Cxlracrdinary 
1953 INTRODUCTIONS 
Many unusually fine creations, direct trom our hybridizing 
plots are described and illustrated on this, and the next, page 
for the first time. 
STORM WARNING 
STORM WARNING (Schreiner 1953) M. 36”. 
“It’s terrific!” our visitors cried upon seeing this supreme ex- 
exemplar of luxuriant blackness blooming in regal dignity 
in our display garden. Imagine a really large black iris on a 
36-INCH STEM! Not in 300 years of effort have tulip hybri- 
dizers achieved a blackness comparable to that of STORM 
WARNING. Sumptuous sheen and classic form complete a 
notable ensemble. Watch your neighbors “blow their top” in 
sheer admiration when a clump of this sensational beauty 
blooms in your garden! No. G289. $20.00 
CORDOLON 
RAINBOW MIST 
RAINBOW MIST (Stevens 1953) E. 33”. 
Far too subtle for printer’s ink is the frosty, opalescent sheen 
of this sparkling lavender-pink. So ethereal is its silvery 
iridescence that it threatens to deliquesce into a mist before 
one’s very eyes. Happily named RAINBOW MIST is far more 
beautiful than the engraver would have us believe. One of 
the few iris in these luminous, tranquil color tones. 
$15.00 
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