FOREWORD 
Again a most sincere greeting to old friends and new from 
the Red river valley. Iris time is coming on apace as we write 
these words; the winter was a bit rugged, but snow covering 
was fairly adequate and with our own supplement of rye straw 
brought the iris thru nicely. A blessed soaking rain has just 
fallen to end the driest April on record and the iris are fairly 
jumping out of their beds. It looks like an early and gratifying 
season coming up. 
We list in the following pages a carefully selected and thor- 
oughly tested assortment of iris, the best of both the old and 
the new as fast as we can try them out for hardiness and satis- 
factory performance. If you haven’t grown Siberians and 
Spurias try a few varieties, you will be delighted with their pos- 
sibilities for cutting and floral arrangements and for landscap- 
ing. They are not difficult to grow if their few simple require- 
ments are understood. Cultural directions are given on the 
appropriate pages. 
Now, as to terms and conditions of sale. We require payment 
in full with your order and we do appreciate postal notes and 
money orders in preference to personal checks; bank charges 
have a way of nibbling away at the profits. We pay postage on 
all orders of $3.00 or more; we will fill smaller orders for 
bearded iris but must require 25c toward postage and packing 
costs. If you wish only a few iris perhaps a friend would add 
her order to yours to make one shipment. We start digging July 
15th and ship bearded iris thru July and August, beardless iris 
(Siberians and Spurias) in September. We make no spring 
shipments. All orders will be acknowledged. Iris are guaran- 
teed to be well-grown, free from disease and true to name. No 
substitution of varieties without your express permission . . . If 
you are not familiar with iris varieties and wish us to choose 
for you we will be happy to do so — send us any amount above 
the minimum required and specify your color preferences if anv 
and we will do our level best to please you. 
North Dakota customers please add sales tax. 
RUTH M. JOHNSON 
MARTIN JOHNSON 
DAVE COOK 
