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1955 IRIS SEASON 
TERMS OF SALE: Cash with mail orders please, no C. O. D's. 
SALES TAX: Add 3% on California orders. 
POSTAGE: 50¢ postage required on shipments of $5.00 and under. 
RHIZOMES GUARANTEED TRUE TO NAME. 
ORDER NOW! BEFORE STOCKS ARE DEPLETED. Orders filled in sequence beginning July Ist, except Oncos, 
Spurias, Dutch, Japs and Louisianas, which will be ready in late October or November. 
CHOOSE YOUR OWN EXTRAS ON ORLCERS OVER $5.00. PLEASE INDICATE SECOND CHOICE. ON 
SMALLER ORDERS, EXTRAS WILL BE INCLUDED OF OUR OWN CHOOSING. 
ON ORDERS OVER $5.00 YOU MAY SELECT FREE 50% MORE IRIS OF YOUR OWN CHOOSING. 
NOTE: * Indicates we will discontinue growing in any quantity. We will have a very limited supply after this 
year at a minimum price of 75¢. 
PERMANENT LABELS—boxes of 100 handsome, green labels including metal stylus and copper wires for $3.75. 
ABBREVIATIONS: 
S: standards, the upright petals. E: early blooming varieties. 
F: falls, the lower, down falling petals. EM: early to midseason. 
L: late. M: midseason. 
VE: very early. VL: very late. 
RE: twice blooming varieties, bloom early spring and again in the fall. 
ONCOBRED: hybrids resulting from the crosses between bearded iris and the oncocylus group. 
DB: dwarfs, early miniature iris, excellent for rock gardens and borders. 
Tbl: table iris, slender stemmed, graceful iris suitable for flower arrangements. 
IB: intermediate bearded, usually border type. 
IRIS TERMS: 
AMOENA: white or tinted standards with colored falls. 
PLICATA: stitched or stippled color on white or yellow background. 
VARIEGATA: yellow or near yellow standards with deeper falls which may be veined or solid tones of 
brown, purple or red. 
BLEND: combination of two or more colors (one always being yellow). 
BI-COLOR: an iris having two distinct colors. 
SELF: an iris of uniform color. 
TEXTURE: sheen or finish of the petals. 
SUBSTANCE: thickness of petals. 
BEGINNERS COLLECTION: 
10 Rhizomes for $2.00, all different. (No premiums or names on this collection). 
GIFT CERTIFICATES: , 
We are happy to issue gift certificates for iris to your friends and relatives—anytime of the year and will 
Mail the iris to them at the proper planting time. 
Please notify us of any change in address. 
THANK YOU for calling on us. If you enjoyed yourself will you please tell your friends, and do come again. 
MELROSE IRIS GARDENS 
Accredited Judge, American Iris Society 
Member 
Modesto Garden Club California Garden Clubs, Inc. 
Society for Louisiana Iris American Iris Society 
Sacramento Iris Society Dwarf Iris Society 
The Sidney B. Mitchell Iris Society 
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