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Lloyd Austin’s 
RAINBOW HYBRIDIZING GARDENS 
Placerville, California, U.S.A. 
Ship to 
Street or R.F.D 
City one 
Date Ordered , 1951. 
Underlined varieties available at 3 for the price of 2 
County. 
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PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to preserve this catalog as 
it contains brief cultural directions for all types of 
Iris. Hence directions will not be sent with your 
order. For full and complete information on cul- 
ture, hybridizing, etc., see my MANUAL and its 
SUPPLEMENT, described on page 30. 
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VISIT MY (RIS DISPLAYS 
You are cordially invited to visit my gardens 
when you take your outing up in the Gold Rush 
Country. | especially invite you at Iris time, which 
this year will extend through April and probably 
most of May. Many of you will receive this cata- 
log in the summer, too late to see our 1951 dis- 
plays. If you would like to plan to come in 1952 
just attach a note (with your name and address) 
to your order asking that you be notified next 
spring. 
Each spring my Garden is aglow with 500 varie- 
ties of Iris, rivaling the Rainbow itself. Last year 
thousands of people came from all parts of Cali- 
fornia and neighboring states to enjoy this color- 
ful display. My garden in bloom is a wonderful 
place to take pictures. Once you have been here 
at blooming time, you will look forward, as do 
countless others, to this trip as an annual event. 
HOW TO REACH THE GARDENS 
My gardens are on a hilltop among the ever- 
greens, not far from the Lincoln Highway, U. S. 50, 
the road to Lake Tahoe. After passing the Highway 
Patrol Office (California Department of Motor Ve- 
hicles) on the eastern outskirts of Placerville, 
watch closely for our sign on the leff, on Carson 
Road, opposite the Broadway Motel. Follow our 
signs to the gardens, about three miles. Bring your 
Iris-loving friends. Let them, too, enjoy our unfold- 
ing pageant of beauty. I’ll be looking for you. 
If This Catalog Interests You, 
Please Let Me Hear From You 
| have prepared this catalog and sent it to you 
in good faith. | hope you will find it interesting. | 
also trust that among my many offerings you will 
find some that you would like to have. 
If circumstances make it impossible for you to 
order all that you want this year, | do hope you 
will at least send me a small trial order. In this 
way you can judge the quality of my stock and I 
will know of your interest. Also, you will then auto- 
matically receive my 1952 catalog. 
If an order is not possible this year, will you not 
loan this catalog to a friend who may need some 
new Iris? And if you expect to be ready for Iris 
yourself by next year, please write me NOW, tell- 
ing me of your interest and enclosing 10¢ so that 
your name will be retained on my mailing list even 
though you do not order. 
| shall, then, be expecting to hear from you 
soon in one way or the other. Please don’t disap- 
point me. | want to keep in contact with all of my 
good customers every year, even though everyone 
can’t order every year. It means a lot to me to 
know if the yearly editions of my catalog are 
proving helpful. 
DID YOU GET TWO CATALOGS? 
In spite of the pains we take in checking our ex- 
tensive mailing lists, it sometimes happens that 
two or more catalogs accidentally go to the same 
person. If this happens to you, won‘t you please 
drop me a postal, giving the exact addresses on 
the different copies, and indicating which is the 
right one, so we can correct our files. Thank you. 
CALIFORNIANS, ATTENTION! 
By all means join and support the newly formed 
Northern Califernia Iris Society. Dues are only 
$1.00 a year, and with everyone participating it 
will soon become an organization of great service 
to all of us. First Iris Show held in Sacramento 
April 21-22. Already plans under way for issuing 
a Newsletter or Bulletin to keep members in- 
formed. Meets once a month. Send your dollar to 
the Secretary, John H. Wickham, 1829 N. Douglas 
St., N. Sacramento 15, Calif. 
