REHOBETH (DeForest 1953) $25.00 
Everybody has fallen in love with this satiny creation. The flowers 
are very large indeed, with exceptional substance, and the color is 
the softest conceivable sky-blue. Mid-season. 37”. (Snow Flurry x 
Lake Shannon) Honorable Mention 1954. 
RELENTLESS (P. Cook 1948) $1.00 
Firm textured flowers of a smooth, even toned, rich, deep red 
with no haft reticulations. Very colorful medium sized flowers of 
fine substance and texture, coming into bloom mid-late season. 32”. 
RICH RAIMENT (Craig 1946) $3.50 
A heavily stippled or sprayed plicata of cream ground color with 
red-brown stippling, referred to as a “fancy.” When seen in the 
garden it is at first taken for a red-brown iris, the stippling is so 
heavily applied. Mid-season. 36”. Honorable Mention 1950. 
RILLA GABBERT (Carpenter 1946) $1.50 
Sparkling freshness is an attribute of this rose and gold blend with 
clean hafts. Does not fade or lose substance under trying weather 
conditions. Mid-season. 39”. (E. B. Williamson x Sdlg. of Dominion 
heritage) Honorable Mention 1946. 
RIO VALLEY (Tompkins 1951) $12.50 
A beautiful deep blend of bright golden brown, with a faint touch 
of electric blue at the tip of the beard. The flowers are large, broad- 
petaled, and of good form; the surface is like rich lacquer sprinkled 
with gold dust. Mid-late. 36”. (( (Three Oaks x Honeyflow) x 
Copperclad) ) x (Tobacco Road by Copperclad ) ) 
RIPPLES (Linse 1951) $3.50 
These large, broad, flaring blooms have wonderful substance, and 
are insouciantly rippled and waved. The color is old lilac, delicately 
blended olive-yellow around the border of the entire flower and 
across the hafts of the falls. 36”. (Ormohr x Snoqualmie) 
ROCKET (Whiting 1945) $1.00 
A true gem. A most outstanding deep orange iris. Brilliant, smooth, 
large flowers, majestically placed on 36” stalks. Standards are of 
deepest chrome yellow and the falls are really orange. Plant where 
blooms will be protected from the hottest midday sun. Mid-season. 
Award of Merit 1947. 
RODEO (DeForest 1947) — $1.50 
A yellow and brown plicata. Huge blooms of surprising substance 
and flaring form. Green gold background with white in the center 
of the fall petals, lightly patterned and stitched with buckskin 
brown. Beard is brown, tipped gold. Very showy and a heavy in- 
creaser. Honorable Mention 1949. Mid-season. 36”. 
ROSA BARONE (Lapham 1951) $6.00 
A delicate soft pink over cream, with a small short pinkish tan- 
gerine beard. The flowers are of good size, well rounded, with 
excellent substance. 37”. Mid-season. (Bonny x Paradise Pink) 
ROSABELLA (Kleinsorge 1951) $3.00 
A deep rose-red with a metallic copper flush through the haft section 
of the falls, extending up into the base of the standards. The promi- 
nent beard is a dull bronze-orange. Flowers are large and broad 
petaled with wide, flaring falls. A vigorous grower and appropriately 
named. 44”. Honorable Mention 1952. 
ROYAL WISH (Norton 1951) $4.50 
The standards on this large, flaring flower are a simple, deep 
golden yellow, but the falls show motley colors, the base being 
rose-pink blended with tan-gold on the shoulders and edged in 
gold. The beard is canary-yellow. Mid-season. 38”. (Rainbow 
Room x Ola Kala) Honorable Mention 1953. 
RUFFLED APACHE (Wallace 1954) $15.00 
This perturbed Indian is a big fellow of blended gold and red. Both 
the standards and the falls are heavily laced and ruffled, making 
this flower distinctly different from others in its color class. Runner- 
up for President’s Cup at the 1954 A.I.S. Convention. Mid-season. 
38”. (Matula x Midwest Gem) Honorable Mention 1954. 
RUFFLED BOUQUET (C. Rees 1947) $3.00 
A meritorious ruffled bi-cream in reverse. The standards are a deep 
cream, with falls light cream. This should make an interesting varia- 
tion in the garden. Jt has our vote of praise. Early mid-season. 36”. 
Honorable Mention 1952. 
RUFFLED ORGANDY (Brenan 1953) $10.00 
The name Ruffled Organdy has been well chosen for this beauty. 
The broad ruffled falls are ivory-cream with a lavender-pearl flush; 
edges are etched in a light gold border. The hafts and beard are 
light gold also, giving brilliance and life to the flower. Standards, a 
deepened ivory, are domed and overlapping, with ruffled edges. The 
tall 5-way branching stalks with 17 buds will bloom fully a month. 
Winter hardy. (Gilt Edge x (Snow Flurry x Nylon) ) Highly Com- 
mended 1952. Topped the list for Honorable Mention 1953. 36”. 
RUSSET WINGS (Wills 1946) $1.00 
This ruffled beauty has an inner glow. Peach tones deepening into 
russet are set off by the striking orange beard. Flowers are quite 
large. Midseason. 42”. Award of Merit 1952. 
RUTH (Innes 1950) $2.00 
A smooth rich yellow which reveals the characteristics of its par- 
entage. The crinkled edges show the Gold Ruffles influence, thus 
providing an uncommon feature for a yellow. Centers of fall petals 
are deep cream, the border being the deep orange-yellow of the 
standards. (Ola Kala x Gold Ruffles) Honorable Mention 1951. 
Mid-season. 38”. 
SADDLE BROWN (Rees 1952) $6.00 
A brilliant saddle-brown self with a golden flush at the hafts. Mid- 
season. 40”. (Aztec Copper x Sultan’s Robe) 
SARAH LESTER (Rees 1951) $4.00 
The yellow parade of spring may start with Sarah Lester, for this 
iris is the earliest of the yellow flowers. Large and flaring, this 
lovely smiles equally as well as a cut flower on your table as well as 
in your garden. Early mid-season. (Easter Sunrise x Prairie Sunset) 
SAVAGE (T. Craig 1949 ) $5.00 
Startling and brilliant in a new color blend. Grand, stately formed 
blooms of excellent proportions and placement, blended bronze-red, 
suffused and blazing magenta. 
SEAFARER (Butterick 1949) $5.00 
As might be expected from the name, the blue of the ocean is a 
feature of Seafarer. Clear and smooth medium shade, rounded flar- 
ing form. Pleasing in appearance, fine low branching. Mid-late. 
36”. (The Admiral x Great Lakes ) 
SENORITA ILSA (Rogers 1953) $12.50 
A pure white of flaring form with white beard, not a trace of color 
anywhere; standards beautifully domed and overlapping. Slightly 
ruffled falls with exceptionally wide hafts, heavy substance and 
good branching. (Helen McGregor x Sylvia Murry) Honorable 
Mention 1953. 
SIERRA SKIES (Schortman 1954) $18.00 
These large, beautifully formed flowers are carried on well-spaced 
and ideally branched, tall stalks. In color they are near spectrum 
blue. This is the first iris that Mr. Schortman has allowed to be 
introduced after his many years of working with the “blues,” and 
we are sure that it is destined to be a success. Early mid-season. 
38”. (Chivalry x (Santa Barbara x Sierra Blue) ) Highly Com- 
mended 1953; Honorable Mention 1954. 
SKY RANGER (Hall 1948) $1.00 
Tall 3-way branched stalks carry these large, stately, medium blue, 
heavily ruffled blooms; exhibiting themselves in a tranquil manner. 
Withstands adverse weather conditions. Mid-season. 44”. (Band- 
master x Blue Seedling) Award of Merit 1952. 
SOLID GOLD (Kleinsorge 1951) $10.00 
It is of the deepest yellow, huge in size, wide at the hafts and well 
proportioned. 36”. Honorable Mention 1951. Award of Merit 1953. 
SONG OF SONGS (Crosby 1950) $1.50 
A chantilly edged and fluted iris. The standards are light, creamy 
yellow, falls opaque white, edged light creamy yellow. Both standards 
and falls are chantilly laced and ruffled. This iris is destined to be 
a success. 38”. Early mid-late. (Gold Ruffles x Cream Gold) Honor- 
able Mention 1950. 
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