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This listing cancels all previous quotations. Our list is somewhat abbreviated this year as we are discontinueing a number 
of varieties and moving some of the others to a new location. 
TIME OF SHIPPING - We start shipping iris about the middle of July and continue until about the end of October. 
STATE INSPECTED - Our iris are state inspected and only quality stock is offered. 
TRANSPORTATION - We prepay postage on all orders over $3.00. Orders under $3.00, please include 25¢ to cover 
packing and handling. 
GUARANTEE - We guarantee our’plants to be true to name and to please you when received. If you are not com- 
pletely satisfied, notify us promptly. Any plants that die the first season, we will replace at one-half price if we are 
notified before October 15th the same year received. 
TERMS - Are cash with order and we include a generous amount of extras, We do not substitute unless requested to 
do so. 
RESIDENTS OF KANSAS - Do not forget to include 2% sales tax. 
ACTION FRONT - Huge flower of coppery-red - = - - --=----- = =/= $5.75 
AFAR - Orange sherbet toned pink - - - - - - -----+--+-+-+----- - -1.50 
ALZA HOLA - Power blue flushed gold - = = --+=------+--+--- - - .50 
ARAB CHIEF - Rich burnt orange self - - - - - -=---+--+-+---+----- 1.00 
AUTUMN SUNSET - Pinkish fall bloomer - - - - -------+------ -60 
AZALEA - **Congo*”® pink - - - - --+---+-+-+-+--+-+-+-+------- 1.00 
AZURE SKIES - Ruffled light blue - - - - -------+---+-+------ -60 
BALLERINA - Pink - - - - --------+-2+-+---+--+-+-+-+---- 750 
BLACK FOREST - Rich silky ebony blue black with blackish-blue beard - - - - 1.00 
BLUE RHYTHM - Large flower of cornflower blue - - - - - --------- 1.00 
BLUE SHIMMER ~- White ground plicata with blue strippling- - - -- - - - - - 1.00 
CALIFORNIA PEACH - Peach, pink and apricot - - - ------------ 50 
CASA MORENA - Rich burnt sienna and chestnut - - - - = - -------- 1.50 
CASCADE SPLENDOR - Large ruffled pink, tan and apricot blend - - - - - - - 2,00 
CHANTILLY - Orchid-pink with extreme ruffling ~ - - -------+--- - 1.50 
CHINA MAID - Blended pink - - ---+----+----+--+---------- 75 
CHIVAIRY - Medium blue ruffled blooms - - - - - - ------------ 1.50 
DAYBREAK - Ruffled golden pink blend - - - - ------+----+---- 1.00 
ELMOHR - Red-violet, Dykes Medal Winner- = - - - - - - - - - --- - - 1.00 
FIRECRACKER - Burgundy-red plicata - - - -----+---+-+-+----- 1.50 
FLORADORA - Pink with tangerine beard - - - - - - - -----+------ 2.00 
FORTUNE - Golden yellow - - - - ------*+-+--+---+------- 220) 
FRANK PUGLIESE - A redder Christabel - - - - - - -------- --- 2,00 
GOLDBEATER ~- Chrome-yellow without markings - - - - - ------+--- 1,00 
GOLDEN EAGLE - Large brilliant bright yellow - - -----+---+-+---- 75 
GOLDEN RUSSET - One of the largest iris in existance. Golden-russet shade - - 2.00 
GYPSY BARON - Marbled mulberry-purple - - - - -------7+ ----- Whe: 
HARRIET THOREAU - Orchid pink self - - - - - - -----+--+----+-- Ay fe) 
HELEN McGREGOR = Light blue of superb form - - - - - - - -------- 2.00 
HI-TIME - Golden apricot with tangerine red beard - - - - -----+---- 3250 
HIT PARADE - Flamingo pink with tangerine beard - - - - - ------ - - 1.50 
JAKE - White - ----------+------+-2%7-+-2+--- ra ag one fe} 
J:SPER AGATE - Gold-copper-red - - -- ---=-+-+----+-+---+--- Site 
KANSAS INGLESIDE - Red toned fall bloomer = - - - ----------- - 40 
LADY BOSCAWEN - White with light yellow beard - - - - - - -------- 1.00 
LADY MOHR - Oyster-white standards, falls pale chartreuse with dark patch 
around beard, Distinctive - - - - - ------+--+-+---- 1.00 
DCAMPLIGHT - Fresh buff self without veining - = - - ------=------- 1,00 
EOTHARIO - Blue bi-colors Huge = = - - - === - === --==<=---- 1.00 
MASTER CHARLES - Rich glowing mulberry purple - - - - - -------- 75 
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MATULA = Rosy tan - - --- -- --=--- -= == 2s--+2 252-6 -- 090 
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