“‘! want to thank you for the iris | re- 
ceived from you last year and tell you how 
nice they have done for me. . . twelve 
plants and all bloomed except two and it 
was my fault. a pet broke the bloom stalks. 
We had a very bad snow storm and very, 
very low temperature the first part of April. 
Many buds were frozen but | did have lots 
of iris.”’ 
Ohio Mrs. Loyd A.M. 
JAKE—(J. Sass 1943) L 39”. A tall well 
branched glistening white with a trace of 
pale yellow near the center. Large flowers 
of heavy substance, well formed and an 
easy grower. A good white for the money. 
75¢ 
JANE PHILLIPS—(Graves 1950) A light 
blue deeper in color than Helen Mc- 
Gregor, of which it is a seedling. A true 
blue that ranks with Cahokia............. $4.00 
JASMINE—(Grant 1944) M. 38”. A top 
quality smooth golden yellow with gar- 
denia-like texture. No brown or orange 
tones. The standards are domed and the 
velvety falls full and semi-flaring........ 50¢ 
JUNE BRIDE—(HALL 1952) M. 30”. A 
deep apricot-pink with heavy geranium- 
Te ClesD Cae Gl Meee teencee ea. caesceccees-<coee- ner $7.50 
KATHERINE FAY—(O. Fay 1945) M. 
36”. An exquisite large pure white with 
no yellow in the center. Standards are 
ruffled and tightly closed. Falls are waved 
and semi-flaring. Good substance, well 
branched, an easy grower and multiplies 
Fa On CaN acces ccc een te a ers ere eee 50¢ 
KING’S JESTER—(Stevens 1948) M 38”. 
A novel and fancy plicata. Unusual 
stitching and feathering of rosy maroon 
on silvery white. A striking design and 
with intense color. You will like it for 
TecmmU Ti WETCS oan eee tesa S.sccedenaec-s-- $1.50 
LADY BOSCAWEN — (Graves 1946) M. 
40”. An Iris from two fine parents, Puris- 
sima and Cloud Castle. It had to be good. 
If you like them frilled and ruffled, here 
you are. large clear white self with 
broad fluted standards with flaring falls 
ruffled at the edges. Beard is light yel- 
low, shows little if any contrast with the 
pure white effect. Substance firm; well 
spaced flowers on tall graceful stems well 
branched. 75¢ 
LADY MOHR-— (Salbach 1944) EM 36”. 
A unique two-toned color combination 
previously unknown. The huge standards 
are oyster white, slightly fluted, with 
strong midribs. The falls are frosted 
chartreuse yellow with a lovely large red- 
violet blotch surrounding the beard. 
very lovely and interesting contrasting of 
COLO ES estes eo aecner. a cccaser~ctesscsceencense 75¢ 
LADY NAOMI—(O. Fay 1941) M. 38”. 
Another large and unusual plicata. This 
is a white plicata veiled in a fine network 
of soft pale lavender. It has the appear- 
ance of a soft lavender self, the network 
of violet lines in the falls is so delicate 
that the white ground seems to disappear. 
50¢ 
LADY OF SHALOTT—(Schreiner 1942) 
M. 34”. Precisely formed and _lacily 
frilled. A charming delicate color in the 
plicata group. Standards are heavily 
flushed rose-pink and the falls delicately 
edged with a peppering of minute dots. 
The flowers are exceedingly well formed. 
50¢ 
LAKE BREEZE—(O. Fay 1945) M 38”. 
A large, heavily ruffled, frosty pale blue 
with wide flaring falls and no haft mark- 
ings. A cool blue with a faint suggestion 
of pink delicately diffused through the 
petals. A seedling of Gloriole, but a shade 
deeper in color and slightly larger. You 
will like chis glistening blue of 9 to 11 
flowers: ofie al stem teeseete eee tee oecee $1.00 
LAKE GEORGE—(Smith 1945) ML. 38”. 
A smoothly finished, soft blue violet self 
shading darker at the hafts. The slightly 
ruffled standards stand rigidly erect or 
roundly domed. The large flaring falls 
are nearly horizontal. Beard is light yel- 
low tipped blue at the end. It has heavy 
substance, clean foliage and _ excellent 
Branching) eer eee ee eects 50¢ 
LATE SUN—(DeForest 1940) Here is a 
very nice and much admired Iris. A great 
big, rich deep solid yellow with a gold 
overlay. Flowers up to six inches across 
on well branched stalks.............----.--s+--00 50¢ 
LAVENDER & GOLD LACE—(Whiting) 
M 36”. A charmingly different Iris. The 
standards are golden yellow flushed with 
lavender and edged with a crimp finish. 
The falls are lavender with a distinct frill 
of gold, so crimped that it looks like a 
lace edging. .-.....2<-c2--seccesecncecceeeeneenenenose 75¢ 
LILAC LANE—(Whiting 1947) M 36”. A 
pink toned lilac self of delicate coloring 
but very heavy substance. It is a large 
flower with domed standards and wide 
flaring falls, lightly ruffled. Its_ pearly 
iridescence and light yellow beard make 
it a splendid Iris......--.....-------s-sseeesee* $2.00 
“1 have done nothing for two days but 
plant rhizomes from the Terry farm and 
read their catalog and mostly the latter. 
1 must have some more. | am enclosing 
$20.00.” 
Connecticut S.L. 
WE SHIP ONLY ONE-YEAR-OLD ROOTS 
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