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IRISES AND DAYLILIES 



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Excerpts from letters received from some of our nice customers. We love ’em, that’s 
why we call them “love-letters.”’ Wish we had room for the many more. 
“The iris you sent me last fall were superb. 
They attracted so many people to my front gar- 
den that someone ‘picked’ my  Theodolinda, 
rhizome and all. And she was so beautiful. Any- 
way your plants are what I call ‘luck-of-the- 
iris.”’ MISSOURI 
“T want to thank you for the fine iris you sent 
me. I have bought plants of all kinds for more 
than fifty years but never any as nice as those. 
Many thanks for the lovely extras. You will get 
all my orders in the future.’’ KANSAS 
‘All the varieties purchased last year bloomed. 
Snoqualmie, which you included free, was particu- 
larly beautiful. Flora Zenor turned out to be the 
first pink whose color has not been a disappoint- 
ment.”’ NEW YORK 
‘Tris we purchased from you last year were 
absolutely magnificent. The rhizomes themselves, 
were the most perfect we have ever seen and the 
blooms were indescribably superb. We _ have 
bought in the past, from a house in Oregon, and 
altho the Iris shown in their catalog are beauti- 
fully colored, the quality of their rhizomes and 
the sparse bloom obtained are so inferior to yours 
that there is no comparison.’’ MASS. 
‘“‘Last summer all the Iris you sent me bloomed 
beautifully. Snoqualmie lit up my memory garden 
for Captain M., my husband, who was killed at 
Guadacanal Aug. 9th, 1942. I enjoy the personal 
note of your catalog and especially the quotation 
—‘you are nearer God’s heart in a garden than 
anywhere else on earth.’ Next year I expect to 
order more. Your Iris make my garden dreams 
come true. They always bloom.’’ VIRGINIA 
“To tell you how pleased I am with the Daylily 
plants I ordered form you. The plants came 
through just fine and they ‘had hardly been 
planted a week before they sent forth new leaves. 
I was especially pleased to receive such fine large 
plants.’’ CALIFORNIA 
“On the recommendation of a friend, I am 
sending you a small trial order for Iris. I have 
never bought Iris except from Cooley’s Gardens, 
but this friend, who is a garden club President in 
Atlanta tells me you send out wonderful rhizomes 
which will bloom the first year and that is what 
I want as I have entered for the iris show and 
need the colors I am ordering to complete my 
exhibit.’’ GEORGIA 
‘“T find it difficult to add to your ‘love letters’ 
as they express my own feelings, but I would like 
to add the thanks of my family and myself for 
the pleasure you have given us. My problem and 
regret is the smallness of my suburban garden and 
the difficulty of handling the increase. . . Am 
already wondering what old favorites will have to 
go to make place for the enclosed order and it 
does seem terrible to put the divisions on the 
compost heap. I will close with a compliment on 
your interesting catalog and the friendliness of 
your correspondence. You have a most unusual 
gift of transmitting sincerity and confidence in a 
few words and it has been a great pleasure to do 
business with you.’’ 
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 
“‘T have so many lovely Iris in my garden sent 
by you. I do want to thank you for the ten 
lovely Iris I receive last year. They all bloomed. 
China Maid, Wm. A. Setchell and Snoqualmie were 
just breath-taking, they were so lovely. And when 
you receive such healthy rhizomes how can they 
help but grow and have lovely flowers! I’m order- 
ing more and thanks again and all praise for 
Edenwald Gardens.’’ UTAH 
‘‘Each year I order Iris from you and have 
passed your catalogue to many friends. The plants 
are always beautiful with never a disappointment. 
Your collections are superb.’’ ALABAMA 
“T was thrilled with Iris Flora Zenor which I 
bought from you. After I ordered it I saw a 
description of this iris in another catalog saying 
it was a narrow-petalled iris. But when it bloomed 
it was as you had described it—a perfectly gor- 
geous delicate pink-toned large oval blossom. It 
put out three blossoms the first spring. Snoqual- 
mie, the first spring, put out only one huge 
bloom on a stem about 8 inches long, but this last 
spring it bore 50 long-stemmed blooms. Flanked by 
a smaller purple on one side and golden yellow on 
the other, it was an eye-catching spot in my gar- 
den. The hemerocallis Calypso was beautiful this 
summer against a rock wall. I think it is more 
beautiful than Hyperion.’’ INDIANA 
“To tell you of my appreciation for your fine 
stock and fine service. Lately I have turned to 
raising Iris almost exclusively and now have about 
fifty varieties of which about half have been pur- 
chased from you. The five Iris I bought from you 
last year are all going to bloom this season. Two 
years ago I purchased Theodolinda from you and 
I notice seven large blooming stalks on it this 
spring. Thanks for everything.’’ OHIO 
“T was well pleased with the rhizomes you sent 
me this year and would like you to know that in 
spite of the beauty of the catalogs which I receive 
from other dealers, I have found yours the most 
complete and convenient to work from. There are 
a number of reasons why I like it best. The size 
is comfortable, the print is easy on the eyes and 
the descriptions short and to the point. Color 
plates are not accurate and the black and white 
does a better job of revealing form. Now if you 
could add parentage, it would have everything. 
Sorry I have only received it in the past two 
years. Best wishes for your continued success.’’ 
ILLINOIS 
“‘T have bought Iris throughout these many years 
but never have I received such fine plants as 
arrived today. Many thanks for such plants and 
your generosity.”’ MINNESOTA 
“T saw, last year, some rhizomes from your 
garden and they were WONDERFUL! And they 
bloomed this just-past terrible spring too! I have 
been borrowing my neighbor’s catalog across the 
street and nearly wore it out, hence my request.’’ 
TEXAS 
“T feel that you are friends—your catalog has 
been my guide for three years in choosing iris. I 
am an 85 year old young gardener—my garden 
has meant everything to me since the terrible war. 
Please send me a late catalog. I have an acre or 
more in town and iris are so lovely along our 
drive. I’d like many more.’’ NORTH CAROLINA 
“To tell you how nice the Iris I received from 
you last fall were. They were the best roots I ever 
saw. All bloomed this year. The variety Matter- 
horn was beautiful. I am ordering some more this 
year and hope next year to be able to get some of 
the real new ones.”’ MASS. 
“T received the Orange Beauty daylily and it is 
surely a fine plant. And the Prince of Corinth 
that you sent extra is much appreciated. I belong 
to the West Coast Daylily Round Robin and I 
shall surely tell them of your fine plants and 
generosity. That is something that every one ap- 
preciates in these days of high prices and, many 
times, low quality. Thanking you again for such 
nice plants, I am’’ WASHINGTON 
