FOREWORD 
T HIS year we have increased the size of our 
catalog, and have added full color reproduc¬ 
tions of five of our recent introductions. Many 
new and outstanding varieties have been added to 
our collections, a nd th e less desirable varieties, 
that have thus been superseded, have been elim¬ 
inated. It is our constant desire to offer our many 
customers the very best varieties obtainable, and to 
make their selection increasingly enjoyable with 
accurate illustrations and comprehensive word 
descriptions. 
The awards of the American Iris Society have 
just been published, and we are naturally proud to 
find th at our own introductions have received more 
than their share of the honors. Sierra Blue was 
awarded the Dykes Medal. This is the highest award 
that can be bestowed upon an iris, and signifies 
the outstanding variety in the entire country. 
Shining Waters received an Award of Merit, and 
Fiesta, Mohrson and Ukiah received Honorable 
Mentions. 
Each year we grow several thousand new seed¬ 
lings in our experimental garden. Careful records 
are kept on the parentage of each cross, and during 
the blooming season the most outstanding and 
promising of the new things are marked for further 
observation and propagation. All but the very best 
are destroyed to make room for a new crop. The 
selected group is used for further hybridizing, and 
from this group come the varieties which we event¬ 
ually select for introduction. 
Th is year we are introducing four new varieties 
from our own garden, five from the garden of Mr. 
C. G. White who gave us Lady Paramount, Mohr¬ 
son and Sweet Alibi,- and one from the garden of 
M iss Sturtevant in Wellesley Farms, Massachusetts. 
M iss Sturtevant is known to all iris lovers for the 
high quality of her introductions. We recommend 
each of these new creations for your consideration. 
Milliken Iris Gardens 
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
T he ideal climate in which our gardens are located 
produces a quality of stock which is not surpassed. We 
are often asked if our irises are hardy in colder climates. 
We ship them all over the United States with perfect 
satisfaction and receive repeat orders year after year. As 
our season of blooming is advanced six weeks or so ahead 
of that in the Eastern States, it allows us to ripen the 
rhizomes in our rainless summer and send them without 
danger from rot in time to become well established for 
the following spring. This is an advantage too important 
to overlook. 
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SHIPPING TIME: Bearded irises can be shipped any time 
after June 1st to suit your convenience. 
POSTAGE: We prepay postage anywhere on orders 
amounting to $2.00 and over. On orders of less than $2.00 
add 25 cents to cover postage. 
TERMS: Cash with order. Remit by personal check, ex¬ 
press or postal money order. 
GUARANTEE: We ship only healthy, live, growing 
stock which we guarantee to arrive in good condition and 
to grow in your garden. We exercise due care to keep all 
varieties true to name, and hold ourselves in readiness to 
replace any stock that is not entirely satisfactory. 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS will accompany each shipment. 
