GREETINGS 1946 

THAT'S ME 
FOREWORD 
Here is Iris time again. To our old customers, 
we thank you for your orders in the past. Many 
of you who order rhizomes every year, and 
make it possible for us to issue this list and go 
forward. Growing and hybridizing fine Iris and 
Gladiolus is my hobby and is self supporting. 
My vocation is mechanical engineering. But all 
of my spare time is spent in the Iris and Glad 
fields, trying out new varieties and methods of 
growing them better. Doing a little hybridizing 
and playing with our new creations. 
Occasionally we find a seedling that is out- 
standing. Only the best of these are given a 
rigid test for several years before giving them 
a name and introducing them to the public. 
Many of our visitors admire some of our seed- 
lings more than the older named varieties. They 
must be good before we give them a name, as 
there are too many poor named varieties on 
the market already, 
Each year we try out several of the new 
named varieties introduced by others and only 
a few of them come up to our expectations. If 
they are not good we do not offer them to you. 
We have over 300 named varieties in our gar- 
dens. Every plant offered in this list is grown 
here on our ‘73-acre farm on the Ellenwood 
Road, 14 miles southeast of the center of At- 
lanta, and we guarantee every one to be strong, 
healthy rhizomes and true to name. In our list 
we have tried to describe each one in a very 
few words as truthfully as we know how, leav- 
ing out a lot of big words that are meaningless, 
and we don’t have a big catalog full of beauti- 
ful colored pictures which are very often mis- 
leading. 
From the many reports of our customers we 
believe out Iris rhizomes are equal to those 
of any grower anywhere. A trial will convince 
you. Good Iris is still scarce. Many growers 
have increased their prices. 
As stocks of our newer ones have increased 
we have reduced the prices to where every 
Iris lover can afford them. Best time to plant 
Iris is in the fall. We plant Iris from Septem- 
ber 1st to December 1st with very good results. 


