We are very pleased to present our 1947 catalog of Peonies, Iris, and Hemerocallis 
to our new, as well as our former customers, for we are certain we have something 
well worth your careful study and comparison 
To those fully acquainted with varieties, no explanation is necessary, for we will 
let our catalog speak for itself; but to those who are not fully conversant with the 
newer offerings, or the better known standard varieties now in commerce, we wish to 
say that we have gone to considerable pains to present a selection to meet your every 
requirement. Every variety we offer has merit worthy of your careful consideration. 
To those who desire only the more recent originations, we feel we have some of the 
very best obtainable. We are constantly adding to our list, which we want to keep up 
to date, and any new origination of merit will be added to our list from time to time. 
A cordial welcome is extended to you to visit our nursery and inspect our stock 
and make selections for your planting needs. We will be glad to offer you any 
assistance we can, and our many years of experience in growing these perennials 
-and our wide acquaintance with growers enables us to be well informed, and this 
knowledge we will be pleased to pass on to our customers. 
For several years we have been denied the privilege of pursuing our garden 
activities as we would like, but now that this restriction has been removed, we can 
satisfy our desires along this line. Beautiful plantings and gardens, skillfully planned, 
are a constant source of enjoyment and satisfaction. You can enjoy one of these 
gardens with but a nominal expenditure of time and money. Nothing will give more 
lasting satisfaction from year to year than a fine planting of perennials, and peonies, 
iris and hemerocallis top the list. They do not require the coddling of many perennial 
plants and each year will reward the owner with a stately array of bloom throughout 
the flowering season. 
We welcome your patronage and will make every effort to please you by 
furnishing quality stock. 
We have made our descriptions brief, but informative, to enable our readers to 
arrive at a definite conclusion as to what varieties will best suit their requirements. 
We are hopeful of obtaining some good photographs of our plantings to illustrate 
our next year’s catalog. 
Our list of FALL BULBS — TULIPS, HYACINTHS, NARCISSUS, ete., will 
be mailed to you in early fall. 
MISSION GARDENS 
TECHNY, ILL. 
Located on Highway 42A (Waukegan Road), 3 miles north of Glenview 
