LOCATION OF OUR GARDENS 
We are situated midway on @akland Road, about a mile and 
a half west of the town of Maryland Line, which is located on 
the Susquehanna Trail, Route i111, 30 miles north of Baitimore 
and 20 miles south of York, Pa, Visitors are welcome at all 
times. Telephone Parkton 3771. 
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EXPLANATION OF IRIS TERMS AND «WARDS: 
Standards - The three upper petals in the open flower. 
Yoalls)— ihe three Lower petals. 
Beard —- Row of hair-like growth on upper part of falls: 
Haft - Upper surface of the falls around the beard, 
peif = One shade of color throughout the flower, 
Bicolor - Two shades of one color; falls darker than standards, 
Variegata - Standards yellow; falls red, purple or trown. 
Amoena - Standards white; falls blue, purple or rose, 
Plicata - Markings (dots or lines) of dark color on light ground. 
Biend - A mixture of several colors, one always being yellow. 
THE NAME of each variety is printed in capitals and is followed 
by the name of the originator and the date of introduction in 
parenthesis, This is followed by the comparative season of bloom 
(E - early, EM - early midseason, M - midseason, ML - late mid- 
season, L - late, VL - very late), next, average height of the 
stem in inches, next the awards the variety has received and 
finally the description and price, 
AWARDS ¢ D.M. - Dykes Medal AM. - Award of Merit 
HM. - Honorable Mention 
the Dykes Medal is the highest honor an iris can receive; only 
one is given each year, AsM. is next highest and HM, is next. 
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JOIN THE aWBRICAN IRIS SOCIETY/ You receive four fat bul- 
letins a year, full of fascinating information on varieties and 
species, Critical appraisal of the newer novelties and reports 
from all over the nation, The annual awards are pubiished as 
well as the valuable symposium of the 100 favorite iris of the 
year, Send $4.00 for membership dues to American Iris Scciety, 
3902 Hillsboro Road, Nashville 12, Tennessee, 
To all our iris friends everywhere we offer our sincerest 
hopes for a happy, enjovable iris season and to our kind patrons 
a hearty thanks for your generous orders, Our plants have been 
sent to all parts of the country and reports reach us that they 
are giving satisfaction everywhere. If possible, pian to visit 
our gardens at Iris Time and see these mcdern beauties in full 
flower. Our tall bearded iris start to bloom about the middle of 
May, with the height of bicom during the last full week in May. 
