_, TABLE OF DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS 
S—Standards or top petals. 
F—Falls or bottom petals. 
Self—Standards and falls all one color. 
Blend—Colors blended or combined in § and F. 
Variegata—Yellow standards with falls of purple or red or 
brown. 
Bj-Color—S one color; F another color. 
Plicata—Background one solid color, stippled, stitched or dotted 
another color, 
Amoena—White standards, colored falls. 
T—Table Iris (small flower on slender stems, 
I—Intermediate (fair sized flowers on short stems, 
A.B—Autumn Bloomers. 
E.—Very Early. 
1953 COLLECTION OFFERS 
You may choose your own Iris Collection! From the bearded 
Iris listed in this catalog, NOT MARKED WITH A STAR, 
choose your collection and deduct 20% from the total on 
orders from $5.00 to $25.00, or chose 35% more Iris. 
(On orders amounting to $26.00 and up, deduct 33 1/3% (one 
third) from the ae or choose 50% more Fis. 
Orders chosen from the starred (*) varieties, or o norders less 
than $5.00, premiums of worthwhile Iris will be given. 
Please name two or three that you would like.) Some vari- 
eties are starred because I do not have enough stock. 
We have a $1.25 Beginner’s Collection ‘of 5 Iris. Also a $2.50 
Collection of 10 Iris al labeled and different. 
ACTION FRONT—Coppery red and garnet............ ope ee $ .75 
*ADAIR—Cream, brown dOts...........-....-------c-cesssestesee-2- eee ee TOO) 
*ADORNMENT—Misty old rose —......--------------------eeeeeee- beseenea 1,00 
FAD ASV ello WembDE OU Ze Olle Mme Se. oe ee ene ee cece eats eS 5 
ADVENTURE—Plicata, yellow, brown dots .......-..--------------2-- «50 
TAD AS SY Cll O Wissen en ee eth ee Be ee ee ree ae nc eeen BAO 
ALADDIN’S WISH—Blue streaked cream es ieee 5 Feet. wtsrst se 1,00 
ALAMEDA—White plicata edged Dblue..uu..2......e.eeceeeeeeeeeeeeeee .50 
ALASTOR—Cyclamen pink, orange beard...................----- pedals +50 
*ALDURA—White plicata, stitched blue... 2222.2. 1.00 
*ALEPPO PLAIN—Yellow plicata, dotted edge of purple 1.00 
ALLUMEUSE—Bi-color of blended violet blue..................,,--. +50 
ALWAYS—Ivory, veined bronzy-red, purple... -40 
*AMADINE—Cream, lemon tinge —..-2..---..2...ccececceeeeeeeeeeceeeeee 3.00 
ADMBERS BEAD S—T ante DE OWT co tetera tte ee nee nee 35 
AMBER GEM—Large chestnut brown and gold .................- 2.00 
AMIGO—Light blue S, plum velvet Fu... ee ae +50 
*AMITY—S: light blue, F: pansy edged lighter.................... 1.00 
*SANGELUS—Huge mauve pink oo ..c.ei cee eeeeeeeeeee ee ee 5O 
*ANNABEL—Very clear light blue self 000... ee 50 
ANEE M. CAYEUX—Pigeon throat blue.............e.-eseeccseseee 35 
ANNE NEWHARD—Lovely blue bi-color....w... 2. eee 50 
ANNE SHERIDAN—Tall empire yellow.....0.2.......1....ccccsecseoe .50 
*ANTIGON—Super-deep yellow -...0-...-.1....--..ccececeqecceeececeeeeetete? 50 
APRIL TAN—Tall light tan __W.... rus OL at en deere ee, 5O 
ARAB s CHIRK —Burnte OFAN GC .cnctcccccrote sate see 1.00 
*A'IRIANE—Plicata, white-blue all OVeT.....0.0..2.2.-eccececseeeseeeee: .50 
RCT EC Call Cre aria tie ce coesate ese ee ete acest n-cesc stare. nev excvecesverse esse eae .50 
*ARDIS—Cream, edges dotted brown  ..........2..42:.::ccc-00-4 Sree) 1250 
ARE THUS A—=Lar gem rOS@ vice te cect ceness camp cesetenee ieeae see eens .50 
*ARGUS PHEASANT—Golden brown and copper ................ 7:00 
AT DAWNING—Arbutus rose pink... eee eeceeseeeeeeeeees a5 
AT ROUS—Black purple te. te... ea ee reece Soe aro 50 
PAU BAN Sh rinip piticeD len dae ssi eee ee aes ees 50 
"A UBURN—Coppery henna brown, patch of blue on F........ 2.50 
FAULUMN ELF— -A B- white and lilac ...2..002.02 .40 
*“AUTUMN SURPRISE—A B pretty rare blue ............2... .40 
*AZALEA—Azalea pink, coral beard. -.........c.ccsccceceeecseedbeee sees 1.50 
AZTEC COPPER—huge copper tan... eee ee 50 
AZTEC GLORY—Copper blend, glowg 200..-..scc-ececceeceeeeeeeees #50 
AZURE SKIES—Ruffled light Dblue.....2.0.. ieee eeeeeeeteene -60 
*BAGHDAD—Brassy yellow ......... ee BE Aor eee ie Sai See ee SSO 1.50 
*BALLET DANCER—Apricot tam 2 ...s-cecdetececeterceenes eee 3250 
BALLET GIRL—Delicate pink white... See 50 
BALMUNG—Yellow plicata edged brown... Axe 
BARRIMOHR—Mulberry red-purple _..0...222.00eeeee cette eteeeeee . 1.00 
“BARGAIN DAY-—A beautiful color bargain in feds eit are EOL 
BAD AAN=—B trnished iGO pper |e cr cncee cert yieeeeesec- ees es 1.00 « 
*BERKELEY BLUE—Large medium blue, i ees feces 5m 1.00 
BERKELEY GOLD—Deep intense yellow ................ etme .60 
BERMUDA SAND—Coffee tan blend 0.0.0... ae Gifs 
BIG DIPPER —Darice blue,, tallice 2 ioc ccccucsssccee cere 35 
BIRCHBARK—Large cream white .......00..0.0----cecee 050 
*BLACK AND GOLD—Near black F, gold S.....002.u2. Eee 8.00 
*BLACK BANNER—Velvety near black...........02.0..-2:cecceeeees 100 
*BLACK FOREST—The nearest to black ..........-......--4-.... a 1.25 
BLACK HAWK I—Velvety near black... 75 
i BLACK WINGS—Dark blue, purple... sececececeeeecceeees 35 
_ BLENDED BEAUTY-—S. bronze, F red and veined................ 35 
' BLUE AND GOLD—Dark biue, bright gold beard........ Petey ae +50 
PABLO ERILLS—Lovely azure blue) .2.:.0tc. cc stc ee capeetecctegee 1.00 
| &BLUE oon HCC Ue een eee ee 2.00 
“BLU Meee M=Corn flower: blue yon as eae 1,00 
IMMER—Plicata white dotted Hlueme ee 1.00 
Ly oa -Large ruffled almost true blue ................ 3.50 
{-Variegata, yellow S., maroon Foi. 50) 
*BORN pe pe DAY Yellow g, F yell. flushed red purple 5.00 
BRIGH? LIGHTS—Plicata, yellow, brown stitching ........ pave ls5OC me 
“BRILIIANT AMBER—Light amber blend 
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