viewing the remainder of the sisters to bloom last season and looking over the Gracious Lady seed- 
lings in bloom at the same time I am convinced a grain of pollen may have remained on the tweezers 
to produce this one seed thought to be from the hoogiana seedling. Perhaps my second best blue is 
from Sky Song x Blue Rhythm, although I have several others from a Cahokia seedling and a few 
by Cahokia that look very good and further testing will be required to make final selections. But 
if you want something truly different in the blues try Sea Lark on some of the blues and whites 
derived from Snow Flurry—or to Snow Flurry herself. Clifford Benson produced several fine seed- 
lings from Snow Flurry by this parent and thé best of them carried some of the Sea Lark-flush of 
intensified color in the standards or falls. We cannot pass this color without mention of Lady ilsa 
(Kenneth Smith's new blue) and Mr. McKee’s fine Ponder—they were, indeed, impressive new blues 
here last year—both possess that smoothness we like so well. Mrs. Suiter’s Sun Lakes also has a 
smoothness of finish inherited, perhaps, from its fine parent, Sylvia Murray, that will also continue 
to be a good breeder for years to come. 
“BLACKS” 
So many good dark iris are to be had, an easy choice of parents may be made. All the better 
darks seem to be coming through Sable and Black Forest. Storm King cannot be overlooked and we» 
think Vatican Purple, Down East, Velvet Dusk,,.Purple Flash, Ebony Queen and our own Night 
Life and After Midnight will be good breeders. Fay’s new Black Hills and Schreiner’s Black Diamond 
will be used a lot. Cook’s Sable Night is destined to be widely used as will some of his new blacks 
not as yet introduced. My finest dark to date comes from this combination: (Night Life) x 48-55A: 
(Black Forest x After Midnight). Its number is 51-133A and it has such splendid finish and superb 
substance we are, indeed, proud of it. Harold Odle of Wickenberg, Arizona, has a series of seedlings 
from Snow Flurry x Sable that when combined with some of the above-mentioned “blacks” will 
surely produce “the works’'. We like the infusion of Snow Flurry's blood wherever possible for all 
ihe color classes due to its vigor, form and good heavy stalk qualities. Dymia and its child, Gulf 
Stream (and its child, Northwestern) will be useful to get the dark beard into flowers where a self 
beard is desired. Arabi Pasha might be good here, for the same reason. And Mrs. Crosby's Concord 
Velvet wiil be useful for its height, size and good width of petals, as: will Pagan Royal and ihe 
good darks from Snow Flurry breeding, like Dark Tower. 
LIGHT YELLOWS AND BI-COLORS 
Mention of these is made primarily because of Milliken's fine Montecito. It is on the order of 
Cream Gold, Tranquil Moon and Song of Songs. A big flower having a lovely shape. In the Pinnacle- 
type “yellow amoeanas” it still stands out as a leader and I like its shape and size better than 
Summit, yet, personally, I fell for Mystic Melody for its smoothness, form and other good qualities 
it performed beautifully on a first year plant. We hear of a lovely new yellow and white “amoeana’’ 
from Mr. Brummitt of England produced from Admiration. Here might be a clue to a breeder for this 
color class. Tompkins’ Lamplit Hour can be useful here, but should be bred to one like Fair Day 
with a good heavy stalk. We suspect that perhaps Ruffled Organdy might be one to use for ihis 
color class. 
AMOENAS 
Wabash and her seedlings like Gaylord, Criterion and Chiquita still hold prominence in this 
country. Gaylord here was, indeed, an improved Wabash. The stalk and branching left little to be 
desired. We have heard of some superb things coming through Extravaganza by Three Cheers (a 
necr Amoeana—really a neglecta) and other good ones from Extravaganza by Rumba Rose. We 
fell for Chiquita with its ruffled petals cnd believe it is destined to be a great favorite for years to 
come. We are introducing Honor Guest for its good growing and blooming habits as an addition to 
this class although it is not quite an amoeana. Helen Collingwood and now Mardi Gras are iwo 
from K. Smith;that will be widely used in this color class. Step Up and its parent, Mist Glow, are my 
contributions. to-this color class and they bring a little new blood into the lines already in use. 
Again we think-the addition of Snow Flurry blood may be good, as might some of the better and 
more vigorous pinks like Pink Formal, Cherie and Cloudcap. Maytime, too, may hold promise here, 
as might Cook's pinkish bi-color, Morning Bright. 
BLENDS AND BROWNS 
As with most of the other color-classes, the blends have tended to become smoother. With the 
advent of the Sass blends like Prairie Sunset, Matula and Midwest Gem, and the Kleinsorge things 
coming from Far West, and the Whiting iris from the Sass lines, China Maid, Summer Tan, etc., a 
whole new vista of colors was opened. Aztec Copper and its child, Tobacco Road, have done much 
to enhance the blends, the browns and coppers. Mexico is a notably fine breeder for blends and 
other rich colors and has been put to great use by its originator as well as a host of other breeders. 
Because the blends, browns, and coppers have been rather closely bred and intercrossed I will 
not touch on the copper and brown breeding separately. We are taken with Spellbound, Summer 
Song, Thotmes III, Golden Plover and Spanish Fandango, and expect good things to come from 
them. Utah Sunset and its sister, Glistening Copper, are very smoothly finished and produce excel- 
lent seedlings. Utah Sunset, however, should be crossed wiih something to hold down ihe size; 
yet no fast rule may be set since its finest golden brown seedling was produced from 49-2, a huge 
brown blend from Elena Choosing x (Zebulon x Golden Eagle) and interesting it is because of the 
“double-dose” of Oncocyclus blocd—its number is 52-7. If it lives and proves as worthy as first 
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