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Iris and Hemerocallis—the flowers for the millions—or the millionaire 
“First of all, I want to congratulate you on 
your enjoyable catalog. Just the right touch of 
personality. I read it, as you say here in Amer- 
ica, from cover to cover, from first page till last. 
I also read all the big catalogs, Schreiner’s, 
Cooley’s and others, and the fact that I order 
from you speaks for itself. We are a young Mar- 
ried couple, my husband just undertook to build 
our own house on the couple of acres bought. 
This explains why I have to order the ‘Begin- 
ners Collection,’ we couldn’t afford more at the 
present. But it is marvelous how you have al- 
most all the iris I want just in this collection. 
Of course, I would like to order much more in- 
deed. Tell me, please, when you close the ordering 
time for this year. Maybe some miracle happens. 
My best wishes for your success and many 
thanks.”’ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
“There are two comparative newcomers to our 
town who are also interested in breeding iris. 
They have had very bad luck with some of their 
orders, poor dried up plants, badly packed. When 
they came to my garden they were astonished at 
my new plants. So I would appreciate it if you 
would put them on your mailing list.” 
NEW JERSEY 
‘““Again I want to thank you for the fine iris, 
especially the free one. It was gorgeous, aS were 
all I have received from you in several orders. 
My husband and myself have both been quite ill 
and our iris received no care at all. But you never 
saw anything more beautiful! We have not lost 
one and they get lovelier each year. As you see, I 
am ordering some daylilies and I hope they are 
as beautiful as the iris.’’ OHIO 
“Last fall, I received from you an order of 
Siberian and Spuria Iris. All bloomed this year 
and were beautiful!’’ NEW JERSEY 
“All the iris I have had from you have 
bloomed the first year and all are so beautiful 
that I have caught the iris fever. I pore over your 
catalog the whole summer and if I had more of 
this world’s gold I certainly would buy many 
more, I love them so and get such a thrill out of 
gardening. I have given your name to many vis- 
itors who flock to our place each spring.’’ 
WEST VIRGINIA 
“T suppose I am taking a good deal of a risk 
in ordering at this late date (Oct. 5) but your 
iris rhizomes as well as your daylily roots are 
always so fine that I am tempted to take the 
chance.’’ NEW JERSEY 
“In any language, repeat orders speak with 
more force than glowing letters, so enclosed please 
find Postal Money Order and iris list.’’ ‘ 
NEW YORK 
“T do hope I am not too late to get these day- 
lilies. I have heard such fine things about the 
stock you supply and my sister in Richmond is 
delighted with the plants she bought from you.’’ 
NORTH CAROLINA 
“T would like very much to receive your 1950 
catalog. Having been a life member of the Amer- 
ican Iris Society for many years, I am abun- 
dantly supplied with catalogs from various sources 
and I do not recall ever before writing for one. 
But your catalog is the one I use most and it is 
just the right size for a handbag. It often ac- 
companies me on visits to other gardens and con- 
tains just the right information, brief but inter- 
testing descriptions, name of originator and year 
of introduction, season of bloom, height of bloom, 
honors received and the 100 Best ratings are most 
interesting.”’ ILLINOIS 
The above map shows our central location which enables us to supply you with 
freshly-dug plants which will find themselves “at home” in your garden and will not 
need an extra year for acclimatization before blooming. The circle is drawn on a 600 
mile radius, hardly more than a day’s drive. 
