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CARL SALBACH • IRISES 
[1934 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
For those who wish more information than is possible to give in a 
catalog we recommend membership in the American Iris Society. We invite 
all iris growers to join the national society. The quarterly bulletins are full 
of valuable criticisms, descriptions, growing suggestions, etc. The price is 
$3.00. Checks and applications should be made to the American Iris Society 
and mailed to B. Y. Morrison, 116 Chestnut St., Takoma Park, I). C., or if 
more convenient, may be sent to us for forwarding. 
For instructions as to how to order see inside back cover. 
The iris described on the following pages are mostly bearded iris. The 
range of color is unbelievably large, even though all the blues, pinks and 
reds contain some violet. The yellows range from palest primrose to rich 
gold. 
A bicolor is an iris that has standards of one shade and falls of another, 
usually considerably darker. A blend, as the name indicates, is a suffusion 
of several colors. A plicata is a light colored iris, the edges of which are 
flushed, lined or dotted with color. A self carries the same shade through¬ 
out the whole flower. A variegata has yellow standards and reddish brown 
falls. 
The name of the originator and the year of introduction follow, in 
parenthesis, the name of the iris. The standards (abbreviated S.) are the 
three upstanding petals, the falls (abbreviated F.) are the three lower 
petals. 
The following abbreviations used in noting awards refer to different 
societies. A. I. S., American Iris Society; B. I. S., British Iris Society; 
M. H. S., Massachusetts Horticultural Society; R. H. S., Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society, England; S. N. H. F., Societe Nationale d’Horticulture de 
France. 
The prices in this catalog cancel all previous quotations. 
Cultural Directions included with every order. 
To all amateur gardeners on the Pacific Coast we recommend “Garden¬ 
ing in California,” by Sydney B. Mitchell This book, called by its many 
readers their Garden Bible, is the most comprehensive, practical and 
readable one in its field. Its author is not only known as an iris breeder, 
but as the creator of the beautiful garden adjoining us, where he puts 
into practice the advice he gives. We can supply autographed copies of 
this book at $2.65 postpaid. 
