PAR Gres SeSali 
1953 IRIS SEASON 
TERMS OF SALE: Cash with mail orders please. 
SALES TAX: Add 3% on California orders. 
POSTAGE: 35c postage required on shipments under $3.00. 
RHIZOMES GUARANTEED TRUE TO NAME 
ORDER NOW! BEFORE STOCKS ARE DEPLETED. Orders filled in sequence beginning July Ist, except Oncos, 
Spurias, Dutch, Japs and Louisianas, which will be ready in late October or November 
CHOOSE YOUR OWN EXTRAS ON ORDERS OF $5.00 AND OVEP. PLEASE INDICATE SECOND CHOICE. 
ON SMALLER ORDERS, EXTRAS WILL BE INCLUDED OF OUR OWN CHOOSING. 
ON ORDERS FROM $5.00 TO $25.00 select 33 1/3% premium iris. 
ON ORDERS FROM $25.00 and up select 50% premium iris. 
PERMANENT LABElS-—boxes of 100 labels including metal stylus and copper wires for $3.75. 
ABBREVIATIONS: 
S: standards, the upright petals. E: early blooming varieties. 
F: falls, the lower, down falling petals. EM: early to midseason. 
L: late M: midseason. 
VE: very early. VL: very late. 
RE: twice blooming varieties, bloom early spring and again in the fall. 
ONCOBRED: hybrids resulting from the crosses between bearded iris and the oncocyclus group. 
DB: dwarfs, early minature iris, excellent for rock gardens and borders. 
TbI: table iris, slender stemmed, graceful iris suitable for flower arrangements. 
IB: intermediate bearded, usually border type. 
IRIS TERMS: 
AMOENA: White or tinted white standards with colored falls. 
PLICATA: Stitched or stippled color on white or yellow background. 
VARIEGATA: Yellow or near yellow standards with deeper falis which may be veined or solid tones of 
brown, purple or red. 
BLEND: Combination of two or more colors (one always being yellow). 
BICOLOR: An iris having two distinct colors. 
BITONE: Two tones of the same color. 
SELF: An iris of uniform color. 
TEXTURE: Sheen or finish of the petals. 
SUBSTANCE: Thickness of the petals. 
BEGINNERS COLLECTION: 
5 rhizomes for $1.00, all different. (No premiums on this collection.) 
GIFT CERTIFICATES: 
We are happy to issue gift certificates for Iris to your friends and relatives—anytime of the year and will 
mail the Iris to them at the proper planting time. 
Thank you for calling on us - if you enjoyed yourself will you please tell your friends, and do come again. 
MELROSE IRIS GARDENS 
Member 
Modesto Garden Club California Garden Clubs Inc. 
Society for Louisiana Iris American Iris Society 
Northern California Iris Society Dwarf Iris Society 
The Sidney B. Mitchell Iris Society 
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