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Each year | present here the most novel and distinctive of current offerings of the Iris hybridizers. 
For years | have been searching the earth for the most unique of all new varieties, and these are my 
findings — utterly different, and extra choice. Try exhibiting these at your flower shows. 
RAINBOW ROOM (J. Sass '46) x HM 47 See $4.00 
Award of merit 51. In this bewitching new flower Jacob Sass has brought together many of the colors 
of the Rainbow. Seldom does one see such extraordinary placement of colors and so many multiple 
shadings. Flower seems as if lighted from within, and the surface of the falls sparkles as if dusted 
with gold crystals. The form of the flower is just about perfect and there is a lovely ruffling that adds 
character to the bloom. Pollen very abundant. ML-34”, 
MAYTIME (Whiting ’50) 4 RU Award of Merit '52 $15.00; 3 for $29.95 
If you want real excitement when your new Iris come into bloom, don’t overlook Maytime. Heralded 
as the finest rose-pink amoena, and a breeding triumph in a class that hybridizers have found difficult 
to improve. Standards pale orchid-pink, nicely rounded, cupped. Falls broad and round, deep rose, 
contrasting sharply with standards. So new and distinctive is its fresh clear coloring, it has evoked 
these comments of distinguished Irisarians. H. J. Randall: “Quite unlike any Iris | have ever seen.” 
J. Wills: “I know of nothing else resembling it.” Your garden needs this beautiful new pink, with its 
individualistic appeal. ML-40”. 
BENTON OLIVE (Morris 49) ~ $5.00 
A highly novel and unusual Iris, well deserving a place on this page of real novelties. Imagine stand- 
ards of pale silvery olive-gray; falls of the same color with a royal purple flush extending from the haft 
over two-thirds of the petals. | imported this from England for you as there is nothing else like it. 
It has been much admired both in the garden and on show benches. 33”. 
STAR SHINE (Wills 49) 4% HM '49 $6.00; 3 for $16.50 
Award of Merit ’51. An Iris to tempt all who are looking for a really different and distinctive Iris. 
An entrancing deep cream, white and pearly blue, the colors so skillfully blended that it has the 
iridescent gleam of lustrous pearls. Has been the center of attraction wherever exhibited. The broad 
domed standards are deep buff cream: the white flaring falls have a suggestion of blue in the center 
and an edging to match the standards. Flowers so firmly substanced that they stand up when other 
Iris succumb to the elements. Blooms over a long season. Many who can afford only one or two fine 
You’ll Like RAINBOW ROOM—$4.00 
Iris at a time, would do well to include this on their list. ML-36”. 
CIRCUS (Marx '50) x $1.25 
Here is a new, very inexpensive Iris that | can recommend above all other bearded Iris 
for extending your blooming season into the late spring or early summer. It is even later 
than Extravaganza which has heretofore been one of our very latest bloomers. Reminds one 
of Marquita, from which it has descended. Standards, light lemon yellow; falls, creamy 
yellow with soft yet prominent mulberry-red veins. A bizarre novelty, probably unsur- 
passed by any other offering | have this year at this price. VL-36”. 
GOLDEN SYMPHONY (Horton '44) 4% HM ’50 $5.00; 3 for $13.75 
A large, very charming flower, a symphony of colors, appealing to all who favor the softer 
tints. Standards, bright light yellow; falls, bright heliotrope blending to glistening gold 
at the edges and at the deep yellow haft. Will give you a splendid show of color at the 
very end of your Iris season. VL-36”. 
MEXICAN MAGIC (Whiting ’47) HM ’47 $3.50 
An Iris that is so appealing and has been so scarce that | have been propagating it for 
three years in order to build up enough stock to be able to include it on this page. A bril- 
liant medley of Spanish red and copper with a strong blue blaze in the center of the falls. 
One of the most startling and incredible colors yet seen in Iris. Not very well branched but 
so jewel-like in color that we can forget the branching. ML-30”. 
MIST GLOW (Muhlstein 48) + $3.00; 3 for $8.25 
A stunning, different amoena with beautiful white standards and pale violet falls with an 
attractive smooth gold infiltration at haft. Proving to be a fine parent. ML-30”. 
KING’S JESTER (Stevens ’48) $2.00 
Uniquely different, is this striking flower that is so heavily patterned it almost seems as if 
it had Onco blood. Picture falls of silvery white boldly penciled and lined in deep violet 
with rosy maroon margins. The intense coloration of the veining in contrast to the back- 
ground makes this most individualistic and reminds one of the markings on a butterfly’s 
wing. Imported from New Zealand. M-38”. 
ORIENTAL GLORY (Salbach '50) xx HM ’52 $10.00 
This is the new name of the variety which received so many favorable comments last 
»son as Oriental Splendor. Everyone | talked to seemed to have it on their “must-get” 
! give it a place on this special page because the color and brilliance are dramatic. 
Siancards domed, glistening mahogany red; falls, flaring, rich mahogany brown, changing 
to gold at haft with a brilliant violet-blue blaze in the center of the falls. Get this and enter 
it at {ae next flower show. M-30”. 
GREEN WHISPER (Button '49) $5.00; 3 for $13.75 
A new approach to green, a remarkable achievement for this teen-ager (Joyce N. Button) 
who started hybridizing at the age of six. A lovely kid-skin white with greenish undertones, 
particularly noticeable in light shadows. A flower that should be very useful to arrangers 
and to breeders working for greens or whites. M-38”. 
HUMMING BIRD (Knowlton '52) % HC’50, Honorable Mention ’52 $8.00 
One of the most interesting and distinctive of the new colorings now to be found in Iris. 
Standards, Egyptian buff, crisp and fluted; falls, broad and flaring, white lightly bordered 
with the buff of the standards. Center of flower illuminated with a deeper glow, touched off 
by bright orange beard. A beautifully and heavily ruffled flower. Very light and airy. Stalks 
tall, strong and well branched. An Iris of great individuality and distinction. M-40”. 
LADY ALBRIGHT (Muhlestein ’50) + CC’49, HM’50 $8.00 
From two brilliant parents comes this vivid newcomer that will make a spotlight of atten- 
tion in any garden. A vivacious flower that is simply alive with color. Standards, intense 
coppery-brown:; falls, brilliant rosy violet, neatly edged in bright copper. ML-36”. 
BENTON DAMOZEL (Morris '51) $10.00 
A fitting new Iris for this page of novelties as this is the first rich cream Iris with a bright 
tangerine beard. A lovely and unusual combination that will at once take your fancy. Bred 
in England by the creator of the famous Strathmore which it resembles in form, substance 
ang te branching. This will go far in giving your garden that illusive quality of distinc- 
ion. 40”. 
VOODOO (Kleinsorge '48) $2.00; 3 for $5.50 
A dark sumptuous beauty wholly without a counterpart in the Iris world. An Iris so arrest- 
ing and different that it is a surprise even to those familiar with most of the new Iris in the 
brown and coppery tones. Visualize standards in rich chocolate-brown, and falls in blackish 
crimson, held stiffly horizontal. Entire flower crimped and ruffled at the edges. A very rich 
piece of color, and an abundant bloomer. Planted with pale yellows, deep yellows and 
orange tones, it produces an effect long to be remembered. Equally effective in arrange- 
ments. M to L-34”. 
STARTER NOVELTY COLLECTION: Circus, Mist Glow and Voodoo for only $5.95 
ADVANCED NOVELTY COLLECTIONS: Above 3 plus your choice of any one of 
guess Rainbow Room, Benton Olive, Star Shine, Golden Symphony or Green Whisper 
or only 9.25 
SUPER NOVELTY COLLECTION: Circus, Mist Glow, Voodoo plus your choice of either 
Maytime or any three in list above, for only $18.95 
YOUR CHOICE NOVELTIES: Order any four novelties other than Circus, at regular 
price, and you get FREE your choice of any one of these new Iris valued at $10.00 or more: 
Fancyancy, page 2; or Pink Formal, page 24; or Placer Maid, page 28. 
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