WILL THEY BLOOM NEXT YEAR? 
A woman sent us a sizeable order last 
year and stated that she “did not want any 
otd dried up roots”. She also wanted “plants 
guaranteed to bloom the following spring”. 
We never ship but one-year-old plants, 
green, washed clean, packed in excelsior in 
a ventilated box. Every year we start off 
some new creations that have cost us $20 
to $35 each. Lots of times they fail to bloom 
the next year and in many instances they 
completely disappear. Just as we cannot 
guarantee a pig's tail to curl in either direc- 
tion, we cannot guarantee an iris to bloom 
next year, or even to live. Only God al- 
mighty could do this or a damn liar. 
BRUNHILDE — (Salbach 1934) EM 38”. 
Wide flaring, rich dark violet blue self, 
with an unusual blue beard. Nicely formcd 
flowers, splendid stems, widely branched. 
Much admired by everyone and a good 
Old: ‘Trigae ee ee ees 50¢ 
BRYCE CANYON—(Kleinsorge 1944) ML 
38”. A warm shade of brown, of henna- 
copper tone. Large flowers with domed 
standards and broad, well rounded falls of 
fine substance. With its yellow bronze 
beard it reminds you of the canyon scenes. 
If you like first run pictures, this is it 
$1.00 
CAHOKIA—(Faught 1948) ML. 40”. An 
enchanting shade of blue with a hint of 
turquoise. With its pale lemon-colored 
beard it is an equisite iris. Simply a must 
IA geared 2 meee hm Sat rons TALS eyo $4.50 
CALIFORNIA GOLD — (Mohr- Mitchell 
1933) ML 36”. One of the first big yel- 
lows, an easy grower and free bloomer. 
Flowers are a beautiful bright yellow with 
a brass sheen and slightly fragrant. Verv 
popular and the best for the money....50¢ 
CAMAROUN—(Cayeux 1938) M_ 38”. 
Lustrous deep purple from France. Very 
stunning with large flowers of blackish 
plum-purple, rich and glossy. Broad falls, 
fine stem and a vigorous grower. You 
avid * like Sthis mone sweet eset eek ees 50¢ 
CAPE BON—(Tompkins 1945) ML 38”. 
Smoothly finished large flowers of Arab- 
ian red and chocolate brown, with an 
undertone of copper. Fine and un- 
ustial, sc: kere eh 3 ve ee ey aoe ee $1.50 
“Please accept my belated, but very deep 
thanks for the lovely Iris you sent me, and 
especially for the fine gift Iris. They came 
in excellent condition and | have never had 
finer rhizomes.” 
Texas Mrs. Valero S. 
“The iris 1 got from you last year look 
wonderful. I’m sending you $10.00 (flower 
show prize money) to continue my collec- 
tion.” 
Oklahoma Mrs. C.E.B. 
CAPRICCIO — (DeForest 1942) M. 40”. 
Standards yellow and crinkled; falls yel- 
low, overlaid with onion-skin pink. It is 
a vigorous grower and a very fine Iris .50¢ 
CARNIVAL PARADE—(H. Sass 1946) L 
38”. Yellow plicata with dark rose top on 
standards. The falls are dark rose with a 
heavy blaze of gold in center. This mas- 
sive Sass creation is all that the name 
implies. Late. Simply beautiful............. 75¢ 
CAROLINE BURR—(K. Smith 1940) ML 
40”. Large, well formed flowers of ivory- 
white with a tinge of elusive chartreuse. 
Standards are domed with a pronounced 
midrib. Falls semi-flaring form and sub- 
stance good, branching well placed....... 50¢ 
CASA MORENA—(De Forest 1943) M. 
38”. A self with large lustrous flowers of 
deep chestnut brown which in sunlight 
glisten with reddish tones..................- $1.00 
CASCADE SPLENDOR — (Kleinsorge 
1945) L. 38”. A very large and colorful 
flower that merges pink, apricot and tan 
into one color, contrasting with the orange 
beard and yellow style arms. Late bloom- 
er, sturdy stalks, and bears up to 10 
flowers. You will um and ah at this big 
ruffled«layouts 72.455. = aoe eee $1.00 
CHANTILLY— (Hall 1945) M. 36”. The 
name means fine lace. You will agree too 
that this one is just as fine, when you see 
this novelty of lovely ruffled flowers of 
lavender flushed with gold at the haft. 
Edges of standards and falls are so heavily 
crimped that in open bloom they appear 
as being edged with lace. This orchid- 
pink has good substance and is well 
branched: pies ss Oe aie 75¢ 
CHEERIO— (Ayres 1934) E. 40”. One of 
the older newer Iris and a very popular 
one. In the red class it can’t be beat for 
the price. It is tall, vigorous and depend- 
able, though not as red as some of the 
newer ones, every garden should have it. 
This bi-coior of great brilliancy, good 
form and size is one of our pets.......... 50¢ 
‘1am sorry not to be willing to substitute 
but | have ordered over 70 iris from you in 
the past three years, and as | am trying for 
variety, do not want to duplicate.” 
Oklahoma Mrs. Hazel R. 
Give us your first, second and third 
choice. Surely we will have one or the 
other, and you save 10%. If your order is 
placed early you are almost sure of getting 
exactly what you want. 
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