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Greetings 
To Iris Lovers Everywhere 
Again springtime is almost here! For some, it will pass with 
days as uneventful as those of other times of year. But for 
others, it will be a season for which they have waited—one of 
anticipation, suspense and exciting surprises. We hope you are 
looking ahead and planning now for the springs to come. It is 
our pleasure, you know, to furnish the means of creating these 
surprises—perhaps some new Iris varieties you have longed to 
see; or some of our newest unnamed hybrid Iris (page 23); or 
perhaps some Iris you have grown yourself from our hybrid seed 
(also page 23) and which you are watching daily so that you 
may be the first to see their maiden blooms. In any case, resolve 
now that for future springs you will provide those sparks of 
excitement that make life worthwhile. May we help you? 
Ours is a business devoted to spreading beauty throughout 
the world. In order that our flowers may be ever more beautiful 
as the years go by, we are conducting large-scale Iris hybridiza- 
tion experiments, and are striving to obtain for you new varieties 
in various color classes that will surpass anything that has ap- 
peared heretofore. Also, we purchase and progagate for you 
the finest of the new Iris produced by other Iris breeders through- 
out the country. Note the many different names of originators 
(well over 50 in all) given in parentheses, with the year of 
introduction, after the variety names. You will observe that 
we offer many very choice varieties not available elsewh2re. 
Aa Invitation 
In our special ’’Rainbow Garden’’ hundreds of the finest va- 
rieties of bearded Iris are carefully arranged in the exact sequence 
of the colors of the spectrum or rainbow. Here you will behold 
rhythmic waves of color such as you have never seen before. 
Here you will have that long dreamed-of opportunity of com- 
paring side by side various Iris of similar hues. Here, better 
than anywhere else, you will make your final selections of the 
varieties that you will wish to have migrate from our garden 
into yours. 
In most years the Iris parade of color begins in April and con- 
tinues through May to early June. We hope, therefore, that it 
will be at this time that wanderlust will take you to the hills 
and mountains, for you will find our gardens in the romantic 
setting of the early gold-mining days. You will want to visit 
Placerville, the ‘“Hangtown” of ‘49, and Coloma, the site of 
gold discovery, while you are in this historic region. 
Our gardens are on a hilltop among the evergreens, not far 
from the Lincoln Highway, U. S. 50, the road to Lake Tahoe. 
Turn sharply left, up a slight hill, at the Signal Service Station 
just east of Placerville (onto Carson Road) and follow our 
signs to the gardens, about three miles. Bring your friends and 
let them, too, enjoy our unfolding pageant of beauty. We'll be 
looking for you. 
Member of 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
THE IRIS SOCIETY OF ENGLAND 
AMERICAN GENETIC ASSOCIATION 
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE 
CALIFORNIA BOTANICAL SOCIETY 
PLACERVILLE, 
CS 
wy. 
Vs 
CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 
Hunting for a Gift? 
Unlike nearly all other gifts, those for the garden grow and 
increase, and become ever more beautiful with the passing of 
the years. So when you are wondering what to give gardening 
friends for Christmas, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, etc., 
why not choose from the wide selection available herein? We 
furnish a gift card unless you wish to supply your own. We 
send gifts postpaid to any part of the United States to arrive 
just in advance of the day that you specify. Please note, how- 
ever, the seasons during which different items may be shipped. 
Jucreased Enjoyment--- 
No Jucrease in Cost 
If you are in the habit of ordering and growing only the 
standards varieties, or the collections intended for beginners, 
may we suggest that this year you experience the thrill of trying 
just a few of the somewhat newer and finer varieties, in the 
colors that you like best. The Iris breeders are constantly work- 
ing to bring more beauty and perfection to you through their 
new creations. Did you ever stop to realize that, even with a 
limited amount to spend on Iris, you will be much better off if 
you order a few really good varieties over which you can enthuse, 
rather than to send for a lot of the common ones that so many 
others already have? Unlike most catalogs, we give you the 
year of introduction for the older sorts as well as the newer Ones, 
so you always know just what you are getting. Satisfaction comes 
from enjoyment of what you purchase, and we know that you will 
derive the greatest pleasure from some of the choicer varieties 
that you can show your friends with confidence that they, too, 
will be thrilled by them. 
Unusual Iria 
If you have heretofore grown only tall bearded Iris (the type 
found in most Iris catalogs) why not this year try in addition, 
some samples of the various unusual types of Iris that we have 
gathered together for you from many parts of the world. They 
are bound to create points of real interest in your garden. We 
think you will find the Siberians especially useful in developing 
your garden pictures. See page 18. 
, Hardy Meountain-Grown Stack 
It has been said that California has as many contrasting cli- 
mates as does our Nation as a whole. Not from the sunny south, 
not from the vast interior valleys, and not from the ocean-side 
comes the stock that we ship to you, but from the rugged snow- 
capped mountains, the mighty Sierra Nevadas. 
All of our Iris are grown without winter protection. Thus the 
tender varieties are eliminated, and we catalog only those pos - 
sessing considerable hardiness. We are hybridizers. and growers, 
not merely dealers. We actually grow practically every item 
listed herein. 


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