YOU and YOUR GARDEN 
HOUSE without a garden is like a hearth without a fire, a brook without a 
ripple, a child without laughter. No matter how small one’s home, if it is set 
in a garden, it becomes a mansion. Beauty weaves a spell of true enchantment 
over the humblest dwelling. 
Today Americans are garden conscious as never before in history. Millions of 
old and new homeowners, who once depended on a few annuals for garden 
color, now seek the far superior beauty and more nearly care free qualities of 
perennials. For sheer artistocratic, ethereal beauty, as well as easy cultural re- 
quirements, Iris surely stand near the head of the list. You don’t have to take 
them up over winter; they don’t peter out in a few years, but develop into gor- 
geous clumps that will make your garden the showplace of your neighborhood. 
Almost everything you buy begins to depreciate in value the day you pur- 
chase it. Not so Iris! A single rhizome will become a generous clump in two years 
time—worth far more than when you purchased it. Thus Nature is on the side of 
the beauty-lover and makes an investment in living-beauty uniquely profitable 
from both the esthetic and mundane standpoint. 
Do not hesitate, therefore, to buy the best. Beauty is worth more than a pit- 
tance! Persons who were content a few years ago with a few packets of seeds 
now think nothing of ordering $25-$50 worth of Iris. Nothing can give more 
thrills, more abiding satisfaction than a beautiful garden. 
Whether your order is for $5 or $100, we will fill it conscientiously with some 
of the finest rhizomes produced in America. 
Our 18 acres of Iris plants, reset yearly for maximum size and vitality, are 
grown in the fertile Willamette Valley between the Cascade and Coast ranges. 
This scenic area, where even the wild flowers are largely bulbous and rhizomatic 
in type, possesses natural advantages which have made it the center of the bulb 
industry in America. The performance of our rhizomes and their rapid increase 
is attested by a huge volume of enthusiastic testimonials and a high percentage 
of repeat orders. 
We want to thank our many thousands of customers for their kind letters and 
generous patronage. Our pledge is to continue to do all in our power to make 
gardening a thrilling experience. 
‘Robert Schreiner 
SHIPPING TIME: 
Last week June through Octo- 
ber. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
POSTAGE: 
All orders over $3.00 sent pre- 
paid. 
TERMS: 
Cash with order; check, draft 
or money order. 
ln This Issue 
9 New Iris introductions for 1952. 
11 New selections in the 100 best. 
25 New colored illustrations this year. 
28 Omissions of varieties we consider 
superseded by newer, finer crea- 
tions. 
CATALOG: Brand new arrangements by the 
Free to all customers of re- deft hand of Carl Starker. 
cord. To others we are oblig- 
ed to make a 25c charge. 
