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al SAY UNTO YOU) THAT EVEN 
SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY NEN SNS aes 
NEVER ARRAYED AB ONE) OF | THESE" . “ 
; :  (fathew 6- ee | 
We grow, eee. our 
regular list,a group of some one 
hundred seedlings eri the cinta 
AS Cea id 
a DR. PHILIP a LOOMIS © 
Colorado! Ss. uae’ Irie Arial an 
Each year we bring to this group, 
for trialand our own pleasure, | 
the cream of his newest bloomings. 
From.this group one might easily 
Pick a number well worthy of in- 
troduction - well above the aver- 
age standard. Here we grew the — 
great ELMOHR as. seedling Wm. Mohr 
X R-S. and knew it as liohrene. 
RED AMBER and MOROCCO ROSE grew 
here and most of his famous SEA | 
SHELLS from the original through 
the. years up to and beyond tHE. «4 
pwetl known SPINDRIFT, the only 
one ever offered for sale. The 
lovely V-20 and many others grow 
here including Aig cobain Naples | 
Mbut. to: us, the most delicately 
beautiful OP ail) SOR To. \ 
fa Our: iets you will find meaty 
of the good,reasonably priced 
vires’ and a goodly number of the. 
newer, more expensive, Antroduc- 
tions. There are some two thou- 
sand varieties in: commerce today — 
ind a hundred or more new ones 
being introduced each year. Of 
nn thts great mass of varieties. 
only a few hundred are worth ones 
eC nsideration, the Host being OL Te tay 
obsolete varieties - or, mediocre 
ry varieties with which we, > 
onelly, have littie patience. — 
high price adds nothing tothe: | 
merits of any Iris, neither 3 
the enthueiaem, of the Rent 
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