
THIS YEAR WE ARE OFFERING ONLY 
ONE COLLECTION OF SEEDLINGS 
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20 SEEDLINGS FOR $3.00 
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Each year we make hundreds of hand-crossed 
pollenizations, selecting both pollen and seed 
parents from among the finest varieties in our 
| gardens. These hundreds of crosses result in 
thousands of seeds which are grown in our 
experimental fields. Approximately one seed- 
ling in every lot of one thousand proves so dis- 

tinctive, so meritorious, so outstanding, and so 
different from any other variety in commerce 
that it is given a name and introduced. 
The seedlings which we sell are not small 
roots just sprouting—they are just as large as 
those of named varieties and will bloom in your 
garden next spring; they are rhizomes taken 
from seedling clumps which have bloomed in 
our experimental field. This year we offer you 
the bargain of bargains. 
At blooming time, we go through our seed- 
ling fields and carefully mark the best 25 per 
cent. These A-l1 seedlings are the ones which 
we sell to customers. 



E ARE fortunate to have our iris 
| gardens in the Pacific Northwest 
a] where iris rhizomes grow to per- 

fection. That iris rhizomes grown 
in this section are superior to those grown 
in other parts of the United States is a fact 
recognized by other commercial growers. 
Iris rhizomes grown in this Pacitic North- 
west section generally throw up one or 
more bloom stalks the first spring atter 
placement regardless of the state in which 
they may be planted. 
The Oregon climate is a mild one with 
plenty of moisture and a long growing sea- 
son which enables the iris roots to grow and 
develop exceptionally well. But each win- 
ter we have a touch of snow and several 
weeks of freezing temperature which hara- 
ens the iris roots and freezes out the less 
hardy sorts. Oregon-grown iris are perfectly 
hardy—as hardy as those grown in the 
northern-most and eastern-most states. 
Visitors to our gardens during blooming 
season invariably exclaim, “Why, these 
flowers are gorgeous! I didn't know iris 
were so beautiful! Where did you get all the 
colors and color combinations?” Then 
some of them are bound to ask, “How do 
you get the plants to produce such tall 
stalks bearing so many huge blossoms? 
Mine never do that!” It is with great diffi- 
culty that we convince them that the height, 
size, and number of blossoms is due to 
hereditary factors bred into the improved 
modern variety and not to special care. 
Hybridizers have bred for improvement in 
height, size, tlorilerousness, and color and 
they have achieved great success. 
These new improved varieties, inciden- 
tally, can only be obtained from commer- 
cial iris specialists like ourselves. We send 
detailed planting instructions with each 
order. 
We have had a number of customers in 
New England and the Midwest write to us 
that our roots were larger, grew better, 
produced more increases, and threw up 
stronger bloom stalks than roots purchased 
from growers within a few miles of their 
home. 
We make shipments every year to Aus- 
tralia, China, England, South Africa and 
other far-away lands and customers there 
report receipt of the iris rhizomes in good 
condition. 
National Inia Gardens 
BEAVERTON, OREGON 

IRIS, HEMEROCALLIS, POFPIES 
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NATIONAL, IRIS GARDENS, BEAVERTON, OREGON 
