GREETINGS to our many friends and customers. Although our garden.is, not as 
large as many others and it does not pay us to put out an elaborate catalog, it is a 
well known fact that there are no finer Iris plants obtainable than those we send out. 
This year we have enough stock of the finest of the Iris varieties to be able to offer 
you some super, money-saving specials—on next page. The Symposium is included 
to help those who do not get to see the Iris in bloom before they buy. (You can al- 
ways rely on those Irises being the finest in existence.) We are careful to list only 
the best of the Irises as many varieties are not worth space, much less the high 
prices asked for them. If you live near enough so that you can, do come and visit us. 
Schmelzer Garden 
WALLA WALLA, WASH. 
731 Edgewood 
HONORARY IRIS JUDGE AND MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
Join the American Iris Society, Franklin Road, Brentwood, Tennessee. The $3.50 yearly dues allows 
you four quarterly bulletins, a real education to the Iris lover. 
A. I. S. MEMBERS POPULARITY POLL — 1953 
1. Ola: Kala 
2. Blue Rhythm 
3. Lady Mohr 
4. Chivalry 
5. Sable 
6. Great Lakes 
7. Blue Shimmer 
8. Elmohr 
9. Helen McGregor 
10. Snow Flurry 
11. Solid Mahogany 
12. New Snow 
13. Minnie Colquitt 
14. Master Charles 
15. Amandine 
16. Wabash 
17. Argus Pheasant 
18. Pink Cameo 
19, Ranger 
20. Mulberry Rose 
21. Cascade Splendor 
22. Pinnacle 
23. Bryce Canyon 
24. Amigo 
25. Cherie 
. Chantilly 
. Lady Boscawen 
. Cloth of Gold 
. Rocket 
. Pierre Menard 
. Desert Song 
. Dreamcastle 
. Azure Skies 
. Prairie Sunset 
. Tiffanja 
. Casa Moreno 
. The Red Douglas 
. Extravaganza 
. Grand Canyon 
. Three Oakes 
. Lynn Langford 
. Sylvia Murray 
. The Admiral 
. Vatican Purple 
. Cloud Castle 
. Berkeley Gold 
. Spanish Peaks 
. China Maid 
. Black Forest 
. Firecracker 
. Pink Formal 
. Blue Valley 
. Katherine Fay 
. Distance 
. Ormohr 
. Gudrun 
. Chamois 
. Lothario 
. Missouri 
. Garden Glory 
. Tiffany 
. Fair Elaine 
. Golden Fleece 
. Gloriole 
. Truly Yours 
. Winter Carnival 
. Pretty Quadroon 
. Golden Russet 
. Gypsy 
. Los Angeles 
. Arab Chief 
. Russet Wings 
. Treasure Island 
. Elsa Sass 
. Tobacco Road 
. Cahokia 
. Violet Symphony ~ 
. Spun Gold 
. Moonlight Madonna 
. Sunset Blaze 
. Mexico 
. Harriet Thoreau 
. City of Lincoln 
. Zantha 
. Cordovan 
. Fantasy 
. Matterhorn 
. Louvois 
. Danube Wave 
. Golden Majesty 
. Sierra Blue 
. Indiana Night 
. Shining Waters 
. Melody Lane 
. Goldbeater 
. Golden Treasure 
. Twilight Sky 
. Vice Regal 
. Ballet Dancer 
100. Ming Yellow 
