SUNNYSIDE GARDENS, NATICK, MASS. 
This and That About Irises 
Concerning Sunnyside Gardens , 
Introductions for 1936 
For this year I am offering in my list of NEW 
INTRODUCTIONS two beautiful reds, CHRISTA- 
BEL, from Mr. E. G. Lapham, and RED COMET, 
from Mr. W. J. McKee. Both of these Irises are 
considered a great advance in the red color section 
by competent judges of the American Iris Society. 
In McKee’s “MONOMOY” we have one of the rich¬ 
est colored deep blue Irises we have seen. Of my 
own introductions I am offering this year, I would 
say that all have been very popular with visitors 
in my garden last season. 
SPARTACUS is a very rich-colored variegata 
on the order of “Neon”; fine shaped flowers and 
a profuse bloomer. TARASCA, with its rich, dark 
Brown standards and Violet Carmine falls, blooms 
very freely and is a good, strong plant. SIL- 
VANUS is a most striking blend of Old Gold and 
light Violet, with a narrow edging of brown all 
around the lower petals. Unusual and beautiful. 
Additions to my list of recent introductions 
earnestly recommended are Ishpanee, Lily Pons, 
Shining Waters, Winneshiek, Neon, Wonder-Child, 
Oriana. 
SHIPPING 
None but fully matured and blooming-size roots, 
properly dried out before packing, are sent out. 
Fresh dug roots, packed too soon after digging, 
are liable to sweat in transit, if the weather is. 
hot, especially if they are packed in a tightly- 
closed box with no ventilation. The rhizome then 
becomes soft, followed by rot, soon after planting. 
(Holes are always punched in the box to give free 
circulation of air). Always examine the rhizomes 
soon as received, and if they are not firm and hard 
return at once to the dealer you purchased them 
from. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
Tall bearded Iris should never be planted in a 
location where water settles, and the melting snows 
of late winter form a coating of ice over the beds. 
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