HELEN McGREGOR (Graves 1946) 
DYKES MEDAL winner for 1949. Large, 
perfectly formed, beautifully ruffled 
flowers in a clean, lustrous, very 
light blue with a flush of silvery 
white around its near white beards. 
A thrifty, free bloomer that's es- 
pecially fine for cutting. 36 in. 2.00 
HIS EXCELLENCY (K. Smith 1948) 
Here we have a new version of the 
old "pansy colored" variety Louvois 
in a larger, brighter and better 
all-round iris. The S are tan flushed 
pink, the falls a rich, dark brown 
bordered tan. 36 in. stalks. 3.00 
HIT PARADE (Hall 1947) 
Another, and one of the better, of 
the flamingo pinks. This one a bit 
ruffled and with a larger flower 
than some of the others. Medium in 
tone and smoothly colored with the 
characteristic pink buds and tan- 
gerine beards. 30-34 in. stalks. Leo 
ILLINOIS (Hall 1949) 
A great big creamy-yellow, noted for 
its fine finish, pure coloring and 
husky, free blooming qualities. An 
excellent all-round variety for 
flower show exhibition. 36-38 in. as 
INDIANA NIGHT (Cook 1942) 
Self - and a lovely one. Very dark, 
lustrous, velvety purple several 
tones bluer and brighter than Sable 
and with far less haft markings. A 
somewhat slow increaser but it grows 
nicely and it is 4 beautiful, out- 
standing flower. 36 in. stalks. ato 
JULIET (Kleinsorge 1946) 
Brilliant blend of flashing colors. 
A vivid, flame-coppery color suf- 
fused with salmon and shading into 
a bright burnt~orange at the center. 
Large, broad petaled flowers and a 
fine all-round plant. 36 in. 1.00 
LADY BOSCAWEN (Graves 1946) 
Smooth, gleaming alabaster-white in 
near perfection of form and coloring. 
Big ruffled flowers with nicely flar- 
ing falls. A clump produces 4 mass 
of that clean, shining white we all 
like so well. 36-40 in. stalks. 12.00 
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