Foreword 
Each succeeding issue of "An Iris Lover’s Catalog,” (this being 
the seventh) is an earnest attempt to perform a distinctive and worth¬ 
while service to all Iris loving people—an attempt to reveal in a sim¬ 
ple, helpful way, the soul-satisfying fascination and happiness to be 
found in this delightful hobby—and how to go about it. 
Our method of presentation is not only comprehensive, but clas¬ 
sifies the multitude of Iris varieties into color groups; gives the relative 
merit of each variety in each group, regardless of price; tabulates other 
interesting data and includes our personal comments on most of the 
Iris listed; thus familiarizing the Iris enthusiast with the most desir¬ 
able Iris available. 
The mission of our catalog is to give impartial Iris data compiled 
from judgments from our own observations, both in our own gardens 
and in others throughout the country. No attempt is made to highly 
color our descriptions or conceal qualities that may be detrimental— 
our comments are simply a straightforward, honest attempt to present 
the facts, leaving the decision to you. 
Next year will see a decided innovation in our catalog presenta¬ 
tion—an idea which we believe will interest all Iris lovers—but an¬ 
other blooming season is necessary to collect and tabulate the infor¬ 
mation required. There will also be included many notes taken while 
visiting Iris gardens throughout the country, many belonging to fa¬ 
mous hybridizers including those in California and Tennessee. 
This year we are Introducing a number of very promising Iris 
which we have grown from seedlings, some the result of our own 
breeding, others sent us for test and evaluation by imminent breeders. 
Although we have been growing seedlings for several years, we have 
not previously felt that they warranted introduction, despite the urg¬ 
ing of many distinguished visitors. Now, our endeavors for the crea¬ 
tion of finer Iris are beginning to materialize. We hope to have 
opinions from other national authorities when these seedlings bloom 
this year. The development of fine Iris is indeed a most fascinating 
pursuit. 
We are also offering this year an extra fine type of Homerocallis 
(Day lilies), and a decidedly superior strain of Delphiniums which we 
have found unusually satisfactory. 
We believe you will find this catalog wonderfully informative and 
helpful—entirely different from any other published, and hope you 
will continue sending us your candid comments, not only on the type 
of our catalog, but on our appraisal of any particular Iris. We ap¬ 
preciate and welcome suggestions which may help us improve our 
catalogs and our service. 
We take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation and 
heartfelt thanks for your patronage and good will, and hope we may 
merit your consideration when you order Iris this year. 
ROBERT SCHREINER. 
