The beautiful Bearded IRIS 
To you who might not have been growing Bearded Iris in your gardens, the change 
from the old iris of our mothers days will be a revelation. No other flower has shown 
the advance in color, substance, improved varieties and ease of growing, as the Bearded 
Iris, and once you grow a few of these better kinds in your garden, you will look 
eagerly for the new introductions from year to year. Yes, they will give you a great 
deal of pleasure for little investment, and you will find them perfectly hardy every- 
where, and easy to grow. 

ACE OF SPADES One of the richest of all the dark iris. Large flowers of mulberry purple, almost 
black. Vigorous; free flowering. Midseason. 
$2.00 each 3 for $5.50 
AMENTI A blend of soft tan and lilac rose shaded yellow. 
50c each 3 for $1.25 
BLENDED BEAUTY Large, well-proportioned flower of a blend of red, gold and bronze and 
yellow-buff, washed and veined deep rose. A vastly superior variety of the Mary Geddes color 
class, and one you will cherish in your garden. Nothing like it in its price class. 
50c each 3 for le25 
BERKLEY BRONZE A large pure bronze flower of good 
form and substance. Good with clear yellow varieties. 
50c each SO pileZe 

GREAT LAKES 
BLACK WINGS Deep midnight blue to luminous dark violet. 
One of the older varieties that continues in great demand 
and popularity. 
50c each 2} iter SB 25) 
GREAT LAKES Seldom 
does a variety stand out 
for so long as has this 
fine clear purest light BLUE SHIMMER One of the finest of the blue plicatas. Clean 
sparkling white with an all-over pattern of clear blue stippling. 
The blue is “‘peppered’’ on the white background in an even 
manner. H.M. award 1942. 
$12.50 each 
blue. A _ truly regal 
flower that literally 
takes your breath away. 
Dykes Medal Winner, 
H.M. A.1.S. and A.M. 
AWwaras, IMS i 2 
“a 
PRAIRIE SUNSET Words fail to do justice to this beautiful 
iris. The blending of colors in peach, apricot, rose, copper and 
gold has all the true beauty of a prairie sunset so that the 
flower is well named. You will marvel at the beauty of this 
flower the first time you see it, and every time you see it 
thereafter. Winner of the Dykes Medal, highest award given 
iris, in 1943. 
must’ for any iris 
garden. 
$1.75 each 
ARCTIC A giant flow- 
er of white overlaid 
with gold. A flower of 
perfect form with 
fluted but closed 
standards and _ broad 
falls as smooth as 
enamel. You'll marvel 
at the perfection of 
this flower in your gar« 
den. H.M. and A.M. 
awards in 1941 and 
1942. 
$4.00 each 
Bearded Iris Shipped from July to the First of October. 
PRAIRIE SUNSET 


$2.00 each 
3 for $5.50 . - 
ARCTIC 
' A few hints to help you grow better iris .. . 
A few hints to help you The best planting season is midsummer to October so that 
grow prize-winning roots can become well established before winter. 
IN PLANTING, cover rhizomes a little over one inch. They 
blooms. like it near the surface. Keep watered for a few weeks after 
planting until new growth shows. Don’t worry if plants look 
dry when you get them. That’s the nature of this fellow. 
He'll come through all right. 
FERTILIZERS help all plants. Bonemeal, scratched into 
the surface of the ground when you plant is good. 
Otherwise commercial fertilizers in small amount after 
the plants start growing in the spring. However do 
not allow any fertilizers or manure to come in contact 
with the roots at any time. And don’t feed too much. 
Iris do not require a rich soil. 
CUT THE TOPS back late in the fall right close to the 
ground. Burn all material you take off. Helps guard 
against diseases and pests, although iris have few of 
either bother them. 
NOT TOO MUCH WATER, and never on the plant itself, 
especially in hot weather when you may scald them. 
Remember they are shallow growers. Roots are near the 
surface. Keep water away from the plant itself. Water 
in a trench away from the plant. 
DIVIDE and transplant when clumps get too big. About 
every three years will take care of this. 

24 F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 

