Just a Moment, Please 
Some of the varieties listed: in this 
catalog are in limited supply in our 
nursery. It will be necessary for us 
to reserve the right to restrict quanti- 
ties in some cases, and in others, per- 
haps, to withdraw certain varieties 
from sale in order to increase our 
stock. Orders will be filled in the or- 
der in which they are received, and if 
it is impossible to fill an order com- 
pletely we shall refund the difference 
promptly. It is not our policy to sub- 
stitute other varieties for those which 
are out of stock, and we shall not do 
so except upon specific request of the 
purchaser. 
The iris rhizomes which we supply 
are grown in ordinary garden soil, 
mostly sandy loam. They vary great- 
ly in size, according to the variety, 
and while it is impossible for any 
grower to guarantee that rhizomes he 
supplies will live and bloom the fol- 
lowing year, we ship no rhizome un- 
less inspection shows it to be of a 
size which we should normally expect 
to bloom next season. 
No attempt is made _ to produce 
mammoth rhizomes, but we do take 
every precaution to make sure no 
rhizome leaves the nursery unless it is 
full, firm and healthy, and a good rep- . 
resentative of its variety. We find 
the original size of new rhizomes is 
not so important as the conditions 
under which they spend the year be- 
fore they bloom. In our garden we 
find sometimes that over-size rhiz- 
omes do less well than smaller, fir- 
mer ones of the same variety. Rhiz-. 
omes dug in July will not be so large 
as those dug later in the season, but 
will do as well or better in the gar- 
den. 
The severe climate of northern 
Oneida County, in New York State, 
makes it possible for us to be sure 
that all our varieties are thoroughly 
winter-hardy. Temperatures of thir- 
ty degrees below zero are not uncom- 
mon, and in some winters forty-five 
degrees below has been reported. Our 
summers usually provide periods of 
dry, scorching heat, which the iris 
loves after its blooming period and 
which help mature the rhizomes for 
next year’s bloom. Such extremes of 
weather are sometimes a trial to hu- 
mans, but they do help produce de- 
pendable iris rhizomes. 
Cutting-Garden Collection 
16 fine irises, covering a wide color and seasonal range, each distinc- 
tive in itself, labeled, at less than half list price. Value $2.20; sold in this 
collection for only $1. 
Quaker Lady Labor Midgard 
Tropic Seas Tristram Nymph 
Queen Caterina Her Majesty Albright 
L. A. Williamson Taj. Mahal Mme. Cherau 
Eventide Seminole Indian Chief 
Apache 
Landscaping Collection 
40 different irises, selected at time of shipping from varieties which 
we have in largest supply. The very low price makes it possible to 
plant these in profusion for large effects. 
rieties in the Cutting-Garden Collecticn. 
Will include most of the va- 
List value of the varieties 
bought separately would be more than $4. You can’t go wrong on this 
for only $1. 
Rock Garden Collection 
Two each of these eight varieties of dwarf iris especially adapted for 
use in rock gardens or at the front of the perennial border. 
All but 
Zwanenburg, which blooms with the tall bearded varieties, flower about 
two weeks ahead of other irises. 
These 16 rhizomes, two each of the va- 
rieties listed below, labeled, value $1.80, for only $1. 
Cyanea Barbara 
Yellow Fellow Schneekuppe 
Leopold 
Ultra 
Ruby 
Zwanenburg 
