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MAPLE VALLEY IRIS GARDENS 
824 COURTRIGHT STREET, MAPLETON, IOWA 
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1950 is a very important year for us. The Annual Meeting of the American Iris 
Society will be held in Sioux City, Iowa, May 28, 29 and 30. On May 30, busses will 
bring all of the members to Mapleton to visit the Maple Valley Iris Gardens. Lunch 
will be served to all A. I. S. members and plenty of time will be given to visit our 
plantings of named irises and seedlings. Although we now catalog and sell only 
Maple Valley originations, we grow small clumps of the newest and finest irises 
from other hybridizers. Many very new ones have been sent as guests to bloom 
here for the meeting. Hundreds of our own numbered seedlings will be on display, 
as well as the 1950 crop which promises a high percentage of bloom. Come and 
enjoy them with us. 
Mapleton is located on Paved Highway 141, 40 miles southeast of Sioux City and 
150 miles northwest of Des Moines, and on No, 175, 
90 miles north of Council Bluffs. 

en NiosOFSSALE 
CASH WITH ORDER—Check, draft or money order. 
POSTAGE PREPAID. Orders not accepted for less than $5.00. 
ORDER EARLY. Stocks are scarce and in great demand. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT. JULY through SEPTEMBER. State choice. 
WHOLESALE PRICES TO AUTHORIZED DEALERS ON REQUEST. 

JOIN THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY. If you are already a member, get a friend 
to join. Dues $3.50 per year. FOUR FINE BULLETINS EACH YEAR. 
IRIS, THE IDEAL HARDY PERENNIAL. A new book published by the American 
Iris Society. Contains a wealth of information on Species, Hybrids, Culture, Fertili- 
zation, Disease Control, Hybridization, Elementary Genetics, Companion Plantings, 
Color Harmony, Border Planning, Photography of Iris and related subjects. Paper 
binding, $1.50; heavier binding, $2.50. 
SPECIAL OFFER—To new members only. Send us $10.00 and we will pay your 1950 
American Iris Society dues, send you the paper bound copy of IRIS, THE IDEAL 
HARDY PERENNIAL and $10.00 worth of iris from this catalog—YOUR CHOICE. 
Good till July 1st only. 
