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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 
TIME OF SHIPMENT: Orders will be filled beginning about July 1st. July and 
August are the best months for planting in the northern section of the United 
States, and the fall the best for the southern and mid-western sections, where 
the summers are dry and hot. 
POSTAGE: Prepaid on orders of $2.00 or more. For less please add 25# for 
postage. 
TERMS: Cash with order. Payment should be made with check or postal 
money order. 
STOCK AND GUARANTEE: We guarantee our stock to be true to name, free 
from disease and pests and to reach you in a live healthy condition. Anyone 
not entirely satisfied should return stock at once and proper adjustments will 
be made or your money cheerfully refunded. After this our responsibility 
ceases,as we cannot guarantee them to live and grow in your garden under 
conditions over which we have no control. All stock subject to prior sale. 
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Irises are not difficult to grow and usually will survive the most adverse con¬ 
ditions but they, like any living plant, will also respond to good treatment as 
well. The old theory of planting an iris and leaving it for Mother Nature to 
rear is all wrong. She needs some assistance. Plant them where they will get 
plenty of sunshine and good drainage. The rhizomes should not be planted 
deep, but should be placed just below the level of the surface of the soil. The 
roots should be spread out and the soil pressed firmly around them. They are 
not particular as to soil. Wood ashes may be used freely and a little lime 
as a top dressing. Bonemeal is a very satisfactory fertilizer. No fresh manure 
should be placed about them, but well rotted manure may be used around 
them in small quantities ,if well mixed with the soil and not too close to the 
rhizome. Give them shallow cultivation, and do not use any mulch around 
them until the ground freezes and then only on the very tender varieties or 
plants that have recently been planted and not well established. Excelsior is 
very satisfactory for this purpose. 
