~GREETINGS—1950 
A new year, a new catalogue and another opportunity 
to extend our warmest personal greetings to all our 
old Iris friends; and we hope to many new ones. We 
want to say “Thanks” for the wonderful response you 
gave us last year, your business was greatly appreciated. 
We also want to take this opportunity to extend to 
you our personal invitation to visit our gardens at any 
time, as well as during the 1950 National meeting here 
at Sioux City.. Our fields give promise of excellent bloom 
this year. Besides the vareties listed here, there are 
several thousand seedlings and a great many new 
“Guest” iris to bloom. We think you will enjoy seeing 
these and we hope that many of you will come to the 
meeting and to the Gardens . 
TERMS—Cash with order. Check, draft or money 
order. 
POSTAGE PAID on all orders of $3.00 or more. With 
orders for less, add 25c for postage. 
SHIPMENT will be made beginning the second week 
in July, with all orders being shipped in rotation as re- 
ceived, unless a specific date is requested. 
SUBSTITUTES will not be made unless you send a 
list of alternates, which will be appreciated in the event 
we run short of any stock; and all items that do not 
grow or might prove to be incorrectly labeled will be 
replaced. 
EXTRAS—You may suggest some varieties you would 
like and if possible we will choose from that list, or per- 
haps we may send something even better, as our stock 
of most varieties is good. On orders of $10.00 or more 
you may add up to 25 per cent of the value of the order 
as your extras. There are no discounts on varieties - 
market NET, but extras will be included from those 
you suggest. These offers are not good on collections. 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
Join the American Iris Society and see the Iris world. 
(Apologies to the U. S. Navy.) But, it’s truer than you 
think, for the fine quarterly bulletins will take you on 
vivid “Word Trips” to the doorsteps of Irisarians and 
through their gardens, in almost every state and country. 
JOIN NOW! It’s easy, just send $3.50 to THE AMERI- 
CAN IRIS SOCIETY, 444 Chestnut Street, Nashville, 
Tenn. 
FOR ANY GENERAL INFORMATION YOU MAY 
NEED we suggest the new book “The Iris, An Ideal 
Hardy Perennial,” recently published by the American 
Iris Society. This may be procured directly from them — 
either in heavy paper binding at $1.50 or permanently - 
bound in cloth for only $2.50. 
