FOREWORD 
It is IRIS TIME again... that pleasant 
season of the year when we hurry out to the garden 
the first thing in the morning to witness the un- 
furling of a new iris for the first time or to revel 
in the beauty of an earlier acquaintance. Iris 
glittering with morning dew certainly present an 
entrancing sight. With the coming of a new spring 
we are pleased to place in your hands another copy 
of AN IRIS LOVER’S CATALOG. We have en- 
deavored to make it an interesting issue and hope 
our efforts meet with your pleasure. 
WE HAVE MOVED; notice our new address. 
To be even better situated to give you finer service 
with high quality stock we have moved our nur- 
sery and propagating unit to Salem, Oregon. Our new location in the fertile Wilamette valley, the heart 
of the bulb country of the Pacific Northwest, promises the fine quality of stock that has always been asso- 
ciated with Schreiner’s. The advantage of the longer season we enjoy in our new location will enable us 
to give even better service. Further we have the wonderful opportunity of expanding our research and 
experimental work in hybridizing and other technical studies. Our test and display garden will be main- 
tained at 1350 So. Robert St., St. Paul, Minnesota. We welcome any visitors to either our Oregon or Min- 
nesota garden address. We maintain complete display collections at each of our gardens. However, please 
address all mail to our new address at Salem, Oregon. 
The anticipation of Thanksgiving dinner at Grandmas is akin to the anticipation of an iris jaunt at 
blooming time. Our trip to Tennessee and Virginia as well as our visits to the gardens in Indiana and 
Illinois last year was filled with many pleasant experiences. This year we again look forward to visiting 
some of the gardens of famous hybridizers. In our pamphlet ‘‘Iris As We Bloomed Them And As We Liked 
Them”’ we hope to record some of our impressions of this excursion. On page 40 we talk about our iris 
review. 
In this issue of our catalog there are some interesting new irises appearing for the first time. There are 
such iris as Pink Cameo, one of the new pinks, a most splendid garden yellow, Golden Lustre, from Mr. Peter 
Fass of Long Island, N. Y., a new red from Mr. Lapham of Elkhart, Indiana, Frank Pugliese. Products 
from our garden include Danube Wave which is a lovely mid-blue and sharply contrasting The Oriole. It 
was not until last spring that we had the opportunity to visit the gardens of the other hybridists working 
on amoenas and it was at this time that we were able to see the degree of accomplishment the different 
breeders have made in the amoena class. We were able to make comparisons with our own endeavors and 
we are satisfied that Choir Boy and Mr. McKinley are good additions to this limited color type comparing favor- 
ably with Wabash though not superseding that fine variety. We are also offering a very nice hemerocallis, 
Brown Eyed Susan, a fine addition to the nice collection we have listed on pages 38 and 39. We are most 
enthusiastic about the finer new hemerocallis. Our collection is a very critical selection from a host of 
varieties. 
Like pioneers pressing westward the hobby of gardening constantly gives us new horizons to view. 
This exhilirating experience of growing a new colored iris gives us a share in the thrill of the hybridists 
in their experimenting and efforts to produce something new and different. We have tried to accurately 
describe the iris we consider especially worthy and beginning on page 29 we have presented some inter- 
esting tables where we have gathered like colored iris to enable you to choose the kind that especially ap- 
peal to you. On page 26 Mr. F. Elmer Hallberg, Hopkins, Minn., has developed a most worthy and 
interesting color study on iris arrangement in the garden. Mr. Hallberg designed our display garden at 
St. Paul and is one of the finest color students it has been our pleasure to know. 
To our many customers and friends throughout the country we say thanks for your kind consideration 
and patience during the war years. We are looking forward to hearing from you again and we enjoy shar- 
ing your gardening experiences. May your 1947 season be a most pleasant one. 
Robert Schreiner 

