
HOWARD WEED 
proprietor of the National Iris Gardens, was graduated from the Michigan State College in 1889 and received 
an M.S. degree from that institution in 1890. For seven years, he served as the Entomologist at the Mississippi 
State College, then took a post-graduate course at Cornell University and became a prominent Chicago 
landscape architect. In 1910 he established his present business in Beaverton, Oregon, and today ships Iris, 
Hemerocallis and Poppies to all parts of the world. 
Howard is the author of ‘Spraying for Profit’’, the first authoritative book on the subject and of which 
more than 100,000 copies were printed. He is also the author of ‘Modern Park Cemeteries’’ which, since its 
publication, has been the standard guide of cemetery 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 

We send our planis by prepaid parcel post, but if the customer desires, we will send express collect and 
include plants to the value of double the cost of transportation. 
1. 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. 
2. 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. 
3. Our plants are unusually large and bloom the first year after 
being sent from our garden. 
4. Our prices are the lowest to be found; varieties offered are the ' 
best; inferior varieties have been discarded from our gardens. 
5. Our plants are state inspected and free from disease. The iris 
borer or Japanese beetle are unknown in Oregon. 
6. We do not irrigate; our roots are unusually hardy; they are 
immune to root rot. 

7. All testimonials printed by us came unsolicited. We have 
hundreds.on file. Most of our customers reorder yearly. 
8. Please send us a trial order so that we may prove to you the 
superiority of our roots. 
9. 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. 
10. 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. 
11. 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. 

NATIONAL IRIS GARDENS, BEAVERTON, OREGON 

IRIS, HEMEROCALLIS, POPPIES 
