SOLID MAHOGANY (J. Sass 1944) M. 38”. * 
Mahogany red, the smoothest deep flowered grand red. Large 
flowers of good substance. Finely formed, smoothly finished 
and heavily textured, fine branching. Pictured on page 31. 
HM’44. AM’47. $1.00; 3 for $2.50 
SPANISH PEAKS (Loomis 1947) ML. 38’. * 
A flower from Colorado and like its snow capped peaks this 
Iris is as we would expect it, it is completely white, the 
flower, the throat, the haft, the beard, the style arms—all 
white. Very nicely formed blooms, broad petaled, heavily sub- 
stanced and fine textured. One of the best white creations. 
HM’48. AM’50. Pictured page 45. $2.00; 3 for $5.00 
SPINDRIFT (Loomis 1944) ML. 36’. 
A translucent, delicate seashell or coral-pink. Its crowning 
glory, a deep tangerine orange beard is boldly accented 
against this lovely color. Its wax like substance holds the 
delicate coloring very well and flowers take the hottest sun 
SPUN GOLD (Glutzbeck 1940) ML. 38”. 
A very famous yellow. Winner of the Dykes Medal for 1944. 
Striking, gleaming, velvety golden yellow with glistening 
thick texture. Has perfection of form, styling and color. 
A vibrant and brilliant shining gold, no veining or shading 
mars the purity of coloring. Pictured on page 56. AM’42. 
DM’44. 75c; 3 for $2.00 
STAR SHINE (Wills 1949) ML. 38’. * 
You probably have admired the beautiful indescribable tints 
of the last twilight rays of the evening sky many times. This 
Iris embodies these shades in an unusual coalition of pearly 
blue and deep cream and white with an over all iridescent 
gleam. A very subtle pastel. See page 47 for a fine picture. 
HM’49. AM’51. $5.00 
STATEN ISLAND (Smith 1947) L. 38’. * 
For a long, long time City of Lincoln has ruled as king of 
the variegatas. Now a new king reigns. Staten Island is cer- 
tainly tops in the variegatas. Bright yellow standards and 
solidly colored falls a bright red with gold edge. Jauntily 
formed blooms. In color page 49. HM’48. AM’51. $4.00 
without fading. Very popular. Illustrated page 30. HM’45. 
$1.00; 3 for $2.50 
SPOTLIGHT (Schreiner 1952) ML. 40’. * 
The engraver stole our thunder in this magnificent new 
golden Iris so that scarcely a word of description seems neces- 
sary. For a really scintillating highlight in your garden, use 
Spotlight! Jaunty, regal, large, copiously formed and superbly 
branched, it definitely supersedes the much smaller Ola Kala 
and other gold toned Iris of our acquaintance. A glint of 
white below the beard forms an attractive identifying mark. 
Pictured page 42. $10.00 
STORM WARNING (Schreiner 1953) M. 36’. * 
Imagine a really large black Iris on a 36 inch stem! Not in 300 
years of effort have tulip hybridizers achieved a blackness 
comparable to that of Storm Warning. Sumptuous sheen and 
classic form complete a notable ensemble. “It’s terrific!” our 
visitors cried upon seeing this bloom in regal dignity in our 
display garden. Pictured page 50. $15.00 
SUMMIT (Stevens 1951) M. 40”. * 
Mrs. Stevens has produced three yellow amoenas or near 
_amoenas: Pinnacle (light yellow and white), Summit (deep 
yellow and white) and Mystic Melody (deep yellow and 
cream). Of the three, Summit is the most contrasting by far 
and an Iris of seemingly epochal importance to the Iris breed- 
er. A very tall Iris with superb branching, its moderate sized 
blooms have standards which are absolutely snow white and 
falls of a deep golden yellow creating a wonderfully refresh- 
ing and breath-taking contrast. Very fine likeness in color on 
page 59. ‘ $7.50 
SUNSET BLAZE (Kleinsorge 1948) EM. 
40cn 
An impressive, blazing golden flame 
blend. In some light it seems almost 
red, at another angle it looks heavily 
influenced with burnished gold. This 
Iris was the winner of the President’s 
Cup for 1949. Pictured on page 27. 
HM’49,. AM’51. $2.50 
BLUE RIM 
SYLISTA (Mitchell 1950) M. 36”. 
This snow sculptured beauty with its 
prominent yellow shoulders, haft and 
bright beard is a classic. Of several of 
this general color pattern we believe 
this is the most artful achievement. 
Relatively unknown, it is destined for 
great popularity. $3.00 
PLICATA COLLECTION 
1 each of 4 New Plicatas 
illustrated to left, $12.00 
Blue Rim 
Gay Border Rodeo 
Bright Contrast 
BRIGHT 
CONTRAST 
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