Yellow ground plicata adapted to fall 
DL @OTITT) O55 seeder ad A Ne aie Pie SL See 2 Pd ee ed $0.50 
GOLDEN BOW—(H. Sass 1935). Long large flowers of rich chrome- 
SV. CL LO Wise en as Sed ee 2 eet eos tee, ee ne $0.40 
FAIRY FLAX—(Cook 1951). New low intermediate in clear light blue. 
Mery ob lules ine ton Cece etek een iat ot ae Sere ot ee ee $4.00 
GREEN SPOT—(Cook 1951). New low intermediate in clean white 
with half inch patch of bright medium green on the horizontal 
PALS 2, pore See re eels APOE Oe a SR ee $5.00 
IVORY ELF—(Doub 1938). Lovely ivory-cream. 10”. Sometimes 
iS GeCL Fas Cale Ch wal iit Reeemewe sae wee ee tae eee ame Fo. Ld LP $0.50 
KING JR.—(H. Sass 1933). Similar to Autumn King. Earlier and 
freer ubloomilig.s aac eanerne ee ee eee PLANES 1 ENR ene $0.40 
KOCHINETTE-—(Kirkland 1934). Rich purple with flaring baa 
0.40 
PANSY PURPLE—(Hill). A very pleasing tone of light purple, which 
Fepeatscim Ce Halle pees eee otek coh eee. eee en eee ce $0.40 
PAPIO= (He Sassul93G)sNiGeled: icp] cyanea ee enna $0.40 
RED ORCHID—(J. Sass 1934). Violet-carmine self with velvet falls. 
Splendid "20-4 y sel se Ie ee eens RL Nee Sk ore $0.40 
SANGREAL—(J. Sass 1935). Fine chrome and citron-yellow fall 
DIOOIM Clay. oe: Eee ee UE ee ee A a eens oh $0.40 
SNOW MAIDEN—(Chadwick 1935). Very nice white. 12”. Some- 
times *listed was: aicdiiyaii essen eenmrere ie hae tee ee ee $0.40 
SPARK—(Nicholls 1931). Fiery deep brick-red. 00 $0.40 
SPRING GLOW —(Schreiner 1942). Finely formed rich maroon-brown. 
$0.40 
SOUTHLAND—(H. Sass 1934). Dependable deep yellow fall repeater. 
$0.40 
SUSA—(H. Sass 1934). Intense rich red-purple with purple beard. 
$0.40 
ULTRA~—(H. Sass 1926). Ultramarine-blue with flaring falls. Fall 
DlOOMiery Sak foe ete 22) 3S ee Man ie cate ae dat a deen oe $0.40 
WHITE AUTUMN KING—(H. Sass 1935). Dependable white fall 
bloomer. $0.40 
INTERMEDIATE IRIS COLLECTION 
Your selection of nine 40-cent varieties 
$3.00 
