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ARVISTA GARDENS 
ROY V. ASHLEY, Owner 
168 Grand Blvd. Battle Creek, Mich. 

29th YEAR 

Extensive Collections of Choice Newer 
Irises, Hemerocallis, and Tree Peonies 

1951 and Spring 1952 
TERMS - Read Carefully 
TERMS: Cash with order, by check, draft. or 
money order. 10% discount on orders over $30.00. 
No discount on collections or Tree Peonies. 
SPECIAL—On all orders red BAY jt 
1951, amounting to a net of $3. 00 or opr we avill 
allow a special discount of 10%, not including special 
or collection offers or Tree Peonies 
TRANSPORTATION: We pay parcel post or ex- 
press charges on all retail orders in the U. S. A. that 
amount to $3.00 or more except as noted. On small 
orders, be sure to add 25c for postage and packing. 
MICHIGAN CUSTOMERS be sure to add 3% 
sales tax. 
We can make attractive prices in many cases on 
orders for dozens to hundreds of a kind. 
Send us with your order the names of five or more 
friends interested in Iris, Hemerocallis or Tree 
Peonies, and we will be glad to include exrtas with 
your order. 
We are very grateful to all our customers who 
have sent us such nice orders. In filling orders, we | 
always try to do a little more than we promise. Just 
a few of the many kind comments of our customers 
will be found elsewhere in this catalogue. 

The home of ARVISTA GARDENS is just three 
houses north of Highway US- Iz one block east of 
its junction with M-78. 
Visitors are always welcome at ARVISTA GAR- 
DENS, though on Saturdays we are usually other- 
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wise occupied and not ab!e to give personal attention. 
Our Irises usually show their best bloom during 
the first week of June; Oriental Poppies and Peonies 
first to third weeks; and Hemerocallis during July. 
Each July day finds more than 100 diffe ent named 
Hemerocallis in bloom. Daylily blcom begins about 
the middle of May and cont:nues until freezing 
weather in the fall. Plant them for better homes 
and better living. 
Beardless Irises may be shipped througout the 
season except when in bloom. They shoud have 
plenty of meisture until established. Bearded Irises 
are shipped from early July to the clos2 of the 
season. Planting instructions accompany all ship- 
ments. 
THE FINEST OF IRISES 
Nearly all of our modern Irises produce very large 
flowers—2 to 4 times as large as the older sorts— 
are good growers, splendidly formed, with strong 
stalks and heavy substance, and they show us many 
new colorings and color blends. 
Hall of Fame 
In 1950 the American Iris Society established a 
Hall of Fame for Irises and listed 23 varieties in this 
highest of all Ivis honors. All 23 had received pre- 
viously either the Award of Merit or the Dykes 
Medal or both. 
IRIS HONORS-“‘The most decorative form in al] the 
Menton; A. M. Award of Merit; D. the Dykes Medal; 
and H. F., the Hall of Fame. These are honors voted 
to various Irises by numerous official Iris judges 
and awarded by the Amercan Iris Society. The Dykes 
Medal can be awarded to not more than one Iris 
each year in this country, one in France, and one in 
England. 
The IRIS—“The most decorative form in all the 
flower world.” 
We have hundreds of varieties not listed here 
because of limited quantities. 
“The Social Register of Irisdom”’ 
During the past score of years, progress has been 
literally amazing in the development of all the de- 
tails which constitute a really fine Iris, including 
size, form, substance, branching, and many new 
hues, tones, tints and blends. Of the many thousands 
of Irises which have been named and introduced, 
the best 100 sorts are selected each year in a sym- 
posium by several hundred accredited judges of the 
American Iris Society, and in our garden may be 
seen by far the most of the Irises named in the 1950 
symposium. 
We have raised and tiscarded more than 1300 
