in any sunny spot in the garden. An established clump will bear | 
other perennials. 
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The Lincoln Collection 
of Ten Colorful Hardy and Outstanding Iris 
only $1. The greatest value ever offered. — 
Make your own selection of ten varieties” 
from this list. You can’t go wrong. 
Albright—The new orchid-pink Iris that pleases.......... 
Allure—Canary yellow, overlaid opalescent pink. Ruffled. . 
Avatar—S. buff; F. pansy violet, 3 ft. Fragrant, brilliant. . 
Baldwin—A lovely shade of violet. Very large flowers...... 
-Buto—S. royal purple; F. dark velvety violet. Likeable.... 
Challenger—Dark purple to blackish violet. Large, good.... 
Churchmouse—A wonderful new color—Hay’s Brown. See it 
Dr. C, H. Mayo—A pink toned bicolor. Fragrant. Popular 
King Tut—S. brownish; F. velvety glowing red. Admired.... 
' Mme. Cheri—Violet; pink and yellow undertone. Pleasing. . 
Nymph—tThe best early yellow. Free flowering............ 
Old Gold—A fine yellow plicata. An unusual color........ 
Omaha—This is the nearest to red, bright orange beard.. 
Pluie D’Or—(Golden Rain) Solid golden yellow............ 
Refulgence—Two shades violet-blue with bronze. Blooms late 
Rameses—New blend. S. light russet; F. tourmaline pink... . 
Sir Galahad—S. and F. pansy violet. Tall, large, fragrant. . 
White Queen—Snow white flower. Long blooming season... 
The total cost of these 21 varieties when introduced was $435.00. 
Now only $2. Make your garden fascinating. 
Or you may have the entire list of 
21 varieties for $2 
: The Lincoln Collection of Iris will glorify 
your garden for many years. 
at A. B. Katkamier, Macedon, N. Y. |; 
, “Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who 
knew me best, that I plucked a thistle and planted a 
flower wherever I thought a flower would grow.” 
; say —Lincoln 
Your Garden a Paradise 
A recent issue of a standard dictionary defines Paradise as “‘the | 
abode of sanctified souls after death,” also ‘‘a pleasure garden, | 
especially an Oriental Park.” 
But it is from Xenophon, living three hundred years before the 
New Testament was written that we get our euthority for calling 
a garden a Paradise. Xenophon achieved imperishable fame in 
conducting the masterly retreat of the ten thousand Greeks through | 
hostile countries and he has told us that the Persians called a 
garden, a Paradise. ; oy 
Thus from these Orientals we get the romantic word, Paradise; 
a place of beauty and of happiness—a garden. 
Gorgeous Oriental Poppy | 
I like Oriental Poppies—even the “old fashioned red.” A clump } 
of any of them will make the other flowers in the garden “‘stand | 
out” in a way to be talked about. They bloom freely and do well 

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a dozen or more flowers, of gigantic size and gorgeous coloring, | 
varying from crushed raspberry to old rose, from deep red to 
orange, from mulberry to white and from salmon to pink. 
The Oriental Poppies bloom with the Irises in happy association, | 
forming a striking and lovely garden picture. - : 
I have a stock of thirty thousand Oriental Poppy plants, in a score | 
of the best varieties grown from root cuttings. Prices are very 
moderate. 15 cents each if you select them or ten plants for one 
dollar if I select them. The cost is little: the result in beautiful | 
flowers is great. 1 ; 

Cavalier—Flowers crinkly, deep scarlet red...... ......---++ 15 | 
Fairy—Refined pure pink flowers, dainty and lovely..... 15 
Glowing Embers—Rich red, crinkled petals. Distinct foliage.... «15 | 
Jennie Mawson—Tall, erect growing variety, coral rose...... 15 | 
Joyce—Cerise rose-red. Very unusual color...............-.- 15 | 
Lachs Konigen—Salmon rose, a favorite.........-........-. 15 
Lord Lambourne—Deeply fringed petals, scarlet with black.. .15 
_ Lulu Neely—Deep red petals, narrow black blotch. Free bloomer .15 
May Queen—Fluffy, semi-double flowers of bright salmon...... 15 | 
May Sadler—Immense flowers of buff pink. One of the best.... .15 
Mrs. Ballego—Large salmon-pink with black spots at base.. .15 
Mrs. Perry—Bright strawberry-pink. Blooms early............ 15 | 
Negrillon—Indian lake or red-purple. Very odd shade........ 15 
Olympia—Only double poppy, rea petals, no blotch. Early.... «15; 
Orientale—Scarlet. The ‘‘old fashioned” variety. Vigorous.... .15 
'Perfection—Dark pink petals. Late blooming.................- 15 | 
Perry’s White—White petals with slight touch of pink at base.. .15. 
Princess Louise—Late, giving final burst of glorious pink...... 15 
Purity—The finest of all pink poppies. No markings.......... 15 
Trilby—Exquisitely beautiful begonia rose. Very late........ 
Wurtembergia—Bright silky red petals. Largest blooms...... 
If you permit me to select the varieties you may have ten different | 
varieties labeled and postpaid for one dollar. | 
Oriental Poppy Plants mailed from Aug. Ist. 
’Mums do very well for me. Soil is too light and sandy for other 
flowers. Keep me on your list to receive your ‘Iris News’.” 

Everybody Is Urged 
“My garden isn’t much to rave about but Oriental Poppies, Iris and 
by the government to plant a flower garden in a conspicuous 
location in an attempt to create an atmosphere of beauty and 
home loving which will aid greatly in boosting civilian morale. | 
It is suggested to use Iris, Oriental Poppies, Peonies, Delphin- 
iums, ChrySanthemums, Shasta Daisy, Coreopses, Gaillardia, and 
} They will bloom for years without much atten- } 
tion, 
THE IRIS N 
AND GARDEN CH 
A. B. Katkamier 
‘is one of the very best of the group of rich yellow Iris. 
_garden beautification. 
‘from a customer for flowering plants. 
pskortage of help.”’ She will make use only of perennial plants. 
| spoken of. 
The Golden West 
f No 
other variety approaches it in so many all around good qualities. 
None has a richer golden color, or a more splendid architecture 
of form, or has a foliage that is a brighter green. It is mildly 
but pleasingly fragrant; early mid-season; medium to large size; 
! of vigorous growth; very free flowering and continues a long 
time in bloom. 
It is said that ‘‘a sunset lasts ten minutes in the sky; it lasts 
ten years in a woman’s heart.” 
The Golden West Iris was discovered growing in a_group of 
yellow toned Iris which included Nebraska, Shekinah, Primavera, 
WR Dykes and Chasseur. It seems to combine the good qualities 
of all of these varieties. It is thought the Golden West Iris will 
be the floral sensation of this decade and make a step forward in 
Price $5. each. 
Blooms All Summer 
The double rose-pink Tunica is the only perennial flowering 
plant that consistently produces its flowers continuously from 
spring, through the summer until the hard frosts of late fall. 
It finds a welcome place in any garden as a specimen clump 
that is unusually attractive. It is considered by devoted gar- 
deners to be the most valuable rock garden plant and is especi- 
ally adapted for the low border. 
The word Tunica is from the name Tunic, a long coat-like gar- 
ment worn to this day by some of the Arab tribes. That is why 
so many call the Tunica the ‘‘Coatflower,’’ and refer to the coat 
or covering by the sepals of the calyx which protects the buds. 
The buds finally open and the bloom is a half inch wide, double 
rose-pink flower of exquisite daintiness. 
Tunica belongs to the natural order Caryophyllacae which con- 
tains 20 species and many families. All of this extensive order of 
plants have stems swollen at the joints, with leaves alternate, 
small and lance shaped and about one-half inch long. 
One seventy-secondth of the flowering plants of North America 
belong to this order, 15 
During the War 
“I truly believe everyone should go on living as normally as 
possible. And so after first buying defense bonds I am sending 
the following order for plants.” 
Thus writes a customer from Nebraska. We have received 
several letters expressing similar conclusions, One woman writes: 
“My husband gets terribly ‘down in the dumps’ now-a-days be- 
cause our two sons are in the service and his health is not good. 
The only thing he enjoys is working in our flower garden. He 
never used to pay any attention to it. Several times he has taken 
bouquets to our church to decorate the altar. The flowers in 
our Southland home are now in full bloom.” 
“JT Am One 
of the luckiest women in the world. I always say to my 
husband, ‘the people in this America have the Heaven on earth.’ 
Thank God we are here in America.” 
These words were expressed in a letter received a few days ago 
i She was born in Bohemia 
65 years ago but came to America while a young woman. Be- 
sides her husband she has 6 sons and 3 daughters; 18 grand- 
children and 8 great-grandchildren. Next to her God and her 
family she loves her flower garden. The flowers grown by herself 
bring her great consolation in times of trouble and in her hap- 
pier hours she says, they are a source of joy to her. 
She is giving up planting any more annual varieties while the 
war lasts as she says ‘‘they require too much attention during the 


A Little Child Shall Lead Them 
“You are becoming more beautiful every day,’? exclaimed a 
little girl of her garden one morning as the newly risen sun was 
glorifying each freshly opened flower. How natural was this un- 
premeditated expression of the little girl over one of the enthral- 
ling miracles of nature, for the flowers are the loveliest things 
God created and forgot to give a soul. ; 
We can appreciate the intimate words of the school-girl walking 
in the woods in the spring who found a wild violet. 
“How glad I am to see you again!” she said. “It is a long 
time since I have seen you, and you look as pretty as ever.” 
The delight of these young people is felt by everybody that 
loves flowers, as they come one after the other all through the 
floral season. How much we would miss if they did not come 
every year! 
Give your children a chance to have a beautiful “Garden of 
Flowers.’ It will tie them to the best things in life. 

A Beautiful Grass 
Eulalia Variegata. This is one of the most beautiful of orna- 
mental grasses. Its name indicates the high position given it by 
those who first grew it in their gardens; eu meaning good or well, 
and lalia meaning speech, thus Eulalia—a plant very highly 
Eulalia Variegata is a robust perennial grass, forming, when well 
established, large garden clumps, with firm, but graceful leaves. 
These leaves are marked with alternate stripes of creamy-white and 
green stripes. é , : 
The flower stalks appear in September and the plant, at this 
time is four to six feet high. As the flowers open the fingers of 
the panicle curve over gracefully in a one-sided manner, and bear 
a strong resemblance in form to what is known as a Prince of 
Wales’ feather or ostrich plume. Each finger of the panicle or 
cluster is four to six inches long and curving, and carries fifty 
to one hundred individual flowers, each flower having at its base 
a tuft of silky hairs which contribute greatly to the beauty and 
the feathery lightness of the plume. ; 
All summer long the variegated green and white leaves of the 
Eulalia present a grace and elegance of foliage and when the 
feathery panicles appear in early autumn the garden clump is the 
most attractive spot in the garden. é 
These panicles when cut with long stems—which may be re- 
duced in length to fit its use—may be kept for years to ornament 
winter bouquets and to place among the tall leaves of many of 
your house plants. é é 
: Because of its’ picturesque growth and its charming feathery 
plumes the Eulalia Variegata is one of the most valued of garden 
plants. It is especially lovely as a garden specimen and is es- 
teemed as an attraction for the border or shrubbery. .25 
The Greatest Ever 
Having grown Iris for a number of years it is natural that we 
have a surplus of some varieties. To prevent waste we are mak- 
ing this worth-while bargain offer: We will send you thirty varie- 
ties of Iris, each labeled and all postpaid for only $1. The va- 
rieties must be our selection. 

“J have derived great pleasure reading your ‘Iris News.’ It is 
full of suggestions and inspiration. I need the following plants 
for which I attach my check.” 
EW 
Macedon, N. Y. _ 
Sree RR sa Dedicated To All Who Enjoy the Great Out of Doors Particularly Those Who Love Beautiful Flowers ‘ were ny 


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‘or those who wish some nice perennial flowering 
plants for borders or for mass plantings or rock gar- 
dens. These plants all have been once transplanted. — 
12 Ajuga Reptans—Belongs to the mint family. Six to eight inches 
high. Flowers 2 - lipped in close clusters or spikes. A mass of blue 
flowers in June. Amazing ground cover for shrubbery and shady 
places, ; ; 4 *, , 
Alpine Daisy—Lavender-pink aster-like flowers, 6 inch. . 
Alyssum Saxatile—The Basket of Gold of early spring. 
Aquelegia—Assorted. Blue, red, pink, white, yellow. = | 
Armeria—Evergreen cushion of needle-like leaves, rose florets. 
Artemisia (Silver King)—Used by all to fill in bouquets. ‘ 
Assorted Mums including the sensational coppery red Ann Miller. — 
Black Eyed Susan—A good summer bloomer. Wa. 











Blue Flax—Blooms for three months. Showy. 
Clumps Thyme—Hither green, golden or purple. 
Coreopsis—A rich yellow that gives life to a bouquet. 
‘Dianthus—The black Sweet William. =o Se Gees 
Feverfew—Used liberally by florists in making floral designs 
‘oe 
Gaillardia—Blanket flower. Last long as cut flower, = 
Giant Pacific Delphiniums—A wonderful flower. : 
Heliopsis—Hardy Zinnia. Golden yellow. Fine for vases. 
Hesperis—Sweet Rocket, fragrant for humming birds. — 
Iberis—Hardy Candytuft, evergreen foliage. White flowers. © 
12 Jersey Gem Viola—Best for bedding, borders or garden specimen. 
12 Lathyrus—Hardy sweet pea. Deep rose flowers. a 
12 Liatris—Blazing Star or gayfeather. Good cut flower spike. 
12 Lupines—Long spikes, assorted colors. Pea shaped flowers. 
12 Mauve Cushion—Hardy aster. Low growing, very late bloomer. 
12 Monarda—Didyma Rosea. Aromatic foliage. Flowers in whorls. 
12 Plants of Painted Daisies—Dark red to pink colors. ; as 
12 Phlox—Subulata Rosea. Moss like evergreen foliage. 
12 Rosina—The fragrant red violet. Very popular. an - 
12 Sedum Rubrum—This is the very best sedum to use any place a 
mass of green leaves is desired. In July it is completely covered 
with heads of red flowers. It has varieties in yellow, pink and 
white flowers. s : : 
12 ‘Sedum Sieboldi—Choice for rock gardens, also good house plant 
12 Shasta Daisy—Desirable cut flowers of glistening white. f : 
12 ‘Plants Snow in Summer—Silver leaves, snow bank of flowers. _ 
12 Varieties Sempervivam from our famous rock garden. fl 
12 Veronica Incana—Blue spike, top of loose rosette of silvery leaves. 
12 Veronica Incana—Brilliant blue spikes topping loose rosette of 
ilvery leaves. i ; ; , 
12 Violet—Frey’s Fragrant. Gaining in popularity. F 
12 pao Yarrow (A Tomentosa)—Fine leaves. Flower golden. 
‘Leonidas—This_ beautiful Iris was originated by Peter Barr of — 
Covent Garden, London, Eng., and was named by him Leonidas 
—a Greek word meaning “lion heart.” The standards are laven- | 
det and the falls lavender violet. Its bright orange beard is in 
pleasing contrast with the petals. The flower stalk is tall. The 
leaves last a bright green into the late fall. Leonidas was the 
hero at the narrow pass at Thermopylae in 480 B. C. when Xerxes 
the Persian monarch tried in vain to win him to the Persian side — 
by having the Greeks lay down their arms and he would be made 
ruler over the whole of Greece. Leonidas told the herald: 
ace Xerxes come and take our arms.” a id 
-Kaempheri Iris f 
They will grow in a more moist situation than the bearded Iris. 
They like plenty of water while in bloom. But they do not like 
standing water in the winter. I grow them successfully on a dry, 
gravel, limestone soil, = yaa 
They may be transplanted either in the fall or the spring. 
J small stocks of 42 varieties of Kaempheri Iris at 15 
x 
We have 
cents each or eight varieties for $1. 
; 
| Thyme i | 
No one seems to be certain as to just how Thymi 
name. Some assert was from the Greek word thumos, meaning 
courage or strength because the balsamic odor revives the spirits 
of animals including human beings. Others claim the name Thyme 
is from thuo, to perfume, as thyme was formerly used for in- — 
sense in the temples. nd , 
‘Thyme has many garden uses as borders; specimen plants: to 
grow between the rocks, brick or other material in garden walls; 
for hanging baskets and rustic stands. : T 3 
‘We have four attractive varieties—Green, Golden, Purple and 
Woolly. We will send you one good plant of each variety for 
fifty cents. : , : 

Lemon Verbena—This plant with its pleasantly scented leaves 
has no relation either rich or poor, and in this is in a unique class 
of being alone. Very few other plants have this characteristic. _ 
It was named in honor of Maria Louisa, Queen of Spain and was. 
introduced from Chili in 1784. Under the name ‘‘Lemon-scented 
Verbena” it is a universal favorite. Its leaves, when dried, will 
retain their pungent odor for many years. From early spring 
through to late fall, whenever a leaf is pinched between the thumb — 
and finger a delightful odor fills the air, particularly as the dav 
approaches sSum-set ...seesesesees Naeveye.os Se stare Sovael bie yoieer ake saat 
Hesperis or Sweet Rocket, so named from hesperos, the evening; 
as the sweet rockets in bloom, are much sweeter toward the eve- 
ning. These flowers are also very attractive to humming birds. 
The usual colors are white, lavender and purple. Desirable for 
_the wild garden, shrubbery, mixed border or garden clump. In 
some sections of the country Hesperis also is called Dame’s Violet. 
All plants are sent postpaid direct to your mail box. 
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may he duplicated several times on our mailing 
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