A number of very nice new offerings are included this year for the 
first time and are marked with an asterisk in the list. Among my 
1946 iris introductions are two large and striking flowers in tones of 
rosy red, one of which, ROSE TANAGER, ought to have been intro- 
duced several years ago. It was withheld because of the pale line 
which runs down the fall, and I hoped that in the seedling beds an- 
other similar one might turn up lacking that feature. As this hope 
has been thus far unrewarded and the plant is otherwise so fine, 
especially for its garden effect, I have decided to share it and at a 
lower introductory price than would otherwise have been the case. 
Another unusual novelty is the aptly named WHITE JABOT, a cyno- 
sure for its clear bright color and the dainty development of its 
throat venation, so commonly more of a breeder’s nightmare rather 
than a source of distinction in the run of his seedlings. Perhaps not 
everyone will like this as well as I do, but to many I am sure it will 
appeal very much. It should be of special value for cutting. One of 
the outstanding plants in the whole garden this spring was the im- 
posing iris PEACOCK THRONE, first introduced from a very small 
stock in 1942. It is far and away the finest thing in its color class 
that I know and those who pass it up are missing out on something 
extremely good. Moreover, it is of the strongest and sturdiest ‘growth, 
though in my heavy soil of only moderate increase. 
Some oversold items are temporarily omitted from the list, while 
two or three have been dropped because the commercial stock, per- 
haps all the stock, has been found badly broken to mosaic. It is 
especially hard to forego listing of the glorious daffodil CONTENT, 
which seems to grow with such vigor and abandon here, but so far 
as I have been able to learn the entire stock which has come over to 
us carries a mild form of roughened “streak”, not very dissimilar to 
what one sees in the old WEARDALE PERFECTION. To those who 
wish to use this interesting plant in breeding, however, I can still 
furnish a very few bulbs at $10 each. 
I am always glad to make up special collections on order, where 
the customer is undecided how best to choose for himself, giving 
due attention 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 
cannot too often repeat the emphatic admonition, ORDER EARLY! 
Not only will you find that you are well repaid by early planting of 
your buJbs, but you will stand a better chance of getting what you 
want. Except where I receive advance orders I can not possibly get 
more than a small fraction of my bulbs dug in any given year, 
while furthermore stocks of some varieties are so limited anyway 
that any sort of a run quickly exhausts them. You may rely on my 
filling your order as specified and to the best of my ability as long 
as a good bulb remains available, but if your order MUST be late it 
is only fair to me to list a few second choices. PLEASE be good 
enough to do this. There may be some who will be interested in a 
concluding word that I still have a small remaining stock of many 
of my old catalogues. People often ask for these, and I will be glad 
to mail a series of them to anyone who cares enough to send me 
ten or fifteen cents in stamps to cover postage. 
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