46 OLD FAVORITES 
A Paradise in Tall Bearded Iris for Beginners 
50¢ each, postpaid, labelled 
THOSE MARKED ® 
3 of a kind for $1.00 
3 different for $1.25 
Aigue Marine © Silvery heliotrope. 
Amigo—Pretty pansy-like bicolor. 
Arctic © Bold white, with yellow. 
Brown Feathers ® Nice plicata. 
California Blue—Fragrant blue. 
California Peach—Pinkish copper. 
Chippewa—Novel yellow plicata. 
City of Lincoln—Red and yellow. 
Creole Belle © Violet, fragrant. 
Dawn of Gold ® Very late yellow. 
Deep Velvet—Purple “Iristocrat.”’ 
Elsa Sass © Lemon yellow. 
Ethelyn Kleitz ® Raspberry red. 
Fair Elaine—Yellow and white. 
Flora Zenor © Pink, red beard. 
Florentine © Blue-white plicata. 
Gloriole—Sparkling pale blue. - 
Golden Majesty—Bright yellow. 
Grace Ballard—Apricot pink 
Icy Blue—White, flushed blue. 
Lighthouse—Deep rose and yellow. 
Louvois—Striking maroon-brown. 
Matterhorn—Hardy pure white. 
ALL OTHERS 
3 of a kind for $1.25 
3 different for $1.35 
Melitza @ lvory-pink, red beard. 
Miss California—Large lilac pink. 
Moonlit Sea—Odd yellow and purple. 
Mount Washington—Immense white. 
Old Rose © Tall bright rose. 
Orange Flame ® Flaming orange. 
Orchid Lady © Orchid-pink. 
Persian Prince © Neat variegata. 
Pink Marvel © Creamy pink. 
Riding High—Deep amethyst-pink. 
Roseland © Opalescent pink. 
Samovar—Rosy orange-copper. 
Sierra Snow © Shimmering white. 
Song of Gold © Bright yellow. 
Southern Cross—Huge auburn red. 
Starless Night—Reddish black. 
Tiffany—Popular yellow plicata. 
Tower of Jewels—Buff and lavender. 
Treasure Island—Splendid yellow. 
Wabash—Very striking amoena. 
West Point—Very late indigo blue. 
White City © Immense silken white. 
White Goddess ® Ruffled white. 
My Old Favorites SPECIAL! 
My ‘‘new-type”’ offer, featuring an astounding number of FREE, give-away 
varieties, up to half as many as you order. Order any 10, 20 or 30 of the 
above varieties and get generous additional selections from the same list 
FREE, as follows: 
Total Number of Number of FREE Free Iris 
Cost Varieties You Varieties You May in % of 
to Order from Above Select from the Purchased 
You List @ 50¢ each Same List Iris 
$ 5.00 10 3 30%, 
10.00 20 7 35% 
15.00 30 15 50% 
Even the $5.00 group has almost a third as many Free Iris as ones paid 
for. But you can imagine the $15.00 group! Half as many free as purchased. 
If you can’t use 30 yourself, better go in with your neighbor so as to get the 
15 free ones. This makes a total of 45 for the price of 30. Since there are 46 
in the list, if you order this $15.00 group, merely tell me which one not to 
send. Or, if you order at least $5.00 worth of Iris in addition to this group, 
Ill send all 46 of these. No need to list them. But there is need to get your 
order in while all 46 are still available. 
Best of the OLDER IRIS 
Fine for color masses at a bargain price 
40¢ each, postpaid, labelled 
3 of a kind for $1.00 1 each of all 12 for $3.95 
3 different for $1.10 3 each of all 12 for $10.95 
Cheerio—Bright reddish bitone. Portland—Frosty coral rose. 
Los Angeles—Famous white plicata. Prince of Orange—~—Yellowish orange. 
Mary E. Nichols—White, yellow center. Rosy Wings—Rose and copper. 
Midwest Gem—Ruffled peach and buff. Sierra Blue—-Fine tall blue. 
Patricia—Ruffled snow white. Snoqualmie—Early, rich cream. 
Pink Opal—Talk pink self. Tapestry—Giant bronze pink. 
MASS PLANTING OFFERS—Sent Express Collect 
Or by Parcel Post C.O.D. for Postage and C.0.D. Fee (Send payment for Iris.) 
If you want quantities of named Tall Bearded Iris at rock-bottom prices, ° 
choose from the 12 Older Iris above, or any of the 20 Old Favorites marked 
with @, as follows: 
3 each of any 10 for $8.95 10 each of any 10 for $24.95 
3 each of any 20 for $15.95 10 each of any 20 for $39.95 
100 mixed colors, no labels, for $19.95 
MOTEL OWNERS, ATTENTION! 
Make your place known for its colorful display of unusual Iris. People will 
come to think of you as ‘That Iris Motel’ and stop with you time and again. 
| furnish planting suggestions and special prices on spectacular long-season 
displays adapted to your situation... If you have a friend who is a motel 
operator, call this to his attention. 
MOVING? 
Don’t forget to notify me of your new address. But be sure to give the 
old address, too. Hundreds of catalogs are returned to me every year be- 
cause people forget to notify me of the change in their address. 
KODACHROME IRIS SLIDES—Just the Thing for Garden Clubs 
Many of my exclusive Iris offerings are included in sets of excellent colored 
slides available for rent from Philip Corliss, Somerton, Ariz., and from American 
Iris Society, 444 Chestnut St., Nashville, Tenn. 
START AN ARIL CLUB AND ENTER MY CONTEST FOR A VALUABLE PRIZE 
The insatiable desire of American flower lovers to grow something that is 
really different and distinctly fascinating has led to a remarkable nation-wide 
awakening to the possibilities of growing ARIL IRIS and their numerous 
derivatives. The movement is rapidly gaining momentum, with people every- 
where wondering how they can most rapidly learn more about growing or 
hybridizing these exotic Iris in their own gardens, and perhaps also exhibiting 
them at flower shows. The fullest answer, | feel sure, will come through the 
formation of a multitude of local ARIL CLUBS. For, you know, “Birds of a 
feather flock together.” Already one such club has started and various other 
groups of Aril enthusiasts are on the point of forming their own clubs SO as 
to join forces and more easily share their experiences and newly acquired 
information. 
To encourage this admirable trend | offer a PRIZE of $25.00 worth of Arils 
and their Descendants to the ARIL CLUB making the highest score according 
to the following schedule: 
5 points for each member who joins your club before contest closing date, Dec. 
31, 1951. Submit list of members, with addresses. i : 
One point for each distinct named Aril species or variety, or Aril descendant, 
grown by any member of the club. Species may be in the form of rhizomes, 
seedlings or newly sown seeds. Submit one full list combined for all members of 
the club, arranged alphabetically under Oncos, Regelias, Oncogelias, Aril- 
Bearded (Oncobreds, Mohrs, etc.) and Pseudoregelias (if any). This is intended 
to include all 1951 additions to members’ gardens. Each kind in every member's 
garden counts. Thus if 10 of your members grow Susiana and Elmohr, you have 
20 points already. 
Points for speed in organizing and naming your ARIL Club, and signing up at 
least 5 members, as follows: 14 points if organized in June, 1951, or before; 
12 in July; 10 in August; 8 in Sept.; 6 in Oct.; 4 in Nov.; and 2 in Dec. 
25 points if you prepare a club letterhead or issue a brief club news bulletin by 
printing, mimeographing, or any similar form of reproduction. 
Please submit your entry in typed form, if possible, or clearly written. 
With an enthusiastic person as leader, an Aril Club can easily start up any- 
where. But one of the obvious ways to most quickly get a group of interested 
people together, is to form an Aril Club as a branch of an existing local or 
regional Iris or Garden Club, or Society. | have a set of 18 excellent Aril color 
slides taken here by Dr. Corliss that | will loan to any group contemplating 
forming an ARIL CLUB. These will be sent for a nominal fee of $2.00 to cover 
postage, insurance and normal depreciation. 
The first club of this type in the world, as far as | am aware, started last 
fall in Sioux City, lowa, under the competent leadership of Chet Tompkins. 
Already they have 18 members and have adopted the name ARIL ONE CLUB. 
If you are interested in the possibility of starting an ARIL CLUB write me for 
further details on how to organize, and how to get helpful reference material. 
Be sure to read the fascinating article on Arils by Mrs. R. C. Norton in the 
May issue of FLOWER GROWER, where you will see five of my April photo- 
Robed In Glory 
A flight of gold and purple butterflies 
Is resting on the grass beside the road; 
Drive slowly so that we may clearly see 
This cloud of loveliness. 
But look! They are not butterflies at all! 
Wild iris, gold and purple, growing in the mud 
Beside the road we travel daily. 
—LAuRA EMERSON GRADICK 
Contest in POEMS on Iris 
To help us all to occasionally get away from the material realities of life, 
let us give thought to the poetic expression of the spiritual beauty of an Iris, 
or of many Iris. Surely the Iris, the Rainbow Flower, is as deserving as any 
flower of delightful verse to convey to others the ramblings of our imagina- 
tion as we view the many inexplicable blendings of colors. 
So this year, | am sponsoring two contests in Iris Poems. One is announced 
in the spring issue of the second oldest journal of poetry, called The Ameri- 
can Bard, published by Rexford Sharp, 9141 Cimarron St., Los Angeles, Cali- 
fornia, and available at 50¢ a copy or $2.00 a year. 
A companion contest is open to my customers, and under the same rules. 
Both contests will be judged by Mr. Sharp. For four samples of poems on Iris, — 
and for much inspirational and reference material, | refer you to my Manual. 
Line limit is 14, with even shorter poems preferred. Limit of three entries 
from a contestant. Send your entries to me not later than August 31, 1951, _ 
in duplicate, with the name and address of the author and title of poem in _ 
upper left corner of 8!/. x 11 paper, title repeated over poem, but no signa- 
ture under poem. Any poem submitted, not just the prize winners, may be — 
published in future editions of this catalog, or in the Bard. Enclose a self- 
addressed stamped envelope if you wish to be notified of the names of the 
winners. The prizes will be choice Iris varieties having a value of $10.00 for — 
first prize, and $5.00 for second prize. 
Rainbow Gardens FIRSTS 
——A Few of Many—— 
1. First and only garden ever to offer a wide selection of true Oncos, 
sought for decades by hybridizers and fanciers alike. 
2. First and only catalog to present real-life photographs of various Oncos 
and other Arils and rare Iris. 
3. First and only Iris garden to publish a thorough, all-inclusive cultural 
and hybridizing Manual. ~ 
4. First and only catalog to group Iris varieties by color and season to aid 
in selection and in garden planning. 
graphs. 
28 Hung on the shower that fronts the Golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! 
In hues of ancient promise there imprest; Frail in its date, eternal in its guise. 
C. T. TuRNER: The Rainbow 
