FOREWORD 
It is a long and beautiful springtime which now draws to its close, and 
a much prolonged flowering period has been nearly unmarred except for 
the battering storm that the daffodils took at the very peak of their 
season. Making up for that bit of disappointment, the irises have been 
more free of their bounty than for at least a decade past. I was repeated- 
ly surprised by the way several quite old neglected beds, which should 
have been built over years ago, burgeoned like second-year plantings. 
Some irises that I had previously given up for lost, including my lovely 
TEMECULA, unexpectedly reappeared in the plantings and will in due 
course be offered again. One local lady who had purchased three rhizomes 
of the iris DAYSPRING from me the previous May had 18 splendid 
ae of bloom from them in this their first season—a quite unbelievable 
sight! 
This was a season which served greatly to emphasize the usefulness 
and winsome charm of some of the smaller bearded irises. I have intro- 
duced four which come in this class; CHEERY, TAFFY, TOURMA- 
LINE, and WISTFUL. These are all soft blends of rather unusual color- 
ing, are crisply crimped or ruffled in varying degree, are floriferous, ang 
are wholly delightful either as clumps for the front of the border or as 
flowers for the house, being far superior for this purpose to most of the 
larger sorts. Most of them are particularly lovely under artificial light. 
In mass the dusty pink effect of TOURMALINE is nearer to a true rose 
than anything else I have tried and groups beautifully with a clear blue 
like PERLADONNA. CHEERY is sharper in hue and sparked by a 
yellow throat. while in WISTFUL the yellow is more evenly shot 
through the flower. Who fails to try these is missing something of a 
treat. A grouping of real distinction either for a special corner in the 
garden or a strategically placed bowl indoors results from using the very 
late iris PRIDE OF REDLANDS with the fine single rose DAINTY 
BESS. The maroon fall of the iris closely matches and accents the sta- 
mens of the rose, the petals of which afford a subtle yet wholly pleasing 
contrast. 
I have been raising seedling daffodils for many years and have been 
getting some nice things, but in my heavy soil the accumulation of stocks 
sufficient for registration and distribution is a slow business. By next 
season however I hope to be able to commence formal introduction of a 
few carefully chosen clones, This year I content myself with the intro- 
duction of four lovely irises, and an attractive Scilla. These and other 
varieties now listed by me for the first time are prefixed in the following 
pages by an asterisk (*). 
I am always glad to make up special collections on order, where the 
customer is undecided how best to choose for himself, giving due at- 
tention where possible to color preferences and to whether it is intended 
to cover a long season or plant for a period of shorter but more abundant 
bloom. 
When it comes to daffodils and similar bulbs it is apparent that I can- 
not too often repeat the emphatic admonition, ORDER EARLY! Not 
only will you find that you are well repaid by early planting of your 
