It takes a heap o' liviw in a house t make it home, 
A leap o sun aw shadder, an’ ye sontetimes have t 
roam 
Afore ye really ’preciate the things ye lef’ behind, 
Aw hunger fer ’cm somehow, with ’em allus on yer 
mind 
It don’t make any difference how rich ye get t’ be, 
How much yer chairs aw tables cost, how great yer 
, luxury; 
ft ait home ¢ ye, though it be the palace of a king, 
Until somehow yer soul is sort o wrapped around 
everything. 
(from Edgar A. Guests’s “Home’’) 
BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE 
Returning from the wars, that particular hero of yours 
will doubtless revel in the pleasures and comforts of home 
with a new sense of appreciation for the place developed 
during many anxious, even anguished days and nights when 
home was only a happy memory. He may even discover 
the joys of the flower garden. 
Indeed, the garden, with its atmosphere of tranquility 
and peace, may hold, for him, an especial charm. And 
the scrawniest iris in the garden will probably look fairer 
to him than the most exotically beautiful orchid on the 
island of Bougainville. 
ANNIE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANY MORE? 
It is to be hoped, of course, that there is a flower 
garden in connection with the home that he returns to. 
Without such a touch of homeliness the house has the 
barren, unlived-in appearance of a house without occu- 
pants. For a flower garden is, truly, the symbol of grace- 
ful living and a sign to the passer-by that this is the abode 
of gentlefolk. 
FLORAL STARS 
And where, in all the floral firmament, can we find 
more fascinating and satisfactory flowers to plant than iris 
and hemerocallis? First, the iris, infinite in variety and 
with a color range not even approached by any other 
flower; easy to grow; drouth-resistant; rapid of increase; 
fragrant; adapted to specimen or mass arrangement; and 
within the reach of every purse. 
Later, the hemerocallis, lily-like with beautiful, waxen 
flowers held aloft on tall wirey stalks, growing more pro- 
fuse and abundant with the years; hardy; self-reliant; 
disease and insect-free; untemperamental; easiest of all to 
grow. 
These are the flowers which it pleases Edenwald Gar- 
dens to distribute. It is our aim to grow, commercially, 
every worth-while variety, which has not been superseded, 
in its price class, by better or more desirable varieties of 
similar characteristics. 
HORSE AND BUGGY BEAUTIES ARE OUTDATED 
Both of these flowers have been improved so greatly in 
recent years that old, out-dated sorts should be discarded 
and replaced with the modern, superior beauties. 
Of the many thousand varieties of irises which have 
been named and introduced, our catalog lists less than 350. 
Conscientious dealers discourage the sale of poor and 
obsolete varieties. Some dealers publish, each year, in 
their catalogs, lists of the 100 BEST as a guide for their 
customers. A prominent irisarian in New York State, Mr. 
Kenneth D. Smith, has, for several years, conducted an 
unofficial poll of judges of The American Iris Society, and 
a few over 100 varieties were given a comparative ranking 
in this poll in 1944, | 
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