DARLING LITTLE ONCOBREDS 
Tiny plants and wee litt!e rhizomes 
producing “out of this world” blossoms 
on two foot stems. Hardy here, zone 6. 
FLICKER (Marx 749) 24’. Cute little 
Oncobred, lovely for the rock garden. 
Standards are brownish rose, suffused 
and veined purple. Falls brilliant cop- 
per-bronze, dotted and veined red-pur- 
ple. $1.50 
NELSON OF HILLY (C. G. White ’41) 
24”, A darling, having white standards 
with lavender cast and falls of cream, 
peppered with cinnamon and_ violet 
dots. $1.00 
OYEZ (C. G. White ’38) 24”. AM ’41. 
One of the most strikingly beautiful 
of all. Pinkish white standards, etched 
with veins of dark rose; falls horizon- 
tally flaring, pinkish cream, veined in 
‘blackish maroon, and with a signal of 
the same color. The remarkable styles 
are a rich chestnut brown, plainly vis- 
ible in the heart of the flower. $1.75 
SOME LOVE (C. G. White ’38) 20”. 
AM ’40. We all love it! Delicately beau- 
tiful, with ground color of ivory, sprin- 
kled and dotted cinnamon. $1.00 
SUSAN OF HILLY (C. G. White ’43) 
24”. Standards pale amethyst, frilled. 
Falls blended pale yellow and mother 
of pearl, with signal of violet lines. 
T5¢ 
WHOLESALE 
WE DO NOT ISSUE A WHOLESALE 
LIST, but will be glad to quote quan- 
tity prices to dealers and garden clubs, 
on those things of which we have a 
sufficient stock. We cannot do this on 
things that are limited to one of a 
kind. 
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CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
Irises will grow almost anywhere, but 
respond to good care and soil just a's 
any other plant. When you plant, try 
to give them an uncrowded position 
with good sunlight. A slightly elevated 
position where no water stands is best. 
To avoid having to move and divide 
too often they are best planted about 
two feet apart. Closer planting will 
achieve better immediate effect but 
they will soon become crowded and 
have to be moved. If you have well 
cured compost, by all means use it, 
there is nothing finer. Mix it with the 
soil when planting, or use as a mulch. 
Steamed bone meal is also very good. 
Stay away from fertilizers heavy in 
nitrogen and keep all fertilizers ex- 
cepting those mentioned away from the 
rhizomes. Make a good hole, spread 
the roots well and cover the rhizome 
with perhaps an inch of soil. Firm well, 
water and use good garden practice 
from then on. It is advisable to protect 
newly planted irises over winter in 
cold climates. Mulch with anything 
that will not pack down, such as salt 
hay, excelsior, fir boughs, etc. One of 
the easiest ways is to draw up a couple 
of inches of extra soil around them 
with the advent of cold weather, like 
hilling up corn or potatoes. This extra 
soil can be scratched away when 
growth starts in the spring. I have 
found this method very satisfactory on 
semi-tender things. 
For Big Values In 
Modern Irises 
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