e= HILL'S IRISES == 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
All Iris orders amounting to $2.00 or 
more will be shipped prepaid to any 
point in the United States. Iris orders 
of less than $2.00 must include 25 cents 
for postage. Foreign shipments not 
prepaid. 
We send all Peonies by express, trans- 
portation charges collect. This enables 
us to be liberal with extras and large 
plants. However, all customers will 
receive good value. 
Terms: Cash with order. Payment 
should be made by check or postal 
money order. All offers subject to 
prior sale; prices may be changed 
without notice. 
GUARANTEE 
We Guarantee all stock to be true to 
name, of first class size and quality, 
free from diseases and pests, and to 
reach you in live and healthy condi- 
tion. We cannot guarantee that plants 
will live and grow in your garden un- 
der conditions over which we have no 
control. 
We take every precaution to prevent 
mistakes in filling orders, but if any 
mistakes should occur, we will gladly 
make adjustment; however, we will in 
no case be liable for an amount great- 
er aaa the purchase price of the 
stock. 
IRIS CULTURE 
Irises are not particular as to soil, but 
the bearded varieties in general prefer 
an alkaline rather than an acid soil. 
They need plenty of sunshine and good 
drainage and are able to withstand 
severe drought if well established. 
Beardless and crested sorts, including 
the Siberians and Spurias, do best in 
an acid soil with plenty of moisture, 
also some kinds need partial shade. 
Bearded Irises should be planted with 
the tops of the rhizomes level with the 
top of the ground, except in the case 
of late fall planting when they should 
be more deeply covered to prevent 
heaving. 
TIME TO PLANT 
Bearded Irises may be transplanted 
any time in the spring, summer or fall, 
but we strongly recommend fall plant- 
ing for the South and Middle West 
where summers are usually hot and 
dry. Further North the summer 
months are the best time for trans- 
planting. Unless we are otherwise in- 
structed we will assume that our cus- 
tomers want immediate shipment of 
their orders. Prompt shipment will be 
made except when digging is delayed 
by rain or other causes over which we 
have no control. A few of the very 
newest varieties of which our stocks 
are limited will not be delivered before 
August. Beardless Irises will be ship- 
ped in the fall or early spring. 
WAR AND OUR PLANT BUSINESS 
Robert, the junior and most important 
member of our firm, has gone to the 
army and all the young men of the 
country are in the Army, Navy or nec- 
essary war production. Increased cost 
of labor, advertising, paper, boxes, 
packing and postage makes it impos- 
sible to dig, clean, pack and mail only 
$1.00 collections without losing money, 
hence we will try to solve this problem 
bv giving more quality and less quan- 
tity. Now we can discard and plow 
under more of the older and poorer 
sorts and give more valuable time to 
better and newer sorts, and this gives 
our customers better value. 
PRICES—If any of our early season 
prices are out of line just figure that 
we will give you good value on every 
order. Why give valuable space, land 
and labor to grow old cheap varieties? 
Put the same money in a smaller num- 
ber of higher quality and have in- 
creased satisfaction. 
Hill Iris Introductions will be found 
listed inside the back cover at greatly 
reduced prices. Their reception and 
increasing popularity are a_ great 
source of gratification. 
We lead in Fall Blooming Irises that 
continue their well deserved gain in 
popularity. Favorable seasons have 
brought an abundance of fall bloom to 
many delighted gardeners. In the 
South the Fall Bloomers are practical- 
ly everblooming. 
Searcity and increased costs of sup- 
plies and labor have brought commer- 
cial growers many problems, but we 
expect to be able to continue to sup- 
ply good quality plants and in many 
cases at prices substantially lower 
than last year’s. The difficulty of 
securing experienced workers may 
cause slight delays in shipment during 
the peak of the shipping season. Cus- 
tomers are urged to send their orders 
early and to indicate second choice 
varieties in case we are sold out of 
some items. However substitutions 
we not be made without authoriza- 
ion. 
