The Garden Magazine, September, 1923 
S3 
Everybody wants 
PEONIES 
We have good 
PEONIES 
Better Plants—By Farr 
features the most valuable varieties of Iris 
and Peonies, particularly those that have 
been given a rating of six points or more by 
the American Iris Society and American 
Peony Society. The book also includes a 
comprehensive list of Perennials for fall 
plantings; new French hybrid Lilacs, Phila- 
delphus, Deutzias, and other shrubs. A copy 
will be mailed to you on request. 
For Everybody 
See Better Plants 
—By Farr. 
Bertrand H. Farr 
Wyomissing Nurseries Company 
sV 104 Garfield Avenue A 
Wyomissing, Penna. Xrti 
f BETTEH 
PLANTS 
A Quartette of New and 
Better Ms—By Farr 
During the past two or ; three summers, while these new 
varieties were under observation in my testing grounds, 
Iris experts and fanciers were lavish with their praises. 
This year, when in a great flash of floral glory these new 
Irises burst into bloom in my garden, visitors placed them 
in the very forefront of the 1922 and 1923 introductions. 
A prominent Iris expert said recently that Farr’s new 
seedling Irises were much superior in quality, in color, and 
in number, to the seedlings produced by foreign growers 
during the past decade. In any event, these four 1922 in¬ 
troductions stood without a rival at all of the 1922 and 
1923 Iris exhibitions. They have attracted so much at¬ 
tention and brought so many favorable comments, that I 
have called them 
Masterpieces of the Garden 
Cecile Minturn. A distinct improvement in the pink Iris; stan¬ 
dards and falls an attractive shade of cattelya-rose; light beard. Flowers 
dome-shaped. Height. 2 feet. Each $ 5 . 
Sea Gull. Dome-shaped white standards; falls white, shaded blue 
and netted with narrow blue veins. Unusually beautiful. Height, 2 
feet. Each $ 3 . 
Seminole. Standards soft violet-rose; falls, rich velvety crimson 
with brilliant orange beard. One of the most richly colored dome-shaped 
blooms imaginable. Strong grower, medium height, desirable for mass¬ 
ing because of its free blooming character. Honorable mention by the 
American Iris Society, June, 1920 . Each, $ 2 . 50 . 
Japanesque. Six petals in the form of a japanese Iris. Standards, 
lavender-white, flecked violet. Falls, deep velvety lilac edged with pale 
lavender. Coppery yellow beard. In many blooms the standards are 
marked like the falls. Each $ 3 . 
One plant of each of these four d* | 
Masterpieces of the Garden 
The delight and satisfaction you will derive from these 
new varieties is incalculable. Moreover, the self-increas¬ 
ing properties of the Masterpiece 
Collection will soon make the 
plants worth far more than the 
original cost. 
