J. Marion Shull

[1] His tall yellow iris cultivar named Virginia Moore received a first Honorable Mention from the American Iris Society on its introduction in 1920,[3] and a collection of irises including Morning Splendor, Maori Princess, and Nimbus received an Award of Merit from the Takoma Horticultural Club in 1922, with Morning Splendor being singled out for special recognition.

[4] A deep red-purple cultivar that was one of the first modern irises bred out of Iris trojana,[5] Morning Splendor went on to win both the Gold and Silver Medals of the Garden Club of America in 1926 and to become the ancestor of other successful varieties.

These plates show a total of 18 different iris cultivars by various breeders (including Shull's Maori Princess, Julia Marlowe, Elaine, Sequoiah, and Morning Splendor), most placed against a plain black or pale background.

Although out of print, it continues to be of value to breeders for its precise descriptions of irises grown in the first third of the 20th century,[8] and it is also sought after for Shull's elegant color illustrations.

[9] In an article entitled "The Peace Carillon" he wrote: It is here proposed that in the city of Washington there shall be erected a national memorial to commemorate the heroes and events of the great war, seeking to keep the chief emphasis on the esthetic and moral side rather than on that of the physical triumph of armed force.