NOW IN ARMY 

THURLOW WEED 
who, since his graduation from Oregon State Agricultural College in 
1928, has operated the National Iris Gardens in partnership with his 
father. He attended night school at Northwestern College of Law, 
was graduated with LLB degree, and was admitted to the Oregon 
State Bar in 1934. Since 1939, he has been a member of the Oregon 
State Board of Education. He is the author of many garden and 
flower articles which have appeared in leading national magazines 
such as The Country Gentleman. 
Last March Thurlow volunteered to serve in the armed forces. He 
hopes that the firm’s many customers will keep the home gardens 
growing while he is shouldering a gun in place of a spade. His 
brother, too, is serving in the army as an air corps officer. 

NOW RUNNING BUSINESS 

HOWARD WEED 
who established the National Iris Gardens in 1921. He was gradu- 
ated from Michigan State College in 1889 and received an M.S. de- 
gree from that institution in 1890. For seven years, he served as 
professor of entomology at Mississippi State College; then took a 
post-graduate course at Cornell University and became a prominent 
Chicago landscape architect. In 1910 he established a general 
nursery at Beaverton; this became the National Iris Gardens during 
the twenties. The firm disposed of its shrubs, trees, and plants, and 
for the last two decades has specialized exclusively in those popular 
perennials—Iris, Oriental Poppies, and Hemerocallis. 
Howard is the author of ‘Spraying for Profit’’, first authoritative 
book on the subject and of which more than 100,000 copies have 
been printed. He also is the author of ‘Modern Park Cemeteries” 
which, since its publication, has been the standard guide of ceme- 
tery superintendents. 
MAY BE PLANTED ANY MONTH IN THE YEAR, BUT DO BEST 
WHEN PLANTED DURING JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER 

NO ORDER ACCEPTED FOR LESS THAN $1.95 


1. We will pay postage upon customer's request; otherwise we 
shall send shipment express collect and include extra iris double in 
value the cost of express. 
2. Roots may be shipped as satisfactorily 3,000 miles as 30. We 
have customers in every state who order from us yearly. Seventy- 
five per cent of our business comes from customers residing east of 
the Mississippi river. 
3. Plants from our gardens now are growing in every state in this 
country, in every province of Canada, Alaska, Cuba, Bermuda 
Islands, Mexico, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Siam, China, 
Sicily, Italy, England, France, and Africa. 
4. Our plants are unusually large and bloom the first year after 
being sent from our garden. 
5. Our prices are the lowest to be found; varieties offered are the 
best; inferior varieties have been discarded from our gardens. 
6. Our plants are state inspected and free from disease. The iris 
borer or Japanese beetle are unknown in Oregon. 

NATIONAL IRIS GARDENS, BEAVERTON, OREGON 
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7. We do not irrigate; our roots are unusually hardy; they are 
immune to root rot. 
8. All testimonials printed by us came unsolicited. We have 
hundreds on file. Most of our customers reorder yearly. 
9. Please send us a trial order so that we may prove to you the 
superiority of our roots. 
10. Terms: Cash with order—either check, draft, money order, 
or postage stamps. We refuse to make any special quotations by 
letter on varieties or groups of varieties priced herein. 
11. We guarantee all plants to be true to name and to reach you 
in live and healthy condition. Complete planting instructions will 
accompany each shipment. 
12. Please order early to prevent disappointment in case the 
variety is sold out. Orders are filled in rotation, as received. We 
reserve the right to accept or refuse an order or any part thereof, 
depending on quantity of stock and whether at shipping time it is in 
condition to be sent. We make every effort, however, to fill entire 
order with first-class roots. 

IRIS, HEMEROCALLIS 
