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SIRONA x $1.50; 3 for $3.75 
Like a precious gemis this stunning miniature Oncogelia, reminding one of jewels 
in an elaborate setting. Standards deep wine. Falls white, flushed pink, with 
sharp black veins radiating out from the black signal occupying nearly half of 
each fall! Falls round, horizontally flaring. Like my Oncobred Oddity, Parvar, 
this comes from that exotic Onco Paradoxa, which | hope to be able to offer next 
year for the first time. Don’t miss SIRONA now, for I’m liable to be out of it by 
next year. VE-11”. 
HEBE Cupbearer of the gods on Olympus, crowned with flowers. $1.00; 3 for $2.25 
Her namesake flower is among the first early Oncogelias to greet you in the spring. Her 
attire is light pinkish lavender, with deep maroon lacework, and a dark beauty spot. 
ANDROMACHE (An drom’a ke) Has pollen, sets seed. $1.00; 3 for $2.25 
In Homer’s Illiad, Andromache was the devoted wife of Hector. In the garden she is a 
princess clothed in silvery white and violet, with a soft lilac veil. Heavy decorative vein- 
ing. Signal patch claret-black, very prominent, like an Onco. Style crests wine-red, effec- 
tively setting off the flower. VE to E-18”. 
CAMILLA Try this in a corsage. $1.00; 3 for $2.25 
A swift-footed virgin in Virgil’s Aeneid; may be seen adding a bright spot of color to your 
Oncogelia garden. Of low stature, with a small flower of exceptionally brilliant purple, 
with a prominent blackish signal. Style arms nearly red, sharply contrasting. VE-11”. 
FIDES An impressive flower. 75¢; 3 for $1.45 
Named for Roman Divinity of Honesty. Resembles the richly colored Artemis. But here 
the falls are a bit lighter, with more white, the flowers not quite as large. VE-E-18”. 
OBERON Ideal for rock gardens, low edgings. 75¢; 3 for $1.45 
The only really dwarf Oncogelia, named for Oberon, King of the Fairies in medieval folk- 
lore. Standards deep amethyst, veined red-violet. Falls nearly white, with heavy veins 
and signal patch of blackish maroon-purple. Beard black. VE-E-7”. 
My 3 Great “GET ACQUAINTED with ARILS” offers 
For 1954, the © __ Year for Everyone 
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_ Buy one at Regular Price 
Get an additional rhizome of same variety for only Ys price 
Applies to all 20 Regelia and Oncogelia varieties printed in RED TYPE 
Example—KOROLKOWI VIOLACEAE: a ae is $1.50; 2nd rhizome only 50¢ or, 
or $2.00. 
If you prefer one each of a wide assortment of Arils, just go in with your neighbor or 
garden club friend. Order two of each, and then each of you will have a full assortment 
at a great saving — but remember, choose only from the 20 RED TYPE Arils, pages 6, 7, 8. 
Ys PRICE SALE—TABLE OF SALE PRICES 
Price of 1: | $0.75 | $1.00 | $1.25 | $1.50 | $1.75 | $2.00 | $2.25 | $2.50 | $3.00 
Price of 2: $1.00 | $1.33 | $1.66 | $2.00 | $2.33 | $2.66 | $3.00 | $3.33 | $4.00 
ADDITIONAL OFFER; Order 2 each of all 20 under above offer; pay for 2 each of any 
18 of them. Garden club groups can really go to town with these heavy double savings. 
Very Much “CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN” —Arils 
The cheapest way of all to get a real start of the easy-to-grow REGELIAS and ONCO- 
GELIAS is to order one or two of these SUPER BARGAIN DOZENS in which | select the 
varieties for you. Here the prices are discounted 50% to 60% or more. 
A DOZEN REGELIA rhizomes of at least 6 different kinds— 
Varieties individually bagged and labelled, 12 Regelias for only................., $5.75 
Mixed in one bag, labelled only as to general type, 12 Regelias for only.......... $4.75 
A DOZEN ONCOGELIA rhizomes of at least 6 different kinds — 
Varieties individually bagged and labelled, 12 Oncogelias for only........ ee $6.75 
Mixed in one bag, labelled as to general type, 12 Oncogelias for only............. $5.75 
A DOZEN rhizomes, at least 3 different Regelias, 3 different Oncogelias 
Varieties individually bagged and labelled, 12 rhizomes for only.................. $6.25 
Mixed in one bag, labelled only as to general type, 12 rhizomes for only.......... $5.25 
“COMPREHENSIVE ARIL SAMPLER” 
Just what most people want to get a good representative sample of what all three 
types of Arils are like. | know that once you get a taste of these, you'll want more 
and more. So | make this first step easy, REAL EASY, on the pocket book. No 
reason to delay now. In fact, if you delay, they’re likely to be all gone. 
One each of the following, an $8.00 value, for only $4.75 
ONCO: Susiana; ONCOGELIAS: Theseus and Artemis 
REGELIAS: Hoogiana Purpurea and Stolonifera Leichtlini. 
FANCIER’S SAMPLER: Above 5 plus Charon, Luna and Korolkowi Pink, 
SiG value fOr $8.95 
Regeliabreds—Continued from right column. 
BENJAMIN (Morris 50) % Introduced from England. $5.00; 3 for $13.75 
A very pretty and delightfully different coloring that will appeal to all lovers of 
delicate and graceful effects. Petals cream-white with numerous fine veins in pale 
lime green, and a prominent green midrib in the standards. Falls marbled lilac 
and maroon, with yellow edging changing near hafts to striking yellowish olive 
areas. Standards as well as falls are bearded, thus testifying to the Regelia in its 
parentage, namely: Stolonifera x Yellow Chamaeiris. VE-11”. 
HOOGSAN (Samuleson '47) «* $2.00 
Seed-parent, Hoogiana, is from Turkestan. Pollen-parent, San Francisco, was 
Dykes Medal winner in 1920. Both flowers and foliage strongly suggestive of 
Hoogiana, but on a much larger scale. A. smooth delphinium blue. Leaf basis 
striking mulberry red—very beautiful. E-36”. 
8 Remember, it is the UNUSUAL that attracts attention in your garden. 
Quaint REGELIABREDS—For Charm 
The most complete assemblage of Regelia-Bearded Hybrids in any Catalog : 
_O6 MING TIMES: Very early to early spring. SHIPPING and PLANTING TEMES: Summer and fall 
CULTURE and HARDINESS: Same as for Oncobreds, page 10 ‘ 
My Three 1954 Regeliabred Introductions 
GOLDEN BUTTERFLY (Austin '54) 4% See Ektachrome below. $10.00 
Golden Butterfly gives us the well-known grace and charm of true Regelias in a hardy 
hybrid that can be grown in any garden bed right along with regular Tall Bearded |ris. 
Very distinctive as this and Lemon Silk (below) are the very first true Regelia-type flowers 
done in yellow colorings. There are no yellow Regelias. Comes from famous Ola Kala x 
Hoogiana; has inherited the coloring from the seed parent and the form from the pollen 
parent, as may be seen in my color photograph. Also unique in that it is the first Iris in- 
troduced having a distinct white stripe down the center of each fall. Still further distinctive 
in that it is one of the first hybrids ever to be introduced that was grown from an embryo- 
cultured seed. | secured only one seed from this cross. Embryo of this seed was excised 
and germinated on agar for me by Dr. L. F. Randolph of Cornell University. Young seedling 
was sent to me when only 1%” high; now | have it increased to where | can begin to dis- 
tribute it. Be the first to grow this lovely new type of hybrid. E-20”. 
SAFFRON CHARM (Benbow '54) x Created in England. $10.00 
A strange, unusual flower so different even a novice can tell it is something out of the 
ordinary. Reverend Benbow produced this by crossing Stolonifera x a yellow Tall Bearded. 
Standards very ruffled, shimmering with bright saffron-yellow stitching, gradually blend- 
ing to pale blue, giving a translucent effect. Falls lavender-blue blended with paler yellow, 
and have darker grey lines showing the Regelia blood in the ancestry. Beard grey, tipped 
lavender. The color effect is most intriguing. | predict once this becomes known, it will be 
in great demand. Stem branched carrying 5 to 7 flowers showing influence of Bearded 
parent. Leaves intermediate between two parents, remain green after flowering, rather 
than dying back as does Stolonifera. Saffron Charm is subject of an entire article “A New 
Regelia x Pogan Hybrid” in ’53 Iris Year Book. In that publication H. Senor Fothergill 
comments: ‘. . . fascinating thing in blue and yellow (and with peppermint stripes) . . . 
here we have an Iris which is worthy of the respect even of those who genuinely are not 
attracted to unusual combinations of colour.” Does not set seed; very fertile pollen 
parent, E-28”. 
LEMON SILK (Austin '54) +x $7.50 
A perfectly lovely combination of clear lemon-yellow standards, rather tall, somewhat 
upright and closed, with creamy white falls having a tiny edging of yellow. Petals often 
faintly flushed rosy lilac. Has much the same silky finish and texture as Hoogiana which is 
famous in this respect. Flower, however, is 50% larger. Petals comparatively long, narrow, 
plainly showing Regelia in ancestry. Nicely branched, 7 or 8 flowers per stalk, often 3 out 
at once. Frequently several large buds are nearly ready to open at the same time: they are 
poised in an upright, well-spaced fashion like candles on a candelabrum. Pollen plentiful; 
use it in your crossing. EM-30”. 
BEN AHDEM (Morris '50) First of new English strain. $1.50 
The seed-parent, Hoogiana, is from Turkestan, and the pollen-parent, Benton Diane. 
Ben Ahdem has very pretty flowers resembling its Regelia parent, Hoogiana, but are a 
deep lilac-blue, and very much larger. Easy to grow. Flowers and increases with great 
freedom. E-28”. 
FALLEN LEAF (Williamson-Gersdorff '31) Ideal for cutting. $1.50; 3 for $3.95 
A novel Iris easily handled in the garden like Bearded Iris, yet which looks for all the world 
like a true Regelia. Pointed Regelia-like flowers with long narrow falls. Standards reddish- 
wine; falls claret-maroon, becoming almost black around the decorative golden bronze 
beard. Slender graceful stems. E-16”. 
LITTLE MASTER Parentage: Stolonifera x Dwarf ¢ 
A small exotic flower in rich colorings. Ideally adapted to delicate flower arrangements 
and corsages. Standards blue-lavender, heavily veined and edged in brown. Falls reflexed, 
veined, crimson-black with contrasting lilac beard. Spicy fragrance of carnations. VE-12”. 
SPOTLESS (H. P. Sass '39) 2 for 95¢; 5 for $1.95 
From the wide cross of Hoogiana pollinated with the Dwarf Elf Queen has come this hardy: 
floriferous gem, dainty, almost like a white Hoogiana in form of flower, but larger and 
easier to grow. Fine for corsages. A highlight of the early Iris garden. VE-18”. 
v4 (NT RODUGTIONS_AII three '54 introductions, $27.50 value, only $17.95 
POPULAR REGELIABREDS—Hoogsan, Fallen Leaf & Spotless, only $2.95 
GOLDEN BUTTERFLY—My New Regeliabred—$10.00 
