VISIT OUR GARDENS 



THE Bearded Ikis are usually at their l)est from jMay 10th to 'ioth. Although we must 

 admit that we cannot boast a lovely display garden, with attractive landscape features, 

 we do lay claim to one of the most com])lete collections of truly modern fine iris to be found 

 anywliere. Oiu" stock is well grown, and we take pride not only in the high quality of bloom 

 which will greet the visitor, but in the growth of rhizome and leaf, which, after all, is the really 

 important thing as far as the ])urchaser is concerned. Our planting of Japanese iris will be at 

 its ])eak the latter half of .Time, and the two-year clumps give promise of a riotous display of 

 color next summer. 



Three years ago Mr. R. M. Cooley beg'aii a series of travels during the annual iris flowering season, 

 and has eovered almost every section of the United States where iris breeding and growing on a commercial 

 scale is indulged in. From the ])alm shaded, citrus scented gardens of California to those in staid old 

 Boston and environs; from Kentucky and Virginia, botli .iust oozing southern hospitality, to St. Paul in 

 lake-dotted Minnesota; from our own I^acific Northwest to Freeport, Illinois, and its great iris show; from 

 New York and Long Island to the great middle-West with its Sass Brothers, and Cincinnati amateurs, and 

 Indiana hybridizing wizards. If onl.v Nashville and a couple of points in Colorado were added, the surve.v 

 would be almost complete. 



It i'as been a pleasure indeed to mret and talk -with sui-h men and woiiu'n as Dr. S. S. Berry, Mr. 

 Salbach. the Sass's, Mr. ShuU, Miss Sturtevant, Mr. AVayman, Mr. Williamson, Dr. Kirkland and Mr. 

 Connell, Dr. Ayres and Mr. AA'areham, Col Nicholls, Mr Lapham, Mi's. Kowell, Prof. Hill, Mr. Simpson, 

 Air. Sheets. Mr. Grinter, Mrs. Keller, Airs. Emigholz, and a few others, all of whom are numbered among 

 America's introducers of fine irises. And likewise the gardens and personalities of such well-known growers 

 as Mrs. Pattison, Air. Milliken, Air. AA^ister, the late Mr. Schreiner and his son Robert, Air. Boehland, Mrs. 

 Kellogg, Virgil Johnson, Mr. Gage, Mrs. Lothrop, Air. AA^assenberg. the Essigs, Mr. AVilkus, Airs. K. L. 

 Browne, Mr. Bonnewitz, Mr. Mead, Air. Bretschneider, and a host of others have provided many, many 

 hours of supreme en.ioyment. The pleasant memories of these visits will remain always, and the mental 

 picture of the scores of colorful iris gardens looms before the writer like a huge patch-quilt, kaleidoscopic 

 in form and tint. 



And now on the following;; pages you will find listed the cream of the tens of thousands of iris seen and 

 admired during the course of these iris hunting adventures. The new seedlings offered, the foreign novel- 

 ties listed, and the numerous American introductions to be found herein, are now growing in our gardens 

 l)ecause they were deemed to be especially outstanding and worthy of a place in any garden. They are the 

 varieties which have won the medals and certificates, the praise from critics, and the plaudits from those 

 fanciers who have already seen them. They are the irises which the public will want to buy, and which 

 the alert and uji-to-date grower will want to sup})l.v. 



TERMS, Etc, 



This list is intended for the wdiolesale trade only, 

 and is placed in your hands at this time so that you 

 may have an opportunity to include items in your 

 own catalogue Avhich you possibly do not grow your- 

 self, or which you have in insufficient quantity. AVe 

 make a specialt.v of growing irises for the wholesale 

 trade, and supply only first quality Oregon grown 

 rhizomes suitable for resale, and which can be de- 

 pended upon to bloom the first year after planting. 

 Our stock is NOT IRRIGATED and NOT FER- 

 TILIZED, and the remarkable size and quality of 

 our rhizomes is only the result of clean and inten- 

 sive cultivation on good soil and a favorable climate. 



Terms: 15% cash witli order, 15% on June 1, and 

 20% on July 1. 25% on August 1 and September 1, 

 PROAIPTLY. Such an arrangement permits you to 

 realize a return on the stock before paying for it 

 in full. These are the most reasonable terms offered 

 by any grower, and we ask your co-operation by 

 making yoru" payments exactly according to the 

 above plan. 



Discounts: 15% may be deducted on all orders 

 |ilac('d before February 20 and accomi')anied by cash 

 in full. After that date, all orders fully iiaid for 

 I)rior to June 1 are entitled to 5% discount. 



Shipments : AVe begin shipping orders about 

 Jnni' 20. If you want your order sent later in the 

 season, or on any specific date, we shall carry out 

 your instructions. Early shipments permit plants to 

 become established before winter sets in, but rhiz- 

 omes are not as large as they would be in August. 

 AVe prefer to shiji around July 10 as an ideal time. 

 POSITIVELY NO SPRING SHIPMENTS MADE. 



Transportation: Prepaid express or parcel post, 

 whichever we deem most expedient. Be sure and 

 state your express office, if different from postal 

 address. We pack in dry excelsior in w^ell venti- 

 lated cardboard cartons and guarantee safe delivery 

 to point of address. All shipments are insured. Re- 

 member, we PREPAY all costs, — the prices quoted 

 hcri^in are for delivery to your door. 



We Guarantee all rhizomes true to name, first 

 size, free from disease and pests, and to reach you 

 in live and healthy condition. We do not guarantee 

 them to live or grow in your garden under condi- 

 tions over which we have no control. 



Reference: The First National Bank of Silver- 

 ton, Oregon. 



