Garden of Stedman Buttrick, Mass. 
VERSATILE 
Is the word for IRIS 
Always accepted by beauty-lovers as one of 
the supreme landscape flowers for decoration 
of the home grounds, Iris are now revealed 
as equally outstanding as arrangement flowers 
for decoration inside the home. Ranked 
next to the Orchids by botanists, and truly 
rivals of the Orchid in exotic and ethereal 
beauty, they are, however, infinitely more 
easily grown, being one of the most trouble- 
free of flowers, winter-hardy all over Ameri- 
ca. On the next pages we have had a leading 
artist in flower arrangement and a foremost 
authority in landscape gardening explain 
how to use Iris to the best advantage in the 
beautification of your home, both indoors 
and out. 
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WATCHFIRE 
WHY WAIT? 
One thing life teaches: that the years 
pass all too soon. In retrospect, how 
many of the abiding satisfactions of 
life have centered around garden and 
home. Is it then not the part of wis- 
dom to take time by the forelock, go 
into partnership with nature, and em- 
bark on a program of beautifying your 
home? Iris will play a key role. A sin- 
gle rhizome of a frosty blue, a luminous 
yellow, or one of the shimmering new 
pinks will become a clump of imperish- 
able beauty—a source of thrills for years 
to come. An investment in beauty is 
beyond the reach of economic vicissi- 
tude .... In choosing Iris remember 
how well they fit in with other flowers. 
Interplanted with annuals of modest 
height, you can have bloom from frost 
to frost. Iris are very cooperative, too, 
with Mums. Interplanted, the two will 
stage a great show in both spring and 
fall. No matter how limited your space, 
you have room for Iris! 
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