Foreword 
Another Iris season has come and gone 
again. Each year we look forward to the month 
of May, when Iris unfurl their silken ban¬ 
ners and we worship anew at their shrine. 
The newer Iris are very lovely and so super¬ 
ior in every respect, that they are rapidly 
supplanting the older varieties. The month 
of June ushers in the Japanese Iris. They 
have an undefinable quality that gives them 
distinction, and look like colorful butter¬ 
flies swaying on a stem. 
The best way to select Iris is to see 
them in bloom. Pictures, (whether in color, 
or black or white) and descriptions, no mat¬ 
ter how accurate, are only a substitute for 
the real thing. So arrange to make a trip 
to your nearest Iris garden during blooming 
time, and you will be better satisfied with 
the Iris you select. 
An exhibition garden of over 200 vari¬ 
eties of peonies, including species, is plant¬ 
ed along the highway. We also grow many new 
varieties of Oriental poppies and hemerocal- 
lis. The latter bloom from May to early Aug¬ 
ust, and are rapidly becoming the most sat¬ 
isfactory summer blooming perennial. Lists 
o.f any of these may be had on request. 
Kenwood Iris Gardens 
Mrs. J. F. Emigholz 
Montgomery and Euclid Roads, R. R. 10 
Phone, SYcamore 7496 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
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