


We have been cross hybridizing iris for the past thirty years, during which 
time we have named thirty var.eties, each different in some respect from 
any other. We are justly proud of our own originations, two—lIcy Blue 
and Michelangelo—having been awarded Honorable Mention by the American Iris Society. Each yeat 
we pollinate several thousand plants and raise seedlings therefrom. But only a few of these plants are 
named and troduced as new varieties. Of these seedlings over half are discarded upon coming into 
bloom. The best of the others are sold as seedlings to customers who wish good blooms but do not 
care for their names. But when one comes to be an Irisarian, only the named varieties are desired and 
of these we have over d thousand. They are 4 beautiful sight at their blooming time each yedt. 

