IRIS: July to November 

“Something New Has Been Added.” Eivery 
year we add new varieties to our already 
wonderful list of breath-taking beautiful Iris. 
- Our 1948 list will contain the cream of 
kinds in our 1947 list, plus some new ones 
you have been waiting for. 
Also, many prices will be reduced so much 
that you need not wait longer to have them 
in your own gardens. This applies especially 
to the newer kinds that are always high for 
a few years or more. 
We dig, ship and plant in summer and fall, 
the ideal time for dividing the clumps and 
setting out the new “toes.” 
Our 1948 Iris catalogue (many kinds shown 
in colors) will be mailed around May Ist. 
If you received a copy last year, no need to 
ask for one. You are on our preferred mail- 
ing list, and will receive the 1948 one early 
in May. 

Fight Inflation 
Plant a Garden 
With today’s ever-mounting high cost of 
living, the family’s food dollar doesn’t make 
much headway these days, as you have all 
discovered to your dismay. Seems like said 
dollar has hardly poked its head inside 
the grocery store door before it has evap- 
orated with ’most nothing in the basket to 
show for it. 
Seems as if things wouldn’t be better 
very soon either. With America committed 
to feeding the war-ravaged countries of 
Europe, foodstuffs will be scarce and high- 
priced for a long time to come. 
One way to ease the strain on the family 
food budget is to plant a vegetable garden. 
Surprising the amount of food that can be 
grown in a small space in the back yard. 
Don’t take our word for it. Try it. 
Use the Hoe More, Hose Less 
Weeds are great bluffers. Get after them 
from the very beginning in a manner that 
will give them to understand that they 
might just as well give up the battle first 
as last. However, weeds are useful, for 
they keep us digging and scratching around 
the plants and thus give the top soil just the 
treatment it needs. Thus, without weeds 
many would forget to keep the soil so 
thoroughly worked. 
Remember that plants need air as well as 
moisture. Keep the soil loose. 
Furthermore, frequent stirring of the soil 
conserves the moisture and if you will “Use 
the hoe more” you will need to “Use the 
hose less.” Most people water their plants 
too much and do not cultivate them enough. 
and for that reason I have adopted the slo- 
gan, ’Use the. hoe more and the hose less.” 
That’s where you have a hose, of course. 
The same applies to irrigating from a ditch. 
Dry farmers get good results by using the 
hoe often. When I say hoe I mean anything 
from a hairpin to a tractor that will stir the 
soil. I use a garden rake a great deal in 
place of a hoe when the plants are small. 
With some plants you can rake right over 
the rows without injuring the plants. Rows 
of gladioli from bulblets can be raked until 
plants are six inches high. 

Weed ’em and Reap 
Don’t ever let the weeds get big. Funny, 
isn’t it, how we think we’re doing some- 
thing great when slaughtering big weeds, 
but don’t feel half that glow of satisfaction 
if we kill ’em off when small and when it is 
so much easier done. But the time to get the 
weeds is before they take their toll from 
the soil’s fertility. Frequent raking, hoeing 
and cultivating is the way to get the weeds 
just as sprouting. 

Order Blank Not Necessary 
Don’t worry if can’t lay hands on an order 
blank. Use any paper, any grade, size, color, 
shape, ruled or unruled. 
Main point is to write your name and ad- 
dress plainly, first off, before you forget it. 
It helps us a lot if you write only one item 
on a line, and carry out the price at the 
right side the page. 

Several flower 
Anemone Bulbs stems come from 
a small bulb. Bright colors in mixture. 
‘ MONARCH DE CAEN. Very favorite strain. 
Immense brilliant flowers. 5 for 30c; 10 for 
45c; 25 for $1.00. Prepaid. 

Plant anemone, Monarch de Caen; your garden much beauty thereby will gain. 
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