ARVISTA GARDENS 3 
The home of ARVISTA GARDENS is just three 
houses north of Highway US-12 one block east of 
its junction with M-78. 
Visitors are always welcome at ARVISTA GAR- 
DENS, though on Saturdays we are usually other- 
wise occupied and not able to give personal atten- 
tion. 
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 different named 
Hemerocallis in bloom. Daylily bloom begins about 
the middie of May and continues until freezing 
weather in the fall. Plant them for better homes 
and better living. 
SHIPPING TIME 
Beardless Irises may be shipped throughout the 
season except when in bloom. They should have 
plenty of moisture until established. Bearded Irises 
are shipped from early July to the close of the 
season. Planting instructions accompany all ship- 
ments. - 
THE FINEST OF IRISES 
Nearly all modern Irises produce very large 
flowers - - 2 to 4 tmes as large as the older sorts - - 
are good growers, splendidly formed, with strong 
stalks and heavy substance, and they show us many 
new colorngs, hues, tones, and blends. The Iris stiil 
iS “The most decorative form in all the flower 
world.” | 
IRIS HONORS 
Initals are used in descriptions herein as follows: 
H. M. Honorable Mention. 
A. M. Award of Merit. 
D. Dykes Medal. 
HF. Hall of Fame. 
The Dykes Medal, which may be awarded to a 
single Iris annually in the United States, Great 
Britan or France, is the highest honor that an Iris 
can receive. 
Special honors are voted to various lises by 
numerous official lris judges and awarded by nat- 
ional Iris Societies. 
Hall of Fame 
The 29 Irises formerly listed in the HALL OF 
FAME, have received either the Award of Merit, 
the Dykes Medal, or both. 21 of them have been 
included in the 1951 list of 100 favorite Irises as 
selected by 262 official judges of the American 
Iris Society. They are the following: Numbers mean 
their positions in the 100 favorite list: 
