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Vista Veronica—‘‘an unusual Iris” Mrs. Ralph Ricker, Iowa. 
Lave Letters 
“My neighbor and I have bought Iris from Oregon, Washington, Michi- 
gan and Colorado, but they do not compare with the ones I received from 
you. At the time we received the Iris from Washington and Oregon we 
thought they were grand, and they are, but not like those from you.” 
MICHIGAN 
“Every Daylily I ordered from you last year is going to bloom. Beautiful 
plants!” OHIO 
“T am an Iris fan. I love them because they withstand our cold winters. 
And the lovely plants you ship always grow. I have never lost one.” 
MINNESOTA 
“Most of the Irises which were planted very late last fall, have bloomed, 
24 out of 29, and most exceeded expectations. They were a revelation of 
beauty.” PENNSYLVANIA 
“I’m sending this order to you because your Iris are the best. Last year 
I backslid and ordered somewhere else and don’t think I didn’t live to re- 
gret it! Not a one bloomed, so I won’t be so foolish again.” 
NORTH CAROLINA 
“The Iris and Daylilies received from you last year, were the best I have 
bought. All but Iris Wabash bloomed and I think all the Daylilies are going 
to bloom.” NEW JERSEY 
“The last ones I bought from you were wonderful! All bloomed the first 
year. Were such fine large rhizomes, just couldn’t have been better, and 
every one came true to name.” GEORGIA 
“I was so delighted with the quality of the plants you sent me last year 
that I am anxious to enlarge my garden.” VERMONT 
“Thank you for sending me such fine fat rhizomes for the new garden. 
And I wish to particularly compliment you on the generous divisions of 
Japanese Iris and the excellent way in which they were packed.” 
NEW YORK 
“I order quite a few plants from several different houses, but I have never 
received plants like yours. Last fall I ordered six Daylilies and this year 
all bloomed but one. Your Lilies and Iris are really nice and I wanted you 
to know how pleased I am.” KENTUCKY 
“All of your Iris have performed wonderfully, and I do appreciate your 
catalog. In fact, it is always in my hip pocket—the tops of all the catalogs 
for ready reference.” CALIFORNIA 
“I received my first order of Iris from you last year, all in good con- 
dition and all bloomed this year but one, a very good record, we think.” 
MASSACHUSETTS 
“Must tell you how amused I was when a friend of mine who has 
“shopped around” for Iris happened to see this order. ‘Oh! New Iris,’ he 
said, ‘Good old Edenwald, you can’t beat ’em.’ That is the way I’ve always 
felt but was glad to see that he had finally settled on the same opinion.” 
PENNSYLVANIA 
“We certainly were pleased with the lovely plants we received last year. 
Unfortunately, we moved so had to leave them behind. I saw them bloom 
though, and nothing could have been more beautiful. Such large perfect 
flowers we never had seen before. Now I want some in my new home.” 
NEBRASKA 
“JT wish to thank you for the fine plants you sent me last year. They all 
bloomed the first year and are fine.” IOWA 
“T am very proud of my Iris and have given your address to many people. 
I have around a hundred named varieties. Your plants are the best I have 
had so far.” WISCONSIN 
“Remember I was going to try growing bearded Iris in Orlando, Florida? 
I have had some success—four plants bloomed beautifully, which is encour- 
aging. My rhizomes are in gallon cans and I am going to take them up 
and put them in cold storage through December. I just love the bearded 
Iris and want to learn how to grow them successfully here, where the win- 
ters do not get cold enough to make them dormant.” FLORIDA 
Some think we work merely for money, 
And probably no-one believes 
That we're really (we know it sounds funny), 
Working for letters like these. 
“I am so pleased with your Iris that I can’t resist ordering. I have 
about 150 named varieties and each year I think Pi not buy any this 
summer. And then your catalog comes. No will power. MISSOURI 
“Last year I ordered a collection of Iris from you. You should see the 
beautiful blooms! We had such a hard winter down south that I was afraid 
none would bloom. Am well pleased and want to add more.” 
ALABAMA 
“Those rhizomes were the best I have ever had, so am giving you my 
order again, All were true to name as well as the largest and nicest in every 
way that I have ever seen. The flowers your rhizomes produce are out of this 
world. When they are in bloom and I go out in my garden early in the 
morning, it’s like stepping out in a kind of heavenly domain.” 
VIRGINIA 
“T have been delighted with the hemerocallis I bought from you last year. 
Most of them have or are going to bloom.” CONNECTICUT 
“Time must be taken from a busy garden season to let you know how 
pleased I was with the Iris and Hemerocallis you sent me. There is no mis- 
taking the vigorous quality of your plants.” ILLINOIS 
“My first order arrived so promptly and such nice large fresh plants, 
that I am sending another. I also ordered from another grower and was 
so disappointed with the small dried up roots I received.” TEXAS 
“Just a note to thank you for the extremely fine Iris rhizomes.” 
INDIANA 
“Have tried other firms but your plants are the best I’ve found.” 
OKLAHOMA 
“Frankly, I was tickled pink with the hems you sent me. I have 
bought from several growers but none came even near to yours. I have re- 
ceived such tiny divisions from some that you could put them in a vest 
pocket. That is the reason I am anxious to get some more of your stock.” 
CANADA 
“The Iris I received last year from your Beginner’s and Popularity Collec- 
tions have been most rewarding. Of the twenty plants not one was lost in 
spite of the very trying winter and while not all of them bloomed, each 
day was an adventure as we waited to see what new and lovely thing would 
greet us next. I cannot remember having had more pleasure from my gar- 
deniy OHIO 
“Thank you for the nicest lot of hemerocallis I have ever received from 
any nursery. I got them all planted before I left the first of September. 
Last week-end I returned to my summer place and found them all growing 
beautifully.” NORTH CAROLINA 
“My little Iris border was beautiful beyond my wildest dreams in spite 
of the difficulty of growing flowers in this community. A nearby huge 
aluminum plant belches forth volumes of fluorine gas with bad effects on 
vegetation.” TENNESSEE 
“I have been buying Ivis for years. There are none better than the ones 
you ship.” NEW JERSEY 
“They are as nice a lot of Iris as I have ever received from anyone and 
I sincerely hope that you will keep my name on your mailing list.” TEXAS 
“Would like to tell you how pleased I am with the generous clumps and 
the splendid condition in which they arrived. This is my first year with 
Daylilies and had I known that your shipment would prove so superior to 
others, I would never have split my order.” GEORGIA 
“If the Siberian Iris compare with the bearded Iris and Daylilies I have 
received from you in the past, I’m sure they will be worth the money. For 
years I thought Siberian and Spuria Iris would require lots more water than 
I could give them. However, I now have about fifteen varieties of each and 
they are doing nicely. My chief trouble is that with three hundred varieties 
of tall bearded, about a hundred and fifty Daylilies and a hodge podge of 
other flowers, I can’t find time to do it all. If gardening was all I had to do 
I'd love it, but by the time I do everything else, keeping my stock farm 
running smoothly, gardening, canning, doing my own decorating of the 
house and sewing for three girls, I don’t have nearly as much time to de- 
vote to my flowers as I would like.” OKLAHOMA 
