BEFORE ORDERING 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 
TERMS: Cash with order. Postage paid on orders 
of $7.50 or more. Orders under $7.50 please en- 
close sixty cents for postage and handling. We 
are generous with EXTRAS, but would appreciate 
the addition of postage for mailing, and will include 
a very good Iris free when this is done. 
NO LOOSE MONEY PLEASE. Send checks, drafts 
or money orders. 
SHIPPING will begin July 1, 1955 and end on Oc- 
tober 1, 1955. 
RHIZOMES shipped to you are guaranteed to be 
free of pests and disease; true to name and labeled. 
SALES TAX: Residents of California include 3% 
sales tax. City of Los Angeles 4%. 
Address: THE SIGN OF THE IRIS 
17231 Sherman Way, 
Van Nuys, California. 
TABLE OF DEFINITIONS 
SELF—Same solid color in both standards and falls. 
BLEND—Colors combined or blended in both stand- 
ards and falls. 
VARIEGATA—Yellow standards with falls of pur- 
ple or red-brown. 
BI-COLOR—Lighter standards with deeper toned 
falls. 
PLICATA—Stitched or stippled color on white or 
yellow flower. 
