T5he Iris Garden 
GREETINGS 1936 
The Iris Garden greets you from its new location and hopes that you will 
now find it easier to reach from either Kansas City. 
CONTEST 1935 
The results of last year’s contest make this year’s catalog bloom both in 
illustrations and verse. The judges and I were pleased with the results. Tell 
me how you like it. 
CONTEST 1936 
The results of this year’s contest should make gardens bloom in the future. 
One of my customers, Mr. Charles C. Colyer, while doing some fireside 
gardening last winter, wrote to “The Flower Grower’’ asking the readers for 
a list of the twenty-five best garden irises considering hardiness and floriferous- 
ness as well as beauty. He started something as the answers are still coming in. 
But I wasn’t perfectly pleased with any of them including my own. 
Therefore it occurred to me to center this year’s contest about such a list. 
The first prize will be a three year membership in the American Iris Society, 
the second $7.50 worth of iris, and the third, $5.00 worth of iris. 
The judges will be Mrs. J. Edgar Hires, lately a director of the A. I. S., 
and Mr. David F. Hall, regional vice-president of the A. I. S. 
Rules for the contest: Submit duplicate lists of the best twenty-five irises 
you know, costing 50c or less, which are hardy and able to triumph over the 
usual semi-neglect found in most of our gardens. Select varieties that will com¬ 
bine well together in a small garden and add the names of such other perennials 
or annuals as will enhance the garden picture. If you like, draw a garden plan 
or chart or do anything else that occurs to you that will show your selection to 
advantage. But, remember please, everything in duplicate as I must send a 
separate set to each judge. All entries must be received by July 1st. 
Please remember that the judges and I shall be very busy this summer and 
do not write asking if you have won. The winners will be notified promptly 
and receive their prizes. The winning lists will be published in my 1937 
catalog. Mrs. Hires has asked that they be made available for publication in the 
A. I. S. Bulletin so some of you may see them this year. 
BEST WISHES 
Again I wish you a full measure of bloom and happiness in your gardens. 
DOROTHY STONER 
Phone Merriam 1546 
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The Iris Garden 
Merriam, Kansas 
