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If you could but see our Iris in flower during the blooming season, you 
would want every variety which we describe and price in this booklet. 
OUR OWN ORIGINATIONS 
Our Jutreductions for 1944 
We have been cross hybridizing iris for the past 
thirty years, during which time we have named thirty 
varieties. A new variety must be different in some 
respect from any other, being larger, taller, a new 
color, or color combination different from any other 
variety now in commerce. There are too many varie- 
ties now in the trade which are much alike and our 
aim is to have only those which are distinct, hence 
each year we discard many of the poorer varieties. 
The newer varieties are necessarily higher in price 
than the older varieties owing to there being so few 
of them, but each year the prices are lowered as the 
supply increases. 
We are justly proud of our own originations, two— 
Icy Blue and Michelangelo—having been awarded 
Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society. 
Each year we pollinate several thousand plants and 
raise seedlings therefrom. But only a few of these 
plants are named and introduced as new varieties. 
Of these seedlings over half are discarded upon com- 
ing into bloom as not being worthy of being saved. 
The best of the others are sold as seedlings to cus- 
tomers who wish good blooms but do not care for 
their names. But when one comes to be an Irisarian, 
only the named varieties are desired and of these we 
have over a thousand, doubtless the largest number of 
best varieties of any grower. As our stock of the 
newer varieties have greatly increased, we are glad 
to be able to reduce our prices from year to year. 
NATIONAL WHITE. 46". EM. A fine large pure 
white with five flowers to the stalk. Of fine substance 
and well branched. We hesitated about introducing 
another white as there are so many whites now on 
the market, but owing to its fine branching we con- 
sider it superior to most of the other whites and thus 
well worthy of introduction. Having a fairly good 
number of plants we introduce it at only $10.00 
CHERRY RED. 34”. ML. A fine red bicolor. S. 
slightly open of medium rose, 2¥2 by 3” long; flaring 
F. of velvety cherry red slightly lighter at edges. Some 
red-brown veining on gold ground visible at hatft. 
Dark gold beard. Nine flowers on a well branched 
stalk. Especially beautiful and a different shade of 
red than any other variety. Some fragrance. $15.00 
MYSTIC SHRINE. 34”. ML. A fine copper-rose 
blend. Closed 8. 3" wide by 3%” long, slightly ruf- 
fled, of coppery lightly washed rose; down falling F. 
3” wide by 4” long, of gold ground at haft with lighter 
ground around beard at haft, short average appearing 
orange beard. Slightly fragrant. Good sized flowers 
on well branched stalks. This is a novel and distinct 
blend, completely different from all other varieties 
now in commerce. Fine substance. As we have a fair 
stock of this variety we price it at only $10.00 
We offer these three new introductions at only $25.00 

My orders from you for the past two years have been extremely 
satisfactory. Every iris I have ordered have been a great pleasure. 
—MRS. C. S., Norfolk. Va. 
All the iris ordered from you last year turned out to be lovely 
and bloomed beautifully this year —MRS. B. P., Amarillo, Texas. 
The iris which you sent had the largest rhizomes that I had ever 
seen.—K. D., Staten Island, N. Y. 
The Stylosa Iris ordered from you have been the prettiest I have 
ever seen for they have been blooming since December first. My 
plant now has 12 open flowers and buds in all stages.—M. E.., 
Montezuma, Ga. 
The roots of Icy Blue and Claret Velvet came yesterday and I 
was astonished at their size. I have bought iris all around the 
country, but never has anyone sent me such plants.—F. C., Monti- 
cello, Ind. 
All the iris ordered from you last year have given me wondertul 
piers and I was delighted with them all.—MISS R. P., Ware, 
ass. 
I always boost for the National Iris Gardens.—MRS. H. A., 
Monticello, Ia. 
The seedlings and named varieties received from you last year 
all bloomed. They were the strongest rhizomes I have ever received. 
RS. J. M., Maxwell, Iowa. 


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