If this is a gift order, give YOUR OWN name and address above. See page 19. 
Please Use This Order Blank Order NOW, Before Stocks Are Depleted 
Lloyd Austin’s 
RAINBOW HYBRIDIZING GARDENS 
Placerville, California, U.S.A. 
Ship to. Leave Blank 
Street or R.F.D._ 
City. 5 gateek 89 870ne 2 State. 
If sold out of any variety may | substitute another fine Iris of equal or greater value? 
Date Ordered 953 YES [] NO] 
TYPE of IRIS 
Optional—See under 
“TYPE OF IRIS” 
heading, page 19 
List below ALL Varieties wanted, including those in all Collections. 
Please put only one item on each line, and fill in No. wanted. »-——»>| No. 
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DOUBLE POSTAGE VALUE IN IRIS California customers 
On orders of $5.00 or more, leave the Postage space please add 3% Sales Tax 
blank if you want me to pay the postage. But if you a 
10G to partially cover postage and handling, 1’ll recipro- POSTAGE (Optional) 
cate generously by including in your package choice Iris 
worth about twice the 10% that you add. Try this now and 
| think you'll do it every year. Total enclosed 
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VISIT MY IRIS DISPLAYS 
You are cordially invited to visit my gardens when you 
head for the mountains—the Gold Rush country —for your 
outing. | especially invite you at Iris time, which this year 
will start about mid April and extend until about the end of 
May, and possibly somewhat into June. The color photo of 
my gardens, on page 2, will give you some idea of the 
gorgeous color spectacle that is in store for you here where 
the Rainbow makes its home. This year the display will be 
particularly fine, and most exciting for everyone. | will 
have well over 125 brand NEW named Iris creations, from 
various parts of the world, blooming here for the first time. 
Most of these have never been listed in any of my previous 
catalogs, and are the very last word in Iris. Once you have 
been here at blooming time, you will look forward, as do 
countless others, to this trip as an annual event. Color 
camera fans will find this garden a Rainbow Paradise. 
Many of you will receive this catalog in the summer, too 
late to see our 1953 displays. If you would like to plan to 
come in 1954, just attach a note (with your name and ad- 
dress) to your order asking that you be notified next spring 
shortly in advance of peak bloom. These many requests are 
filed separately from the orders, so please do not put this 
on the order itself. 
HOW TO REACH THE GARDENS 
My gardens are on a hilltop among the evergreens, not 
far from the Lincoln Highway, U. S. 50, the road to Lake 
Tahoe. After passing the Highway Patrol Office (California 
Department of Motor Vehicles) on the eastern outskirts of 
Placerville, watch closely for our sign on the left, 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 unfolding pageant of beauty. We'll 
be looking for you. 
DID YOU GET TWO CATALOGS? 
In spite of the pains we take in checking our extensive 
mailing lists, it sometimes happens that two or more cata- 
logs 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. Please give the 
extra copy to a flower-loving friend. Thank you. 
MOVING? 
Don’t forget to notify me of your new address. But be sure 
to give the old address, too. Hundreds of catalogs are re- 
turned to me every year because people forget to notify me 
of the change in their address. 
Join Tre American Iris Society 
Everyone who loves Iris should join the American Iris 
Society. You will receive helpful quarterly bulletins, with 
articles on culture, varieties, hybridizing, rare types and 
other subjects. Membership is $4.00, which may be sent 
directly to American Iris Society, Franklin Road, Brent- 
wood, Tennessee. 
Californians, Attention! 
By all means join and support the newly-formed North- 
ern California Iris Society. Dues are only $1.00 a year, and 
with everyone participating it will soon become an organi- 
zation of great service to all of us. Third Annual Iris Show 
held in Sacramento April 25-26, 1953. Interesting monthly 
bulletin IRIS LORE goes to all members to keep them in- 
formed. Send your dollar to the Secretary, Mrs. Ruby Hill, 
1007-49th St., Sacramento, California, and mention that 
you are joining at my suggestion. Meetings at 8 P.M. the 
first Monday of each month at the Garden Center, 3301 H 
Street, Sacramento. Visitors welcome. 
PERMANENT LABELS 
Immensely popular permanent Simplex labels in beauti- 
ful dark green on which you can make clear, white lettering 
with metal-pointed stylus supplied with labels. Long-last- 
ing copper wires also supplied. Ideal for your new and old 
Iris; also for roses, perennials, -shrubs, fruit trees, etc. 
Priced at $3.75 per box of 100; 3 boxes for $11.15. 
Customers Like Simplex Labels 
“The Simplex labels I ordered from you last year are sim- 
bly grand, and so inexpensive.”’ Albert Jones, Quanah, Tex. 
"A Friend saw my een Simplex labels and likes them and 
can’t find anything like it here. The best I have seen.” Mrs. 
A, J. N., Santa Rosa, California. slodw 
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