Try These with the Wonderful New True Blues 
EARLY 
(Essig "46) $2.00; 
A flower of remarkable brilliance and depth of color. Medium-sized, well poised, with nicely flaring falls. 
The low branching starts at about 10”. A Canadian reports Gold Rush the best yellow for form and 
branching he has ever grown. Pleasingly fragrant. E-38”. 
(Taylor '46) +4 AM’49, RU for Dykes ’50 $2.00; 
Has won numerous regional awards, including gold cup for finest specimen in Hollywood Show 1946; 
1948 Sweepstakes Winner at Salt Lake City. A wonderful clear yellow, wide, smooth, with delightful 
ruffling giving it appeal such as few Iris possess. EM-38”. 
: MIDSEASON 
PLACERITA (Miess ’50) x $12.50; 3 for $34.35 
A superb descendant of the famous Tobacco Road, having a more intense color and a more golden hue; 
also it has more vigorous growing habits. A beautiful burnished gold self entirely without haft markings, 
and sparkling as if sprinkled with gold dust. The falls are very wide and flare out horizontally. Low 
branched. Unsurpassed for breeding rich things in gold or brown. Very new and little distributed as yet. 
M-36” 
. D (Essig ’46) a HM’46. $2.00; 
Increasing rapidly in popularity due to abundance of bloom, perfect carriage and flower placement, 
wonderful branching, and ideal form. Exceptionally large, of an incredibly pure yellow. They seem as if 
carved from pure gold. To behold a stalk is indeed an inspiration. You are missing something if you have 
not tried this. M-46”. See Ext Deci: 
OLA KALA (Sass '43) AM’45, Symposium ’52 $1.00; 3 for $2.75 
Won Dykes Medal in ’48 top ranking Symposium variety for 4 years. Such purity and depth of color 
seldom seen in any flower —a rich clear yellow, nicely ruffled. One of the best of all yellow seed parents; 
yielded Gold Sovereign and Ruth. M-36”. 
LATE 
(K. Smith 46) 4 Honorable Mention, 47 $3.50; 
The best of all yellows for extending your Iris bloom well into the late spring. Often blooms after nearly 
all other yellows have passed on. A tall, smooth, medium yellow with ruffled standards, wide semi-flaring 
falls of heavy substance. VL-38”. 
Novel Chartreuse and Greenish White Colorings 
For Bewitching and Utterly Different Flower Arrangements 
MIDSEASON 
(Lyon '49) tesexe HM’49, Award of Merit ’52 50; 
Breaking sharply from accustomed tones of yellow into a new sea-foam chartreuse blended with deep 
yellow, this very new Iris will delight flower arrangers seeking something different and with real 
appeal. A large flower with extra heavy substance that withstands heat and wind. A seedling of Snow 
Flurry which contributes a pleasing ruffling to the form. Will soon make a name for itself, both among 
fanciers and breeders. Be among the first to have it! M-44”. 
(Morris '50) + $7.50; 
A remarkable English creation not heretofore listed in America as far as | am aware. Described by 
one writer as the “greenest white I have ever seen.” A superb new white of great size and splendid 
substance, with strong, well-domed standards, large, widely flaring falls. A pale green glow within the 
throat intensifies the ice-blue white of the remainder of the flower. Outstanding, both for the fancier 
and the breeder. 36”. 
(K. Smith ’47) $4.00; 
A lovely flower in soft frosted lemon-ice, with a slight greenish cast, especially along midrib, giving a 
fresh, cool, crisp appearance. Delightfully ruffled and fluted in such a way as to add much to its charm. 
Falls have a white flush below the lemon-yellow beard. A clump is breath taking. M-36”. 
(Sass ’43) $1.75; 
Green Shadows represents another breeding line that is working in the direction of real greens. The 
color is technically sulphine yellow, or in more familiar terms, light buff-chartreuse. In the shadows 
it takes on an elusive greenish cast. Fine, large, well-formed flowers of good substance. Should be 
crossed with approaches to green from various other hybridizers. M-38”. 
OKLAHOMA (Mitchell ’45) $1.25 
My favorite from Prof. Mitchell. Of large size with a bewitching new color, blending pale seafoam 
green, primrose yellow and light buff. Brilliantly highlighted with a large central blue blaze on each 
fall. | think you’ll like this. Exquisitely fragrant. M-41”. 
Surprisingly Variable in Coloring 
EARLY 
SPRING SUNSHINE (Millikan ’47) Honorable Mention ’47 $1.50; 3 for $3.95 
Largest yellow Iris to date. A plant of this in your garden will be the sensation of your entire neigh- 
borhood. A pleasing lemon-cream with a strong midrib. Edges of petals prettily serrated. Yields fertile 
pollen. Hybridizers should find it unexcelled for adding size in all color classes. Foliage nearly ever- 
green. EM-48”. 
MIDSEASON 
(Stevens '49) + HM’49, Symposium 52 50; 
Leading variety in 51 Awards of Merit. Highest ranking yellow and white bicolor in the latest Sym- 
posium. One of the notable “color breaks” of our generation, giving an entirely new and very decora- 
tive color pattern—standards in clear sparkling white, effectively contrasting with falls of smooth, 
even primrose yellow. The blooms are wax-like, beautifully molded, so fresh and clear they remind 
one of daffodils dancing in the breeze. Opens up new breeding possibilities. This new type has become 
popular so rapidly, | predict it will be the breeding pattern to follow the tangerine-bearded pinks as 
the most popular hybridizing objective. Sometimes re-blooms in the Fall. M-38”. 
RUTH (Innes ’50) %% Honorable Mention ’51 $4.00 
It is a pleasure to present Ruth to my customers. This is the variety which impressed me most favor- 
ably of all of the new yellows that I saw for the first time last spring. It immediately attracts every- 
one’s attention as it is the most ruffly and crinkly yellow that anyone has ever seen. It surpasses its 
pollen parent Gold Ruffles in this respect. A beautiful bright yellow that is bound to create interest in 
your garden. A yellow Iris without a peer. M-38”. 
YELLOWS, SOFT and LIGHT—Continued on page 30. 
We are up in the SNOW COUNTRY, among the evergreens. 29 
EASTER GOLD—Heavy bloomer— 
If your order includes Aril Iris totaling $5.00 or more, and one Easter Gold 
at regular price of $2.00, you may add a second Easter Gold for only 1¢. 
GREEN PASTURES (Heller 47) %#% HC’45, HM’47. 
$2.00; 3 for $5.50 
Here is one of the closest approaches to green yet available in Bearded Iris. 
A delightful chartreuse yellow in soft pastel tints. A touch of blue at tip of 
yellowish olive beard is most effective and accentuates the cool green tones 
of the bloom. Huge, tall, free flowering. Starts early, often still in good con- 
dition when the late varieties come out. Perfectly hardy. Introduced at $30 in 
1947. Extremely popular, out-selling all other approaches to green. Pollen 
abundant, highly fertile; an excellent seed setter. Now is the time to get a start 
of this so you can begin crossing it with various others having greenish tones. 
You may well come up with a world beater. E, M, L-48”. 
GREEN PASTURES—Gigantic— 
