NOT A "SPECIAL" 
but day in, day 
OUR STOCK 
Ideally grown for our climate and location, our stock produces the healthiest, 
most responsive rhizomes possible. Our gently sloping hillside location gives 
us the fine drainage that makes firm, hardy rhizomes; and our climate adds 
to your assurance of vigorous stock — for the mild winter and early spring 
give our plants a healthy growth early in the season, and the fact that we 
have no summer rains matures our rhizomes perfectly — ready to withstand 
the rigors of the more severe climates. 
NEW INTRODUCTIONS 
First, our talent — Sydney B. Mitchell, we believe, is entitled to a clear first 
place as “dean’’ of iris hybridist's at this writing. Carl Salbach, with long 
experience as a dahlia and gladiolus hybridiser, is “just starting” although 
his striking introductions of 1934 are among the country’s highest ranking 
new introductions. (Watch for his “new shade, bright red” and “giant pink” 
sensations, planned for 193 7 release.) In addition, we are marketing the 
productions of Stafford Jory, whose Grace Mohr and Spring Cloud are most 
sensational first introductions. Second — Our ability to eliminate and dis¬ 
card all but the very best seedlings. Those of you who have seen Sydney 
Mitchell or ourselves checking over seedlings know how “hard-boiled” and 
super-critical we are with our own “children”; and in addition, our season 
is so early that we are afforded an extra, last-minute, check-up on our intro¬ 
ductions just before the catalog goes to press. Third — As noted in our 
catalog, our new varieties are generally introduced at approximately five to 
fifteen dollars less per rhizome than if they were the property of other 
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