2 FAIRMOUNT GARDENS 
Lowell is about 26 miles from Boston. Coming from 
Boston to Lowell on Route 38, at the Oakland Fire Station 
(near the outskirts of the city) turn off on to Fairmount 
Street and at the top of the hill you will find Fairmount 
Gardens. Anyone coming to Lowell on other routes should 
ask for Nesmith Street on which you will find Route 38, 
and then follow above directions. 
There are express trains from Boston to Lowell with 
taxi service from the station to FAIRMOUNT GARDENS. 
Our Exhibition Garden is located at 166 Fairmount 
Street, Lowell, Mass. and our telephone number is Lowell 
2-5121 listed under the name of Thomas Nesmith. 

Please Read Before Ordering 
ORDER EARLY to avoid possibility of certain varieties 
being sold out. We make no substitution of varieties, unless 
second choice is given, and if stock is sold out, refund will 
be made. 
TERMS are Cash with Order, Check, Draft, or Money 
Order. 25% of sale will hold stock until shipping time when 
it can be shipped C. O. D. if you desire. We allow 10% 
discount on orders over $30.00. This discount does not apply 
to collections which are strictly NET. 
POSTAGE is paid on all Retail Orders in the U. S. A. 
that amount to $3.00 or over. On smaller orders add 25 cents 
for packing and postage. 
We guarantee good healthy stock, true to name, and 
that it reaches you in good condition, but we cannot guaran- 
tee the growth in your garden. If plants do not arrive in 
good condition return them to us at once, and restitution 
will be made either by supplying stock or cash refund which- 
ever we deem best. Any error on our part will be carefully 
corrected for our success depends upon your satisfaction. 
We reserve the right to accept or refuse an order or 
any part thereof, depending on quantity of stock and whether 
at shipping time it is in good condition to be sent. 
SHIPMENTS: We commence filling Bearded iris orders 
about July 15th, and from then on until early October. 
Beardless iris, Oriental Poppies, Hostas, and Hemerocallis 
are best shipped in late summer and autumn. We do not 
make shipments in the spring. 
DEFINITIONS OF INITIALS USED IN CATALOGUE 
E.—Early. 
L.—Late. 
M.—Midseason. 
V. L.—Very Late. 
je France. 
NEW BOOK ON IRISES 
During 1947 the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY published 
a book on IRISES, a consensus of opinions and experiences 
of members since the formation of the Society. 
Among the contributors, there are John C. Wister, 
Richardson Wright, and J. Marion Shull, each an eminent 
authority on iris. Also, it contains a compilation on reports 
of culture, varieties and species that will do well in various 
parts of the country, and many other instructive features. 
Well bound and illustrated, it is a most useful book 
for the casual gardener as well as the iris enthusiast. Prices 

R.— Rating. 
Per. R.—Permanent Rating. 
S.—Standards. 
F.—Falls. 
ve A. I. S. is Highly Commended by American Iris Society. 
. I. S. is Award of Merit, American Iris Society. 
. I. S. is Honorable Mention, American Iris Society. 
. H. S. is Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. 
. H. S. is Certificate of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. 
aN: H. F. is Certificate of Merit, Societe Nationale d’Horticulture 
of the book: Permanent Binding $2.50. Paper Binding $1.50. 
Books and membership may be obtained through us or the 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY. 

JOIN THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
Four bulletins are issued each year, which are filled 
with valuable information. Yearly membership fee $3.00. 
For each membership fee of $3.00 and order of iris 
amounting to $3.00 we will send an additional iris value of 
$1.00, our choice. Checks for membership and book made out 
payable to, THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY. 

FAIRMOUNT GARDENS 
MRS. THOMAS NESMITH 
166 FAIRMOUNT STREET, LOWELL, MASS. 
TELEPHONE LOWELL 2-5121 

INDEX 
FOREWORD), 22 ee ee Page 1 
[RIS 
Introductions for 1948 = ee ee OC a aA. 
A Selected List of Bearded Iris ge _._Pages 5-18 
Special List of Well Known Bearded Iris Page 18 
Siberian Iris _...Page 19 
Louisiana Iris and Washington Hybrids Page 20 
Evansia and Vernal Iris ePace 21 
Spuria Iris Page 21 
HEMEROCALLIS 
Introductions efor. e104 3 see eee Page 4 
Hemerocallis — eee Saar Pages 22-26 
Older Hemerocallis, Beate Priced. Page 23 
HOSTAS Page 27 
ORIENTAL? POPPIES === Page 28 
COBLGECDLOIN ssa oak 5 ee Pages 27-28 
