Sam (as he is commonly called) Street, of Independence, Mo., came to Kansas City from England in 1920. He began growing irises about 1926, and is currently working in the arilmed field. RUBY ROCK, SALETTA and WEE SCOT have won gold and silver awards in Vienna, and WEESCOT won the C. G. White Award in 1968. He has been active in both local and regional iris societies, and attended his first national con- vention in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.¹