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White Hemerocallis—‘‘some day, thru mutation, there will be a pure white’ Dr. BE. J. Kraus. 


There is a destiny that makes us brothers, 
pe bres, 
None goes his way, alone. 
All that we put into the lives of others, 
Comes back again into our own. 
Edwin Markham, 
Our customers are wonderful! We do so appreciate their heart-warming letters 
and notes. The few excerpts that we reproduce below are not for the purpose of 
bragging, (oh, maybe just a little) but because of their interest to prospective cus- 
tomers who do not know us or our product. From a lady in Missouri came the verse - 
by poet Edwin Markham, quoted at the top. We’re sure the sentiment expressed is 
the one she lives by. Wouldn’t it be grand if we could all live by it? 
“Enclosed is my order and here is my ‘love 
letter’—’cause I love to write it. I ordered a col- 
lection of 16 iris from you last year. The plants 
were grand. They were so husky and clean-look- 
ing, they looked good enough to eat. But we 
didn’t eat them. I planted them instead and they 
didn’t have too favorable growing conditions, it 
was so dry. When spring came, I had some mis- 
givings but I watched eagerly for flower 
stalks. (I’m a garden-watcher.) I was so thrilled 
when they started to show that when the first 
blooms began to appear I practically lived in the 
garden. They were all so lovely! Out of the 16, 
fourteen bloomed, FAIR ELAINE and GOLDEN 
MAJESTY being the ‘pikers.’ I also bought a 
collection of four from a west coast dealer but 
the plants you sent were the nicest and the re- 
sults were quickest of any I’ve ever had, there- 
fore I’m sending you a large order. I have a large 
garden with many lovely flowers. I started it 
When sorrow over losing a beloved son drove me 
out of the house. To me, it’s a Memory Garden, 
‘tho there’s nothing to indicate this to the passer- 
by. He loved the beautiful things in life.Every- 
thing I plant, every flower I cut, reminds me of 
him. REMEMBRANCE is to be planted for him, 
also LA GOLONDRINA—it was his favorite mel- 
ody. He was a pilot, a civilian instructor of army 
pilots, in the basic phase. He was killed in far- 
off Texas, a short time before the war broke out. 
He was 25. Today is his birthday and I’m sending 
my order as part of my plan. I would not have 
told you all this, had it not been for the lovely 
things you’ve written in your catalog about the 
boys in service. I pray your own son came back 
to you. We had two other sons in the service who 
were spared. If you’ve read to the end of this 
long letter—thank you for your patience. Thank 
you also for the grand iris. I’ll be looking for- 
ward to planting my new ones.”’ 
PENNSYLVANIA 
“It seems silly for me, here in the heart of the 
Willamette Valley iris kingdom, to order from 
you, half a continent away, but my friend, Mrs. 
B----- , keeps telling me I must get some of your 
lovely rhizomes. As I have a four-foot border 
around a whole % acre of yard, it needs lots of 
plants to fill it and iris are one of the few things 
that gophers don’t eat. Then their foliage makes 
a nice background for annuals the rest of the 
year, so I’m looking forward to a great deal of 
pleasure from this collection.’’ OREGON 
“This note of appreciation is certainly long 
overdue, but inasmuch as it comes from one who 
Was quite a skeptic concerning iris and who just 
had to be shown, I trust you will forgive its late- 
ness. My order of last summer arrived just 2%4 days 
after you shipped them and were gotten into the 
garden with no wasted time and have grown very 
well since. Most of them are going to bloom. Out 
of some seventy new iris planted last summer, I 
have lost only one and that was not purchased 
from you. I am looking forward to seeing 
MASKED BALL and PINK TALCUM, they both 
sound like splendid acquisitions. The daylilies have 
all done well and SWEETBRIAR seems to be 
quite a strong grower. I’m about to encounter a 
difficulty in my gardening. I’m going to have to 
remove palnts to find room for these I’m ordering, 
but I cannot resist trying these new ones. Thanks 
again for your kindness.’’ OHIO 
‘Here is my order for more of your lovely iris. 
I ordered eight last fall, and a collection of day- 
liies. The iris were wonderful this spring and 
nearly all of the lilies are blooming now. Some 
plants have two bloom stalks. They were fine 
large plants. I’ve nearly worn the catalog out 
choosing the iris. Wish I could order twice as 
many!’’ NEBRASKA 
“We are much pleased with the iris we bought 
from you last year. Every one bloomed and they 
were gorgeous!’’ CALIFORNIA 
“I borrowed your catalog from a friend. I saw 
her iris in bloom and they were gorgeous! 
Bloomed the first year. I sent to another dealer 
and none of mine bloomed, so was very disap- 
pointed. So I am ordering from you as she said 
you send out such wonderful rhizomes.’’ 
MINNESOTA 
“T have been getting plants from you all for 
some years and I want to tell you what nice 
plants I received each time. It is a pleasure to 
deal with such nice people knowing that one will 
always get nice stock and healthy plants.’’ 
VIRGINIA 
“I don’t know you, but I sure know your iris. 
I went to an iris garden in our city this past 
spring and saw many of your beautiful iris in 
bloom. It was a good recommendation of what 
your iris are like. I don’t remember the man’s 
name, but he lived on Avon St. Everyone (myself 
included) wanted to know where he bought his 
plants. He was most proud to tell them—‘from 
Edenwald.’ He even went to the trouble to give 
your exact address. I thought you might like to 
know this.’’ ILLINOIS 
“Iris and daylilies you sent last year bloomed 
beautifully. Hope to be able to order some of the 
more expensive varieties later. I now have a bad 
case of iris fever. The rhizomes you sent last week 
are fine clean healthy looking and never even 
wilted in this heat.’’ WEST VIRGINIA 
‘“‘Every year your plants are super, and our 
garden was beautiful. I visited a local iris garden 
and was prepared to be very envious, but while I 
admit it was a fine display, and larger than our 
garden, I came home, (conceited me) and fairly 
gloated over our miniature (Edenwald) garden. 
Others said the same. We are so proud of them 
all and very happy to tell where they came from. 
Congratulations on your new introductions! Won’t 
take up more of your time but you seem so 
friendly and so very fair in your descriptions, that 
it is a pleasure to chat with you for a moment. 
With ever increasing praise for Edenwald Gar- 
dens, Very Sincerely, VERMONT 
“Iris rhizomes arrived today—grandest large 
ones I received among all the 500 I planted this 
year. Should have bought all of them from you, if 
that’s the kind you sell!’’ KANSAS 
“Have enjoyed my iris from you so much. You 
send the finest plants I have ever received. My 
children in Indiana and Mississippi, to whom I 
sent iris from you last year, were thrilled over 
their beautiful flowers. I’m enclosing, again, 
orders to them. I remember their wedding anni- 
versaries this way.”’ IOWA 


