AFTER MAILING 
US YOUR 1940 
ORDER. PLEASE 
HAND THIS 
BOOKLET TO A 
FRIEND WHO 
LOVES AND 
GROWS 
PERENNIAL 
FLOWERS 
MELDORIC 
Other varieties of similar color 
are Sir Knight, Wonderchild, 
Valor, and Black Wings. 
OUR BEST OFFER 
In this catalog are listed many outstanding collection bargains—fine 
named varieties for low cost. We have still another treat for our customers. 
Each year we make hundreds of hand-crossed pollenizations, selecting 
both pollen and seed parents from among the finest varieties in our gar¬ 
dens. These hundreds of crosses result in thousands of seeds which are 
grown in our experimental fields. Approximately one seedling in every lot 
of one thousand proves so distinctive, so meritorious, so outstanding, and 
so different from any other variety in commerce that it is given a name 
and introduced. Pink Imp>erial, Blended Beauty, and Michelangelo are 
typical examples of these high-class creations. 
"What about the other 999?" you ask. One-fourth of them are A-1 
iris, being very beautiful, distinctive and colorful. The reason they are 
not introduced under variety names is because they resemble new high- 
prifed novelties already on the market. It is our custom to place new 
varieties in commerce only when they excel to a marked degree and 
differ materially from any sort hitherto available. 
At blooming time, we go through our seedling fields and carefully 
mark the best 25 per cent. These A-1 seedlings are as large, tail-stalked, 
floriferous, vigorous, colorful, fragrant, and attractive as named varieties 
now selling from 50c to $10. Here is what Mrs. E. J. Halyburton of 321 
No. Harrison avenue, Kirkwood, Missouri, wrote us: "Last year I sent to 
you lor the collection Our Best Offer; the flowers pleased me so much 
that I am sending for another lot this season." The seedlings which we 
sell are not small roots just sprouting—they are just as large as those of 
named varieties and will bloom in your garden next spring; they are 
rhizomes taken from seedling clumps which have bloomed in our experi¬ 
mental field. This year we offer you the bargain of bargains: 
10 Different A-I Seedlings in asst, colors for $1 
60 Different A-1 Seedlings in asst, colors for $5 
All roots sent parcel post prepaid. 
NATIONAL IRIS GARDENS, Beaverton, Oregon 
