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Intermediates—“I’ve found I can use lots of the smaller iris where big, tall ones are out of place.’ Mrs. Hazel Butson, Ore. 
Early Blooming Intermediate Iris 
IVORY ELF 
If you have been growing only the tall-bearded varieties of iris, the 
time will come when, you will wish that you could stretch the season 
out longer. There IS a way to extend the iris season and the way 
to do it is—BACKWARD. 
To really begin at the beginning you should have some dwarf iris, 
which start to bloom a month or so before the tall-bearded. But our 
purpose, on this page, is to interest you in the early-blooming inter- 
mediates. 
The EARLY BLOOMING INTERMEDIATES are, generally speak- 
ing, the result of crossing dwarfs with tall-bearded varieties and such 
hybrids are between The two in size, height and blooming season. 
Their height is between 16 and 28 inches and they haye an unusual 
vivid clearness of coloring, although the color range is much more 
limited than among the later dowering tall- bearded varieties. 
The inieemediatcs are doubly valuable because they bloom at a 
period when there is a definite lull in the garden. Daffodils and 
spring-flowering shrubs are through blooming and although tulips 
bloom at this time, these are not ‘happy. everywhere and inclined to 
die out. Intermediate iris, on the other hand, have rugged constitu- 
tions and are generous in the profusion of bloom. The culture is the 
same as that of the tall-bearded. 
As an extra dividend, some of these intermediates bloom again in 
the fall, if conditions are favorable, which implies that the plants are 
not allowed to become crowded, that moisture has been sufficient for 
new growth and that the fall temperatures hold favorable for this 
second crop of flowers. 
LIST OF INTERMEDIATE IRIS 
ABELARD—(H. Sass 1934). Salmony rose standards. Copper-red 
fal lone ee eee eee $0.50. 
AUTUMN ELF—(Brown 1935). Cream standards and flaring falls 
OL Li eeepc ay sgu este re cae eee $0.50 
AUTUMN HAZE—(H. Sass 1934). Large, tall soft lavender. One of 
thesmost reliable talle bloomens: ere. seen :cseseees eterna eae $0.50 
AUTUMN QUEEN—(H. Sass 1936). Fine white everbloomer. Hasva 
record of blooming every month from April to November. Some- 
times listed as a dwart. Be eck ace da vet eee Pe ee $0.50 
BARIA—(Cook 1951). New low intermediate in lovely light yellow. 
10ers et el eee $2.0 
BLACK HAWK — (Schreiner 1941). Rich velvety black-purple with 
Dl trsha Lite eg teal gaye eee eee meee eee eee $0.75 
BOUNTIFUL BLUE—(Hill-Son 1942). Profuse bloomer, spring and 
fall) IWeedlitamas byl tae ee as cos ae eee eee $0.50 
DORCAS HUTCHESON—(McDade 1933). Pansy-violet self. Fall 
[PURO eT Shack ences cnet Bae ns SE NO, ee ee Rey tare ea $0.50 
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT — (H. Sass-McDade 1933). True purple of 
ereat intensity. Reliable fall bloomer. Also grown under the name 
of Black UAB A op be hes ee a ie wear Seppe ns? $0.50 
FAIRY FLAX——(Cook 1951). New low intermediate in clear light 
Fedhows, Wiese Ven: The WOE, eas ens or eee ee $2.00 
GIBSON GIRL—-(Gibson 1948) M.36”. Large, heavily banded and 
dotted plicata of rosy heliotrope on light yellow ground. Reblooms 
in the fall, when its attraction is Danaea A tall, not intermediate 
variety, included here because of its fall blooming tendencies. $1.00 
GOLDEN BOW —(H. Sass 1935). Long large flowers of rich chrome- 
SGI eee ee ae oy oe au lee Si ee Re Se ete ee ee eer ee $0.50 
GREEN SPOT—(Cook 1951). New low intermediate in clean white 
with half inch patch of bright medium green on the horizontal 
Pera RSs at eae ea NN ne Ad, Re Cong eal pom RR as oon aR Ee pt ence he $2.50 
HARVEST BLUE—(Brown 1950) VL.20”. Mrs. Nesmith terms this 
the best fall-blooming iris she has seen. A bitone with lavender-blue 
Standards) and deeper falls that flare. se cece $4.00 
IVORY ELF—(Doub 1938). Lovely ivory-cream. 10”. Sometimes 
est el als oe BC WELT tee eer ees eA ee Se en eee ce eee ee $0.50 
MARINE WAVE— (Schreiner 1941). Solid, uniform medium blue 
Acaol a tled qb at ley seen Cee tee etme oe saint eae OR en ROA Pace st Se ee eo $0.50 
MARTIE EVEREST— (Kirkland 1935). Standards lavender-blue; 
falls violet-blue. Not an intermediate but tall variety, included here 
because of its fall blooming tendencies. -..-....----...-..-------2-2-22---- $0.50 
OCTOBER BLAZE—(McDade 1935). Large purple-red, a tall, not 
intermediate variety, included here because of its fall blooming 
ERTL GL LAGI eee eee ee eee ere ara Pe ee eee $0.50 
PANSY PURPLE—(Hill). A very pleasing tone of light eee 
whicherepeatominiatiGeta || umee@ es. sec ene etc eee $0.5 
RED ORCHID—(J. Sass 1934). Violet-carmine self with velvet falls. 
Spo] rch 1 Cl eageee eee  e eo re eee ree es eth eo ee $0.50 
SANGREAL—(J. Sass 1935). Fine chrome and citron-yellow fall 
bloomety es... eee eee Rm at YUE. . ia) A ee ee $0.50 
SPRING GLOW — (Schreiner 1942). Finely formed rich maroon- 
BO Wi eae es oe Bc ee ch Re co SN $0.50 
SOUTHLAND—(H. Sass 1934). Dependable deep yellow fall re- 
CELE Tens ee Fe pose ints Se $0.50 
SUSA—(H. Sass 1934). Intense rich red-purple with purple beard. 
$0.50 
WHITE AUTUMN KING—(H. Sass 1935). Dependable white fall 
DL OOTIET, hte ee eo ee Ae eg Ae N.S a a ee $0.50 
INTERMEDIATE IRIS COLLECTION 
Your selection of nine 50-cent varieties 
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All 25 on this page, $16.50 ($21.75 value) 
Autumn Flowering Iris 
Some bearded irises have a tendency to bloom in the fall as well as 
in the spring. These fall blooms are doubly welcome because of their 
rarity even when they are not of technical perfection. It should be 
realized that the rapid growth necessary for repeat bloom requires 
that seasons are favorable in length and rainfall and that the plants 
are uncrowded. 
Listed on these two pages are the following irises which often repeat 
in the fall: 
Autumn Elf Eleanor Roosevelt Pansy Purple 
Autumn Haze Gibson Girl Southland 
Autumn Queen Harvest Blue Sangreal 
Bountiful Blue Martie Everest White Autumn King 
Dorcas Hutcheson October Blaze Jean Siret 
Lieut. de Chavagnac 
If you would like to obtain the above group of Fall Bloomers, you 
may have the COLLECTION OF 15, not including HARVEST BLUE, 
for $6.00. Or if you wish to onde the very new HARVEST BLUE, 
the price is $9.00. 
