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Netes and Comments 
by 
DEANETTE M. SMALL 
If you are a member of the American Iris Society... .this old refrain is 
famneiaretOeyOuiwa.ver yr. If you are not, may we suggest that you will get a lot of 
pleasure out of joining this ardent amateur-expert group. The dues—$3.00 per year— 
should be sent direct to The American Iris Society, 444 Chestnut Street, Nashville 
10, Tennessee. Four fine bulletins, 
plus other worthwhile information, 
will be sent you annually if you do. 
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The Midwest Hemerocallis Society 
will be glad to welcome you to mem- 
bership, too. The $3.00 annual dues 
(new or renewal) should be sent to 
Mrs. Pearl Sherwood, Secy.-Treas., 
Atlantic, Iowa. In turn you will re- 
ceive the new 1948 Yearbook, vari- 
ous Newsletters, and the use of the 
Society’s loan library. 
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The newcomer to Iris growing will 
ask “What are all the names and 
numbers back of the variety name?” 
The answer is that following each 
variety name is shown the name of 
originator, the year of introduction, 
the seasonal designation, and the 
average height of bloom stalk. Also 
somewhere along in the descriptive 
text we are likely to include the 
awards by the American Iris Society. 
While this may not sound im- 
portant at first, the longer you grow 
Iris, the more interested you be- 
come. .. .Something like relatives— 
First you learn their names, and 
then when you really get to liking 
them, you want to know all about 
their family background, their ac- 
complishments, etc. 
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What’s in the news? Dwarf Iris, of course. Fever is running high for these 
early, low-growing mass blooming charmers. Not only are gardeners getting in- 
terested, but the hybridizers even more so. ...Won’t it be fun when we can go 
out in early April and find little dwarfs with the snow-clad appeal of Matterhorn, 
the lacy effect of Chantilly, or that elusive pink every one’s hunting in tall bearded. . . 
Whoa, now, before our imagination runs completely away with us! 
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The Siberian Iris are coming to the forefront too, not only as an ideal garden 
plant but as a very worthwhile cut flower. We made dozens of bouquets of them 
last year, combining the sturdy and long-lasting blooms with the delicate long-spurred 
columbine, the fragrant hardy carnations, and the charming single and semi-double 
shasta and painted daisies, as well as the early blooming hemerocallis. 
Of coure we’re still pushovers for the old-fashioned custom of sending friends 
away with a glass of jelly or a “bunch of posies” in their hand. 
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If the war years cramped your style. . . .curtailed your pleasure. . . .stopped 
your travel. . . .plunged you into grief. .. .let’s forget it this year and get out and 

Deanette M. Small — 1943 
