CHERIE— (Hall 1947) EM. 34”. A real 
lovely new flamingo pink. Large, full 
formed, lightly and gracefully ruffled. A 
pink self of fine substance with a tanger- 
ATV ENO CALC Sete ete te eae eee ae $7.50 
WE CAN’T PLEASE THEM ALL 
“Under separate cover | am returning 
the iris plants ordered from you, as fol- 
lows: 2 Cherie $10.00; 2 Lockwood $3.00; 
together with the free rhizomes sent. It 
would be years before | would get blooms 
from these rhizomes. | would appreciate a 
refund of my money.” 
Texas Mae B. B. 
The above order was mailed to her on 
July 2nd. They weren’t old enough to be as 
big as your fist, nor to be showing baby 
rhizomes. Though we had 21 clumps of 
Cherie last year, and this was perhaps as 
many if not more than most dealers had, we 
were reluctant to send this order out. Our 
price was $4 to $7 cheaper and we much 
preferred to send a Cherie out on orders 
that had others, too. She being a dealer, we 
figured that if we didn’t send them she 
would think we were a bunch of lying scala- 
wags and didn’t have any at the price. We 
sent her rhizomes as fine as you see at that 
time of the year. We replanted the returned 
roots and if she or anyone else wants to bet 
that they are not in bloom this May, get 
your money where your mouth is—2 to | 
—and make it easy on yourself. To all of 
you who did receive Cherie from us, we 
would be glad to hear from you—good or 
bad. And to you other 50 or more, we are 
sorry that we did not have more to send. 
OLD TERRY 
SORRY WE WERE OUT OF CHERIE 
“Thanks for the nice rhizomes sent me 
and for the gift of Cloud Castle. Sorry you 
were sold out of Cherie.” 
Wisconsn, July 27, 1952 Mrs. C.S.F. 
Out catalog comes off the press about 
March 15th, and is mailed to all former 
purchasers of the previous year. By bloom- 
ing time in May we have hundreds of or- 
ders. Orders dated June Ist are considered 
late. We will be sold out on many in 
August. Last year on September Ist we 
were out of 76 varieties. So get your orders 
in early. 
CHICORY BLUE—(G. Douglas 1942) M. 
40”. Large chicory blue self with closely 
domed standards slightly ruffled at the 
edge. Falls are broad and flaring, sub- 
stance is firm, flowers smoothly finished. 
50¢ 
Please do not ask for special shipping dates. 
For various reasons we cannot do so—mostly 
weather conditions. 
WE SHIP ONLY ONE-YEAR-OLD ROOTS 
= 2 ee 
CHINA MAID—(Milliken 1936) ML. 48”. 
A lucious flower of soft lilac pink sell, 
enhanced by an intriguing blending of 
golden bronze at the haft and edges of 
the petals. A rampant grower, lots of big 
flowers of heavy substance, smooth even 
texture. A very popular Iris and one you 
val Ls aLceg eee. cee ces sete eae aloes eens 50¢ 
CHIVALRY—(J. Wills 1944) M. 36”. A 
fine medium blue flower that is deeper 
in color than Great Lakes, large in size, 
and has exceptionally heavy substance 
Standards and falls are ruffled at the 
edge. The inconspicious beard is orange, 
changing to blue at the tip. It is a fin- 
ished Iris of excellent form and propor- 
tion, and the growth is vigorous. Will 
CHI-YUN — (DeForest 1947) M 33”. Large, 
smooth white of heavy substance. Wide, 
slightly ruffled standards. Falls wide at 
the haft, smooth and clean. White beard, 
tipped yellow inside the flower. Snow 
Blur by sAzuretokies 2 = eee $1.00 
CHRISTABEL— (Lapham 1936) M. 38”. 
Another old stand-by you can’t beat. It 
is brilliant and very red in e:tect: almost 
a self: very large and smoothl~ finished. 
Fine for individual exhibition and _ for 
mass planting: the myriads of copper-red 
flowers are out of this world. You can’t 
lose son this one. Een) ele ee. 50¢ 
CLOTH OF GOLD—(Whiting 1945) M. 
38”. An excellent deep yellow self of 
good parentage (Golden Hind x Golden 
Spike.) Free bloomer, nice flaring form, 
heavy substance, widely branched stalks, 
tall and stately, makes this one of the fin- 
eat yellowsart se eee ne ei eee 50¢ 
CLOUD CAP—(DeForest 1950) M. 40” 
Possibly the largest and tallest of the 
tangerine-bearded pinks. This flamingo 
pink is about the shade of Cherie, plus a 
slight mother of pearl finish. A blossom- 
pink you will be proud of 2 $15.00 
CLOUD CASTLE—(Graves 1944) M. 37”. 
Wisteria-blue with mauve undertone; a 
self with evenly spaced flowers on well 
branched stems. The standards are broad 
and roundly domed and fluted at the 
edge. The ruffled falls are wide and flar- 
ing. Cloud Castle blooms very early and 
is seldom seen by the thousands of visi- 
tors and Iris Judges at the peak of bloom. 
Otherwise this iris would be crowding the 
top of the listhotvi00 besten ee 75c 
COLOR CARNIVAL— (DeForest 1949) M 
36”. A startling color contrast. More pink 
than Spindrift, with bright purple on the 
falls, angerine beard ss. See ae $3.50 
