THOTMES III (Kleinsorge 1950) $7.50 
A smooth self of glistening golden tan with a light bronze beard. 
Gigantic in size, extra broad falls, and heavy texture. 40” stalks. 
This iris has been named for a very, very early pioneer iris collector. 
Honorable Mention 1951. Award of Merit 1953. 
TINDALAO (Milliken 1951) $4.50 
The general garden effect of this flower is a regular ball of gold. 
Large, beautifully formed and of good substance and texture this 
bright yellow self has a golden beard and gold venations surround- 
ing it. Mid-season. 36”. 
TOBACCO ROAD (Kleinsorge 1942) $1.50 
A golden tobacco brown self of heavy substance and beautifully 
flared form. Always admired. Award of Merit 1946, 34”. 
TOP SCORE (Salbach 1949) $1.00 
A brilliant variegata of clear bright deep yellow standards, with 
rounded falls a rich chestnut brown to mahogany, clearly edged 
with deep yellow. A distinctive and colorful garden subject. Mid- 
Seasons zr4 
TOP FLIGHT (Hall 1953) $7.50 
A deeper apricot color than Temple Bells with a fiery orange-red 
beard. Standards and falls nearly the same shade, a preferred flower. 
Honorable Mention 1953. 34”. 
TRAIL BLAZER (Milliken) $4.50 
A fiery red mulberry-purple, shot with blue at the tip of the beard. 
The blue spreads over the central portion of the falls. The beard 
is cinnamon, with a touch of deep red on the sides. The large, in- 
souciant flowers are carried on tall stalks (40’). 
TRANQUILITY (Fay 1950) $5.00 
One of the best whites, large milk-white flower, well branched, 
petals full and round, nicely flaring falls, domed standards, no 
markings. (Snow Flurry x Katharine Fay) Awards of Merit 1953. 
Mid-season. 38”. 
TRANQUIL MOON (P. Cook 1948) $2.00 
A novelty in light yellow to deep cream standards and sparkling 
silvery white falls edged with the same color as the standards. The 
falls are wide and quite flaring in form. 40”. Mid-season. Honor- 
able Mention 1950. 
TRULY YOURS (O. Fay 1949) $10.00 
A refined iris of distinction. The under sides of the fall petals are 
a solid yellow. The heart of the flower is bright yellow, which shades 
into an almost white at both the top of the standards and the lower 
edges of the falls which are laced and ruffled at the edges like 
Chantilly. At the wide hafts there are gold threads radiating from 
the yellow beard. The closed standards and almost horizontal falls 
make a flower to hold one spellbound. Late. 38”. (((Rameses x 
Far West) x Hall’s No. 42-35) x Zantha) Award of Merit 1951. 
Dykes Medal 1953. 
TWENTY GRAND (Norton 1953) $9.00 
The standards are canary yellow and the falls orchid in the center 
with a broad tan-gold border. The entire flower is very heavily 
crinkled or chantilly edged. The beard is orange. You'll admire 
the edging on this variety. Mid-season. 36”. (Rainbow Room x 
Chantilly ) 
TWILIGHT SKY (Fay 1948) $1.50 
This lovely pink comes from a Pink Cameo x Floradora cross. Me- 
dium sized flowers on nicely branched 35” stalks. Tailored in form, 
it is a soft, clean, clear pink with a red tinged beard. Honorable 
Mention 1950. 
TWO SNOWS (Mrs. E. L. Scott 1952) $8.00 
An ultra-white of medium flare, superior substance; withstands 
adverse weather conditions. Gold beard tipped with white. A heavy 
bloomer that varies up to 7-bud placements. Good branching. Two 
Snows won the Silver Medal at the 1952 Show of the New York 
Horticultural Society. Midseason. 40”. (Snow Flurry x Snow Car- 
nival ) 
UTAH CREAM (Muhlestein 1954) $15.00 
The cream-colored flowers are nice and large, with just the right 
flair to give them quality and style. Mid-late. 36”. (Gold Ruffles 
x Sister to Cream Gold) Honorable Mention 1954. 
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UTAH SUNSET (Muhlestein 1951) $5.00 
Like the western mountains, Utah Sunset is huge. A bright colorful 
blend, this iris has smooth substance and commands more than a 
glance in the garden because of its size and the mingling of onion- 
skin pink, buff and salmon tones. (Honeyflow x (No. 46-16: 
Prairie Sunset x Tobacco Road) ) Highly Commended 1949. Early 
mid-season. 36”. 
VANDA (Miles 1946) $3.50 
This is a lovely blue, originated in England and a sister plant to 
Elizabeth of England. Mid-season. 36”. (Lagoon x Typhoon) 
VANDABETH (Miles 1952) $9.00 
This hybridizer has given us some very fine iris, such as Elizabeth of 
England. A flower of rare perfection, in a pale blue smoothly over- 
laid with heliotrope that gradually deepens at the heart of the flower, 
harmonizing with a deep yellow beard. The flowers with conic stand- 
ards and flaring falls slightly ruffled, have that rare heavy quality 
that withstands adverse weather conditions. 36”. (Vanda x Elizabeth 
of England ) 
VANITY FAIR (D. Hall 1951) $7.50 
This is a very late blooming clear, true medium pink. Very smooth 
and beautifully tailored in form, with a fiery tangerine beard. Deli- 
cate and lovely. 36”. (Cherie x Fantasy) Honorable Mention 1952. 
VEILED IN MYSTERY (Milliken 1951) $7.50 
This is a jewel of antique satin-white with a dusting of pale char- 
treuse blended together. It makes a picture of rare beauty, due to 
the dainty fluting and ruffling of the standards and falls. A full 
violet beard. Truly outstanding. Midseason. 40”. 
VELVET DUSK (Schreiner 1948) $1.50 
A variety coming from the same line as Sable, this dark, glistening 
blue-black is full, well-flared and rounded. Even the beard is a 
bluish brown. Mid-late. 36”. 
VICTORIAN VEIL (T. Craig 1950) $4.00 
This is one of Tom’s ‘“Fancies.’ Huge blossoms of snow-white 
ground color, very heavily sprayed with rose-violet, giving a slightly 
bi-tone effect. The broad petals are beautifully ruffled. Its well 
branched, tall stalks will be a crowd-stopper. 44”. ( (Advance Guard 
x Mitchell’s No. 2-21) x Sister to Joseph’s Mantle) 
VIOLET HARMONY (Lowry 1952) $10.00 
At the American Iris Society Convention in 1953 Violet Harmony 
was, without doubt, the most popular iris, resulting in winning the 
President's Cup. It is a lovely shade of violet with a light area on 
the falls beneath the beard. The form is exquisite with ideal ruf- 
fling and spacing of flowers on the stems. A high-class iris. (Snow 
Flurry x Cloud Castle) Honorable Mention 1952. Award of Merit 
1954. Mid-season. 38”. 
VISTA VERONICA (Buss 1950) $1.75 
Harmonious in orchid-blue tones called “Veronica” by the diction- 
ary of color. The flowers are large with broadly rounded petals 
slightly ruffled. The entire flower has a finely laciniated edge and 
is slightly crepy in appearance because of a myriad network of sub- 
dued veining on the lighter ground, Mid-season. 46”. 
VIVEZA (White 1954) $12.00 
An uncommon combination of some oncocyclus blood in a varie- 
gata. Blended maize and straw-yellow standards and mahogany-red 
falls with an orange beard. Early mid-season. 38”. 
WEIRDIE (Craig 1949) $1.50 
A sister to Rich Raiment. An unusual blend of buff with silver 
overcast and all-over markings of rose. Different. Midseason. 36”. 
WELCOME GUEST (Linse 1952) $10.00 
Glowing amber-gold with the center of the flower yellow-gold. At- 
tractively crimped and waved, horizontally flaring falls. 38”. (Treva 
x Tobacco Road) 
WHISPERS (Linse 1951) $4.00 
Ruffled, soft chrome-yellow standards and amber-white gracefully 
flaring falls. The reverse of Pinnacle. The flowers are larger and 
broader, yet possessing that delicate quality of loveliness. 42”. 
Honorable Mention 1952. 
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