GYPSY CLASSIC (DeForest 1950) $5.00 
Here’s a rich one. Imagine a bloom of royal brown and then give 
it a distinct overlay of henna and you will get some idea of the 
quality of this flower. Add relief by painting the style arms deep 
gold and giving the beard an orange glow and you have a pretty 
fine picture. Mid-season. 36”. (Nightingale x (Prairie Sunset x 
Tobacco Road) ) Honorable Mention 1952. 
GYPSY ROSE (Whiting 1946) $1.00 
Rich tapestry red with a coppery infusion, and accented by a blue 
blaze on the falls. Luxuriant yellow beard. Mid-season late. 38”. 
Honorable Mention 1949. 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (D. Hall 1952) $8.00 
A flamingo pink. Said to be twice as large as Heritage, deeper in 
color than Ballerina and larger than Pink Sensation. The color is 
rich and clear light pink with tangerine beard. Large flowers with 
crimped and ruffled edges. Good substance. 36”. Honorable Men- 
tion 1952. Award of Merit 1954. 
HAPPY MEETING (David Lyon 1955) $25.00 
See introductions, page 4. 
HEATHER ROSE (Hall 1950) $2.50 
This is a new and different shade of rosy orchid-pink. Near that of 
Scottish heather. Vigorous grower and a free bloomer. Winter 
hardy. Honorable Mention 1951. 
HEIGHO (Craig 1949) $3.00 
Immense globe-like flowers of heavy substance with unusually broad 
and full petals. Smoothly colored, a clear bradley violet with a hint 
of a signal patch at the tips of the dull orange-gold beard. It starts 
blooming early and continues until late. Ideally branched, vigorous 
grower. 45”. (Purissima x Capitola) Honorable Mention 1949. 
HELEN COLLINGWOOD (K. Smith 1949) $7.50 
This neglecta is attractive in its color combination. The standards 
are light lavender, while the falls are a brilliant red-purple. Profuse 
bloomer. Mid-late. (Extravaganza x Louise Blake) Award of Merit 
M522 
HELEN McGREGOR (Graves 1946) $1.50 
Delightfully clear, very light blue iris which has no trace of laven- 
der in it. The flowers have large broad round petals, beautifully 
ruffled. Extra heavy substance with an almost white beard. Mid-late. 
36”. Award of Merit 1948. Dykes Medal 1949. 
HERITAGE (D. Hall 1949) $3.50 
Flamingo pink. Deeper than Cherie or Hit Parade. Smooth in tex- 
ture, heavy substance, semi-flaring, slightly ruffled falls and no haft 
venations. The beard is a bright tangerine. 34”. (No. 44-29 x Cour- 
tier) Award of Merit 1951. 
HIGHLAND FLING (Lowry 1953) $5.00 
A bright red plicata with domed standards heavily flushed and 
stippled with deep, rich, red-purple. The falls are semi-flaring and 
white in color, neatly edged with the same red-purple as the stand- 
ards. The entire flower is slightly ruffled, of good substance, grace- 
ful and refined. Mid-season. 36”. (Tiffany x (San Francisco x 
Mme. Louis Aureau) ) 
HIGH SEAS (Corey 1952) $8.00 
A blue-white, silky, ruffled. Well branched stalks, superb wide 
flowers—High Seas embodies what its name conveys. Should be 
useful in breeding blues and whites. (Snow Flurry x Cloud Castle) 
Highly Commended 1951. Honorable Mention 1952. 40”. Early. 
HIGH-TOR (Fielding 1952) $3.00 
Impressive as a garden subject on its tall sturdy well-branched stalks. 
The flowers are huge in size and ruffled in form. Chicory-blue stand- 
ards with a tinge of lavender and falls slightly deeper in color. 
Floriferous and very fragrant. (Snow Flurry x Azure Skies) Honor- 
able Mention 1952. 
HI-TIME (Hall 1950) $3.00 
A luminous self of golden apricot color, with a deep tangerine 
beard. There are no haft markings to detract from the soft shim- 
mering beauty of this delicately tinted flower. Medium large in 
size, fine texture and form. Honorable mention 1950. 
DON’T BE CONTENT WITH BEARDED IRIS ALONE! 
HIT PARADE (D. Hall 1947) $1.00 
A flamingo pink of good form and substance. The color is between 
Courtier and Floradora, having larger, slightly ruffled flowers. It 
has the characteristic tangerine keard. Mid-season. 30”. 
HONOR BRIGHT (DeForest 1951) $3.50 
Chrome yellow ground, a suggestion of orange, a white patch on the 
falls—this potpourri goes into the making of Honor Bright, large 
flowered brown plicata. Spreading form, distinctly different. (Tif- 
fanja x Firecracker) Honorable Mention 1951. 
HURRICANE (Craig 1949) $3.00 
A powder blue, suffused and flecked warm dark blue. Huge in size, 
admirably formed, showing it is an oncobred. Exceptional substance 
and texture. The flecking on this flower is indeed variable. 40”. 
(Purissima x Capitola) Honorable Mention 1949. 
ILLUSTROUS (Hall 1953) $5.00 
A late flower with large blooms of uniformly deep blue approach- 
ing indigo. With an inconspicuous beard, Ilustrous’ smooth hafts 
reveal a brown tone. Widely branched. 36”. Very late. ( (Gloriole 
x Louise Blake) x Nightfall) 
INCA CHIEF (Mitsch 1952) $10.00 
Inca Chief lives up to its connotation of glorious wealth in color 
and size. A golden bronze, evenly flowing throughout. This is a 
royal flower of immense size. Outstanding. (Mexico x Tobacco 
Road) Honorable Mention 1952. Award of Merit 1954. Mid-late. 
INSPIRATION (Stevens 1937) $1.00 
This is a fine, deep, rich rose color. Its huge, beautifully formed, 
smoothly finished, clear, even toned, lustrous rose-carmine color- 
ing is unmarred by markings of any other than a slight brownish 
flush on the haft of the fall petals. Mid-season. 38”. 
IVORY PETALS (Sass 1952) $3.50 
There’s no trouble separating this one from others in its class, for 
while it is of an ivory or cream base color it is a deep, smoky ivory 
with a solid undertone of pale chartreuse. Fine form, with large, 
smooth, broad petals and heavy substance. Mid-late. 36”. 
JALLAH EFFENDI (C. White 1952) $9.00 
A sensational and impressive oncobred in color blendings found 
only in the oncos. Its standards are a clear yellow-green with delicate 
mahogany veins, red splashed. Its falls are yellow, red veined around 
the mustard-yellow beard, and purple splashed. 
JANE PHILLIPS (Graves 1950) $3.00 
A clear attractive medium blue self, smooth in finish and beautifully 
formed. The large flowers with domed standards and semi-flaring 
falls are lightly frilled at the edges. Winter tested. 38”. (Helen 
McGregor x (Pale Moonlight x Great Lakes) ) Award of Merit 
LOD 2a 
JUNE MEREDITH (Muhlestein 1954) $30.00 
A large and rich deep pink self, deeper in color than Party Dress, 
but having that same smooth finish. Well-balanced in form and 
good substance. Its heavy tangerine-red beard blends into the color 
of the flower pleasingly and adds greatly to its beauty. Mid-late. 36”. 
(Party Dress x Pink Formal) Highly Commended 1953. Honorable 
Mention 1954. 
JUNE SUNLIGHT (McCormick 1953) $10.00 
This handsome yellow is a light cadmium self, having flaring falls 
suggestive of deep yellow velvet. Hafts without veining. Smooth 
coloring throughout. Large flowers, nicely branched. (Treasure 
Island x Spun Gold) Honorable Mention 1953. Late. 36”. 
KALIFA FATIMA (Oncobred) (White 1952) $5.00 
Grayish lavender, white and blackish purple, with a purple signal 
patch, go into the blend to bring forth Kalifa Fatima. It is like a 
wild oncocyclus, yet it has abundant pollen. Prolific bloomer. Honor- 
able Mention 1952. 
KING’S JESTER (Stevens 1948) $1.50 
An unusual and novel patterned plicata of heavy rose-maroon stich- 
ing and feathering on a silvery white background. The standards are 
more heavily marked than the falls. Mid-season. 38”. 
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