ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1936

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 40"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late

DESCRIPTION: White washed with gold; gold at the haft; gold beards.

PARENTAGE: Not Listed

AWARDS: HM'36, AM'38

INTERESTING INFO: From the 1939 Schreiner's Iris Lover's Catalog: An exquisite new creamy yellow iris with an elusive charm. It's loveliness seems to lie principally in its shimmering silkiness of texture and in the subtle infusion of golden light throughout the center of the flower. The beard is bright orange. We would have named this iris "Golden Heart" had the name been available, so appropriately does this name suggest the effect of a glowing inward light characteristic of this flower. A judge of the American Iris Society visiting our field last season on a cloudy day remarked with surprise that Golden Treasure alone of all the varieties in the field seemed to be spotlighted by a shaft of sunlight breaking through the clouds. Yet the sky was wholly overcast and the effect of glowing light was due solely to the intrinsic brightness of the variety. Whites, creams, and yellows are always valuable for "lighting up" an iris garden, and none more so than this brilliant new iris. Truly a "golden treasure" to any landscape artist. An iris that will someday be grown by the millions. Completely hardy. $7.50