IN THE HEART OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY 
Our 12th Annual Seasonal Opening of Irisland is scheduled for April 15. 
You are welcome to visit us as often as you can during the season, for we look forward to the yearly meetings 
with our regular customers and enjoy making the acquaintance of new ones. We want you to see all our pretties 
and it is our desire to help with your gardening problems whenever we can. Climatic conditions during the winter 
were such that Irisland’s show should be especially beautiful during the blooming period. 
In our 1951 offering we are pleased to bring you many of the newest and best creations of the Rainbow Flower, 
among them several of the most recent Flamingo Pinks—Cloudcap, Pink Formal, Hi-Times—and numerous others 
equally as fascinating to watch as they unfold their blooms. Reds are always exciting and Iris, the Mythical Greek 
Goddess, has left us a new one, The Mad Hatter. 
And too, we present the long-awaited Amiguita, from Eric E. Nies. This is the one you have been asking about 
and once you have seen this adorable little Douglasiana you will catalogue it as a ‘must-have’. Also there’s another 
surprise, Gray Dawn, a new Douglasiana introduction from Mrs. Julian Curtis, a new hybridizer whom our local 
visitors know so well. 
Everyone who reads about Iris is familiar with Miss Caroline Dormon of Louisiana, one of the best-known 
authorities on Louisiana Iris. We have for you two of Miss Dormon’s hybrids, Saucy Minx (her love) and 
Candles, both of which are pictured in our catalogue. Don’t let this year go by without at least three Louisianas 
for your garden. 
Remember, too, that no garden is complete unless you have other Iris species (listed in our catalogue) and 
Hemerocallis growing. 
We are truly appreciative of your friendship and patronage. We hope to continue to know and serve you to 
the best of our ability. 
Lyon Iris Gardens 
MILDRED k. LYON 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS FOR BEARDED IRIS 
Iris will grow well and bloom freely if planted in well drained established and growing. Thereafter, every 10 days or two weeks 
soil, and have at least one-half day’s sun. Dig the soil to a depth is sufficient watering. Keep ground lightly mulched and plants 
of about 10 inches. Bone meal may be worked in if desired. When clean, so that the sun may reach the ground around them at all times. 
planting a rhizome, spread the small roots out, firm the soil about If your ground is in need of fertilizing, be most careful not to 
them, and have the rhizome, or bulb-like portion of the plant, just allow any fertilizers to come in contact with plants, as this will 
below the soil level, about one-half inch. (If soil is sandy, 1 inch.) cause rot. The proper time to fertilize is after the plants are well 
Plant from 12 to 24 inches apart. established (late in winter). 
Water well after planting, keep moderately moist until well Divide and reset Iris every three or four years (June to October) . 
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