Visit Our Inia Displays 
You are cordially invited to visit our gardens 
when you take your 1949 outing up in the Gold 
Rush country. We suggest that you contact the 
El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce at 
Placerville for the dates of the various phases of 
the Centennial celebration. 
We especially invite you at Iris time, which 
this year will probably extend through May and 
perhaps early June, much later than usual. To 
catch the Iris at their best, drop us a postal at 
once asking that you be notified shortly before 
the peak of bloom—or telephone Placerville 
9-R-2. Our gardens will be aglow with over 
500 varieties in every color of the Rainbow. 
Our gardens are on a hilltop among the ever- 
greens, not far from the Lincoln Highway, U. S. 
50, the road to Lake Tahoe. After passing the 
Highway Patrol Office (California Department 
of Motor Vehicles) on the eastern outskirts of 
Placerville, watch closely for our sign on the 
left, on Carson Road. Follow our signs to the 
gardens, about three miles. Bring your Iris- 
loving friends. Let them, too, enjoy our unfold- 
ing pageant of beauty. We'll be looking for you. 

RAINBOW IRIS— See page 7 
How to Stay Young—tooking for the 
fountain of youth? You'll come close to finding 
it if you take up Iris growing or hybridizing as 
your own personal hobby. A youthful outlook 
on life is best retained by taking positive steps 
to insure that you have ever before you some- 
thing that will excite and stimulate your inter- 
est in current developments and your anticipa- 
tion of the new things to come. Whether or not 
you take a part, Iris are evolving rapidly at the 
present time, and each year the results of 
hybridization carried on in many gardens, to- 
gether with new imports from foreign lands, 
are becoming available to kindle your imagina- 
tion and fan the flame of your interest. 
Attention, Stamp Collectors—we will 
send free on request with all orders of $15 or 
more (while our supply lasts) a CALIFORNIA 
GOLD CENTENNIAL First Day Cover, bearing 
a Centennial Stamp, postmarked at COLOMA on 
the day of issue, Jan. 24, 1948. These are be- 
coming more valuable each year. 
Canadian Orders—tTo import Iris into Can- 
ada you have only to advise your Dept. of Agri- 
culture at Ottawa, stating that you wish to im- 
port Iris from this Garden, and the necessary 
permit will be sent you. We prepay the postage 
to Canada, just as for the United States. 
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VARIETIES 
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>> If you order within 12 days and your order is $12 or more 
ou may add Berkeley Gold FREE 
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RAINBOW IRIS MANUAL 
FREE with all orders of $10.00 or more 
Covers culture of 20 types of Iris; also how to 
hybridize to create your own new flowers. See 
pages 2 and 24. 




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Do you have neighbors or relatives who might be interested in our helpful way of 
arranging Iris varieties, or in our unusual offerings? We hope it may prove convenient 
for you to loan this catalog to each of them; or just let each person see it so he can send 
10c for a personal copy. Would you like extra order blanks? How many? 
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