Cra Seige 

GREETINGS 
Kak 
HY the flamingo on the Cover? 
Well, in 1942 after 16 years of 
work trying to breed the orchid 
and lavender tones out of the so-called pink 
iris, eight pinks, without traces of orchid or 
lavender appeared among our seedlings. 
One Sunday we had three commercial art- 
ists in our garden and asked them what they 
would call the shade of pink in these new 
seedlings. After considerable discussion 
they agreed that flamingo would best describe 
this tone of pink. It seemed apt and they 
have become known as our flamingo pinks. 
_ These pinks vary in depth of color as 
the plumage of the bird. Their beards are 
prominent and shade from tangerine to ger- 
anium red. All these new pinks set seed read- 
ily for me, produce viable pollen and we, like 
the birds on the back cover page, have new 
ones coming along. 
We are introducing this year Radiation, a 
true orchid pink, and Sky Ranger, a tall ruf- 
fled vigorous growing blue. Due to the fact 
that the demand for the named flamingo 
pinks exceeds the supply, we are offering 
for sale this year a few flamingo pink seed- 
lings that are carried under number. We are 
also: introducing three day lilies that we con- 
sider outstanding in their color classes. 
The best time to transplant Iris is debat- 
able. However, when plants are not crowded 
and are growing under favorable conditions, 
I believe it best not to disturb them during 
the hot and often dry months of June and 
July. I prefer to fill orders for the Northern 
States in late August and for the Southern 
States in September. 
You are most cordially invited to visit our 
gardens when iri bloom. The height of our 
season of bloom is usually in the first week 
in June. : 
The Shore Line trains of the Chicago 
North Shore and Milwaukee line stop at 8th 
St., Wilmette, one block from our residence. 
809 Central Avenue. 
DAVID F. HALL 
809 Central Ave. 3 Wilmette, Illinois . 


