Again We Bring You the Season s Greetings! 
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I RIS blooming time is almost here and 
we welcome you to our gardens. Dur¬ 
ing the past few rather trying years, 
those of us who grow iris have learned 
that they stand more drouth and severe 
cl'matic changes than any other perennial. 
Not a single plant was lost in our gardens 
during the past season. We are constantly 
trying out hundreds of new kinds that we 
may offer you the very best for your gar¬ 
dens. We are especially interested in find¬ 
ing what varieties are best adapted to this 
part of the middle west. It is not enough 
that a plant live, it must show vigorous 
growth, bloom freely and be of outstand¬ 
ing value, to find a place in our catalog. 
We list only those that we have grown 
successfully and can recommend highly. 
We feature the Sass varieties especially, 
because they are invariably vigorous and 
hardy here and generous with their bloom. 
The Sass Brothers have originated many 
of the finest iris in the world, and they 
are appreciated everywhere, but we wish 
to pay especial tribute to them and their 
wonderful introductions, everyone of 
which we are proud to list. Some of the 
varieties from California have been dif¬ 
ficult to grow here while others seem 
quite hardy. We are keeping careful rec¬ 
ords of their behavior, and only those that 
prove hardy will be offered as such. 
The American Iris Society gives awards 
each year for outstanding varieties, and 
we have indicated these in our descrip¬ 
tions. Not all fine iris get awards, but 
all those that have been so chosen are 
outstanding in quality. The highest award 
an iris may receive is the Dykes Medal, 
offered by the Iris Society of England 
and awarded annually in America, France 
and England. In America the winner of 
the Dkyes Medal must have been in com¬ 
merce five years, so as to be well known 
over so large a territory, and must have 
previously received an A. M. or an H. M. 
An H. M. is an Honorable Mention for the 
outstanding quality of a new iris. An 
A. M. is an Award of Merit for the proved 
excellence of an iris that has become well 
distributed and has previously received 
an H. M. Watch for these awards and 
they will be a help to you in choosing fine 
iris for your garden. 
We grow and list all of the “100 Best” 
iris as chosen each year by Robert 
Schreiner of St. Paul. We believe this list 
is very carefully chosen both for superior 
quality and adaptability to the middle 
west. These “100 Best” iris are not so 
designated in our catalog, but we will be 
glad to send a copy of the list to anyone 
requesting it. 
SUFFICIENT STOCK OF SOME OF 
THE MOST DESIRABLE VARIETIES OF 
IRIS, ENABLES US TO OFFER SOME 
VERY ATTRACTIVE COLLECTIONS 
THIS YEAR. THESE ARE NOT VA¬ 
RIETIES WE INTEND TO DISCON¬ 
TINUE, BUT THE VERY FINEST ONES 
IN THE GARDEN WHICH WE WANT 
YOU TO TRY. WE HIGHLY RECOM¬ 
MEND EVERY IRIS INCLUDED IN OUR 
COLLECTIONS. THE KINDS YOU 
HAVE BEEN WANTING FOR YEARS 
ARE NOW OFFERED AT REASON¬ 
ABLE PRICES, AND THIS IS YOUR 
OPPORTUNITY. 
We want to urge every iris gardener to 
study his iris. Learn the names and 
habits of the varieties you grow and those 
you see in other gardens, and demand the 
best in the new ones you buy. There are 
fine iris for every garden and it is foolish 
and wasteful to give room and care to in¬ 
ferior sorts. 
Join the American Iris Society. It is 
worth many times the annual $3.00 dues, 
to receive the excellent quarterly Bulle¬ 
tins alone. We will be glad to send in 
your memberships for you. and will give 
$1.00’s worth of iris roots, your choice, to 
everyone sending in a membership before 
June 20th. This is also the closing date of 
the 10% cash discount, so don’t delay. 
