THE TRIS GARDEN 
Dorothy Stoner MERRIAM, KANSAS William Reese 
W. J. Reese / 9 4 8 Catherine Reese 
“Just one of your satisfied customers wishing you a very happy New Year... I 
think I have been purchasing iris from you for about fourteen years ...1 have a friend 
. and I told her of you and how nice you have been to deal with, so suppose she will 
buy from you. . 


From a letter from Mrs. Robinson Moncure, 
dated Alexandria, Va., Jan. 2, 1948. 
AN OPEN LETTER TO MRS. MONCURE 
Your letter was the most appreciated New Year's greeting I ever got. I meant to 
answer it at once but, since you've been buying from me for fourteen years, you know 
how I am about letter writing. 
It is customers like you and the friends that you and they recommend that have kept 
this business going since the war. No advertising since 1942. I was afraid each year 
that I should be unable to keep the flag flying another season. From your own experi- 
ence you know how impossible it has been to get garden labor. But my husband and 
those of the children still at home pitched in and rescued the garden. You will find their 
names this year on the masthead as The Iris Garden is now as much their project as mine. 
We are now engaged in the difficult task of re-planning the whole garden and 
changing the back fields from double to single row planting. Hence some of your old 
favorites may be missing temporarily from the 1948 list. However, there is a dazzling 
array of new names, some of them very significant for iris progress. I refer particularly 
to the new pinks: Cheri, Pink Cameo, Overture, Dream Girl and Spindrift. With the ex- 
ception of the latter, which has pinkish buff buds, the buds are actually a true pink like 
the flowers. This is as exciting a time as it was eighteen years ago when I first saw 
Pluie d'Or and W. R. Dykes. Think of all the wonderful big yellows that followed in 
their train. And now true pink. .. . 
You and I, Mrs. Moncure, have still a great deal to look forward to. 
Dorothy Stoner 
MAKE YOUR OWN COLLECTION 

Any six thirty-five cent or fifty cent varieties___________________ $2.00 
Any three seventy-five cent varieties__________________________ 1.75 
Finy three: >).00varictiess 2278. ea ee ee ee 2.50 
Any threetel 25) varieties: ok ee eee 3.00 

Terms of Sale 
Guarantee—My plants are guaranteed to be true to name, and vigorous 
and healthy when you receive them. If not satisfactory, return them imme- 
diately upon receipt. Your money will be cheerfully refunded. No adjust- 
ment can be made on stock not returned at once. 
Stock—Daily shipments are made of plants freshly dug from my own 
garden. These plants are acclimated to dry summers and changeable win- 
ters and should vigorous and hardy anywhere. 
No Substitutions—No substitutions are made unless requested by the 
customer. If a variety is sold out, your money is refunded immediately. No 
requested substitutions can be made in collections. 
Terms—Cash with order. No C. O. D. orders accepted. Kansas customers 
will please add 2% sales tax. No order accepted for less than $2.00. Postage 
and express prepaid on all orders. 
Discount—A 10% discount will be allowed on all orders, except collec- 
tions, received and paid for before June 10th. 
Shipping Dates—Shipping will begin June 15th and will continue until 
late autumn. 
Address—5628 Goodman Road, Merriam, Kans. 
Telephone—HE 3546. 
