
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 at Beaverton, Oregon, and today ships Iris, 
Hemerocallis and Poppies to all parts of the world. Later his two sons, Wilbur and Thurlow Weed, joined him 
in the business but they are now officers in the Army. 
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. 
The garden is located on the Canyon Road, one mile east of Beaverton and five miles west of Portland. 
Some five thousand visitors view the gardens each year, mostly during the month of May when fifty thousand 
iris in a thousand varieties are in bloom. During June, July and August the Hemerocallis make a fine showing 
and again during September and October the fall blooming iris are in evidence. 
| R | S MAY BE PLANTED ANY MONTH IN THE YEAR, BUT DO BEST 
WHEN PLANTED DURING JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER 

ORDERS FOR LESS THAN $2.00 MUST INCLUDE 25c FOR POSTAGE. 

We send our plants 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 5. Please send us a trial order so that we may prove to you the 
have customers in every state who order from us yearly. Seventy- superiority of our roots. 
five per cent of our business comes from customers residing east of 6. Terms: Cash with order—either check, draft, money order, or 
Aus Wcities eee: postage stamps. We refuse to make any special quotations by 
letter on varieties or groups of varieties priced herein. 
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2. Plants from our gardens now are growing in every state in this 7. We guarantee all plants to be true to name and to reach you 
country, in every province of Canada, Alaska, Cuba, Bermuda in live and healthy condition. Complete planting instructions will 
Islands, Mexico, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Siam, China, accompany each shipment. 
Sicily, Italy, England, France, and Africa. 8. Please order early to prevent disappointment in case the 
8. Our plants are unusually large and bloom tHe first year after 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, 
being sent from our garden. i ; 
depending on quantity of stock and whether at shipping time it is in 

4. Our plants are state inspected and free from disease. The iris condition to be sent. We make every effort, however, to fill entire 
borer or Japanese beetle are unknown in Oregon. order with first-class roots. ; 
NATIONAL IRIS GARDENS, BEAVERTON, OREGON IRIS, HEMEROCALLIS, POPPIES 
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