Foreword 
\W" TAKE PLEASURE in sending our 9th Annual Catalog. It is mailed 
to every customer who has placed one or more orders with us during 
the past four years. We will continue this practice again next year 
so it will not be necessary to write requesting one unless it has not been 
received by early May. 
To you with whom we have dealt and are acquainted we want to 
extend greetings and express thanks for your valued patronage. We trust 
that you will derive much pleasure from your Iris this spring and that their 
bloom will exceed your expectations. We are looking forward to seeing or 
hearing from you again this season. 
To you who have never had dealings with us before, we extend a most 
cordial invitation to pay us a visit. If that is not possible, we hope that you 
will give us a trial order—we feel certain that you will not be disappointed. 
We ever strive to please both old and new customers in the quality of the 
stock, handling of the order and by giving them the most we possibly can 
for the money without, however sacrificing anything in the first two men- 
tioned points. 
Something New Has Been 
Added 
Not only have we changed the style and 
size of our catalog this year, but of more 
importance, we have added a very large 
number of beautiful and interesting new 
varieties to our display plantings. 
At the National Convention of the Amer- 
ican Iris Society at Boston last June we saw 
so many fine and intriguing creations that it 
was extremely difficult to choose the varie- 
ties which we should add this season. Sixty 
varieties new to us have been added to our 
plantings, making a total of 330 different 
varieties on display. 
Do Come and See Us 
The latchstring is always out: you are as 
welcome as the flowers! To fully appreciate 
the full charm, beauty and grace of modern 
bearded Iris they must be seen—pictures and 
descriptions in print are poor substitutes for 
the actual viewing. So by all means pay us a 
visit during the blooming season if you are 
within driving distance. We have many visi- 
tors who come two and three times every 
season and from considerable distances. We 
urge you to make the effort because we feel 
certain that you will find it worthwhile. 
There Is a Time and Place 
for Everything 
THE TIME 
At our location the early varieties start 
blooming the middle of May and the later 
varieties finish blooming by the middle of 
June. The best period to come in order to see 
almost all in bloom is from May 23rd to 
June 4th. The peak bloom period usually is 
May 28th to June 2nd. We are always about 
six days behind the Philadelphia area—so 
kindly note that fact Philadelphians! The 
reason for this is due mostly to our higher 
exposed location. If you are in doubt as to 
the best time, suggest that you telephone us 
before coming—Tel. Springtown 6-7686. 
THE PLACE 
Our gardens are located one-half mile west 
of Route 212 in upper Bucks County at 
Pleasant Valley; watch for turn at the north 
end of the village. Our sign posts will guide 
you when nearing Pleasant Valley. 
