This beardless variety has a most gracefull, carefree air, challenging 
us to give it a try. Originating in the Louisiana swamps, they adapt 
themselves beautifully to our garden environment. Where it might 
be too shady for the other Iris species, plant Louisianas. Out here 
in Southern California we treat them just as any other Iris. 
CULTURE—Plant late in summer, or early in fall. 
In preparing your Iris beds, incorporate a generous amount of 
compest and well rotted steer, or other organic fertilizer. Louisianas 
give best performance in enriched soil. Set plants about two feet 
apart, where different varieties are used. Shallow planting is best 
(rhizomes just covered). Keep the ground mulched with leaf mold, 
compost, or steer fertilizer, and well watered while in the growing 
stages, especially until they have established themselves, then again 
in early spring during pre-blooming seasonal growth. 
ACCENTS DARK $3.00 
Huge giganticaerulea type flaring form flowers in rich warm 
purple of smooth texture on tall stalks. Accents Dark attracts 
attention. 38”. 
BON ROGUE (DeBaillon-Dormon 1942) $1.75 
(Collected wild by Debaillon in 1932) Found near Paradi. This 
“good red’? has flat, wide-spreading, 6” flowers borne on 30” 
stems. Tends to form a more compact clump than some of the 
Louisiana group, making it an excellent garden subject. 
CAJAN JOYEUSE (Thomas 1942) $1.00 
A bright rose pink with touches of gold at the throat. Lighter 
petals contribute to a pleasing bitone effect. Floriferous and 
a dependable bloomer with 51%” blossoms. 30”. 
CANDLES (Caroline Dormon 1951) $2.25 
Floriferous and showy flat 514’ flowers with very broad segments, 
amaranth-red in color, with picric-yellow style arms, and bright 
yellow signal. A clump of Candles suggests candelabra with 
lighted candles. Twenty-four inch stalks. 
CAROLINE DORMON (Ruth Dormon 1943) $2.00 
An Iris that is “different”. The heart of both the sepals and petals 
are of pale yellow, melting into soft rose-red toward the edges 
which flare upward. It has charm and distinction. 
EASTER BASKET (C. Dormon 1953) $1.50 
Colorful as a besket brimming with Easter Eggs. A bright, vivid, 
rose-red. Large flaring flowers of graceful carriage. 36”. 
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ELEPHANTINA (Small 1931) $1.00 
Large flaring ivory-white, with a yellow signal patch, of good 
heavy substance and pleasing flat-flare form. 36”. Reliable 
bloomer. 
FORSYTHIA (C. Dormon 1946) $2.00 
Achamois-Buff of Abbeville type. Exceptionally large flowers 
with broad graceful sepals. Petals of heavy substance. 36”. 
GOLDEN FAIRY (Nies 1946) $1.25 
A lovely medium to dark toned yellow of free blooming habit. 
on graceful wiry stems. Flowers medium size. Midseason. 40”. 
GREEN LUSTRE (Eric Nies 1951) $3.00 
Lovely and lustrous flowers of medium size and height, with 
flaring form. The standards and style arms are light Uranium 
green. The falls are light Uranium green with a soft dresden 
yellow influence. The signal stripe on the falls is of deep butter- 
cup yellow surrounded by a flush of blue. 
HAILE SELASSIE (MacMillan 1943) $1.00 
Flat 614” flowers of good form, with sepals and petals meeting. 
Deep velvety vivid violet, with a long clearcut crest of gold. Ex- 
cellent placement of blooms. 28’. Late. 
JEUNE FILLE (DeBaillon-Dormon 1942) $1.50 
Delicate and lovely large giganticaerulea formed white flowers 
with a yellow crest. 40”. 
KRAEMER YELLOW (Kraemer 1943) $3.00 
A rare shade of sulphur yellow with green style arms. This is a 
collected natural hybrid of Giganticaerulea flaring form. Mid- 
season. 30”. 
MALLARD WING (Nies 1946) $2.00 
An outstanding large medium grey-blue Giganticaerulea form 
flower of good heavy substance, with a blending of dark purple 
in the center of the sepals. Unique and striking. 40”. 
MARY S. DeBAILLON (DeBaillon-Dormon 1942) $1.00 
1948 DeBaillon Award Louisiana Iris. They are like tremendous 
orchids. Petals are orchid-pink, sepals of lavender-rose. These 
lovely 7” flowers are set off by a broad yellow crest. 36”. 
MICCO (Caroline Dormon 1952) $3.00 
A large brilliant crimson flower of firm heavy substance and 
velvety texture. The sepals are broad and flaring, with a narrow 
gold line through the center. Graceful 614” flowers are borne on 
32” stems. Micco means “Chief” in the Creek Indian language. 
REFLECTED LIGHT (McMillan 1943) $1.50 
Beautiful soft chamois-buff flowers opening out in the Abbeville 
type form. Interestingly branched stems bearing 7” flowers are 
an arresting sight. 
ROYAL GEM (S. Smith 1950) $5.00 
Beauty of form, texture, substance and coloring. Broad overlap- 
ping floral segments which have a delightful flare are of intense 
red-violet with a triangular signal patch of bright gold on the 
sepals. The petals standup stiffly above the sepals. Its texture 
is like velvet. Awarded the President's Cup A.I.S. 1951. 
RUTH MARSALIS (DeBaillon-Dormon 1943) $1.50 
This is a natural hybrid from the famous Debaillon collection. 
Its large flowers with graceful flare in blues will intrigue. It 
is bluer than Mallard Wing although not as tall. 36”. 
SAUCY MINX (Caroline Dormon 1951) ep 2a 
(Cajan x New Orleans) Impudent upstanding ruffled 514” flow- 
ers. In color, a bright rose-red at edge of segments, shading inward 
to amber and soft yellow. Floriferous. 30”. Honorable Mention 
A.LS. 1951. Runner up for the M.D.S. Award 1953. 
SAVANNARUM ROYALL $1.00 
A brilliant deep violet-blue flower of medium size and height. 
This plant will grow and bloom magnificently in full sun. 30”. 
WOOD VIOLET (Ruth Dorman 1952) $3.00 
A clean dark blue self of a clarity and intensity not often seen. 
A Wood Violet, with just a touch of orange-gold for a signal 
patch. 5” flowers of excellent substance, graceful flaring form. 
on 30” stems are set off by dainty slender foliage. An outstanding 
favorite. Honorable Mention A.I.S. 1951: 
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