Historic, Archive Document. Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices.

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The Iris Has Been Voted the Most Popular Flower

Grown in American Gardens

There are good reasons why this signal honor has been accorded to the Iris.

First of all, Irises are extremely hardy and thrive over a wide territory and in almost all locations. Their varied species make them adaptable to almost any cultural condition.

Then, Irises are easy to grow. They are easy to plant and usually flower well the first season. With care they can be transplanted at any time—even when in full bloom.

Irises just naturally lend themselves to garden planning. In borders or in beds, in rockeries or about the lawn, in broad masses or in tiny nooks they are ornamental. The sword-like foliage of the pogoniris and the grass-like leaves of the apogons are both graceful and decorative.

Irises afford a long flowering season. Beginning in April before the tulips reach their prime they last over several weeks and lap well over into Peony-time.

But best of all, Irises are colorful—and this is an age of color. Their rich and velvety purples, their clear blues and yellows, and their delicate and orchid-like lavenders and pinks are effective beyond compare.

One of the Joys You Owe Yourself—

An Iris Garden

Every one should have a hobby. Let yours be Irises. Throw off the routine cares of life for a time each day and devote yourself to flowers.

Plant a garden of Irises—plant other flowers too, if you wish—but plant Irises.

You’ll get a lot of pleasure from growing Irises. No flower is easier to grow, no flower has more bewitching colorings, no flower has a more interesting legend, and no flower has a more promising future. And no other flower offers such possibilities of personal expression in its planting. Let your garden be your playhouse—and make it also your laboratory for your study of Irises. When the warm days of spring make you want to be out doors and you just long to dig in the dirt, you’ll enjoy your Iris garden. When your first flower unfolds with the warmth of the morning sun, then too you will enjoy your garden. And when your whole plantings burst into bloom and your family and all your friends marvel at the beauty of your flowers, then most of all you’ll enjoy your Iris garden.

SELECT IRIS LIST

The following Select Irises are all desirable varieties that we can recommend for general planting. Many recent introductions are included along with the best of the older kinds. In many instances, these 1928 prices are lower than we have been able to quote before. Our own detailed descriptions of these and of the many other varieties we are offering this year will be found in our big Select Iris Catalog.

Afterglow - $ -50 Alcazar. -35 Ambassadeur -75 Anna Farr. 100 Anne Leslie. -50 Ann Page 2.00 Anosia 1-00 Apache ... 7.50 Aphrodite 5.00 Archeveque . . -35 Argentina. 3.00 Argynnis 1-00 Asia. 3.00 Avalon. 2.50 Azulado 3.00 Balder. 1-50 Ballerine 1-00 Beau Ideal ... 2.00 Brandywine. 1-50 Bruno.10.00 Canopus ... 2.00 Caprice. -25 Cardinal 15.00 Cecil Minturn. -75 Chasseur. 2.00 Claridad . . 2.00 Cluny. .50 Colias 1.00 Coronado. 3.00 Corrida. .50 Cretonne .50 Crimson Glow ... 6.00 Crusader .75 Dalila.50 Dawn. .35 Dejazet . .50 Delicatissima. .75 Dora Longdon. .50 Dream. .75 Duke of Bedford . 8.00 Duke of York . . ... 2.00 Dusk. 4.00 Edouard Michel. .50 Eglamour. ... 2.00 E. H. Jenkins. 1.00 El Capitan. 5.00 Fairy.25 Firmament .50 Folkwang. ... 1.50 Forsete 1.50 Frieda Mohr.15:00 Fro.35 Fryer’s Glory. .50 Gabriel . . 15.00 George J. Tribolet. 5.00 George Yeld 3.00 Georgia. .50 Germaine Perthuis . . 7.50 Glamour. 7.50 Gold Imperial ... 5.00 Grapta .. 1.00 Harriet Presby 2.00 Hermione. 1.50 Hesperia ... . 2.00 Imperator . . 2.00 Iris King .35 Isoline. .35 Jean Chevreau . 2.50 Jubilee . 3.00 Julia Marlowe. 5.00 Kathryn Fryer .75 Kochi. .25 Lady Byng. 2.00 Lady Foster . . 1.00 La Neige. .35 Lent A. Williamson. .50 Leon Trenance. . .75 Lepinoux. 1.00 Leverrier 1.50 Lona. 3.00 Lord Lambourne . 3.00 Lord of June. .75 Loudoun. 5.00 Lycaena. 1.00 Mady Carriere . .75 Majestic. 7.50- Ma Mie .35 Mary Barnett. 10.00 Mary Gibson . . 5.00 Mary Orth ... 1.00 Medrano. .75 Midwest 1.00 Mildred Presby 2.00 Miranda .75 Mile. Schwartz 1.00 Mme. Cheri 1.00 Mme. Chobaut .60 Moa. 10.00 Monsignor. .25 Morning Splendor . 3.00 Mother of Pearl. .50 Mrs. Edward Harding 12.00 Mrs. Hetty Mason. 2.00 Mrs. Walter Brewster. .75 Nimbus. 2.50 Ochracea. 2.00 Opera. .50 Parc de Neuilly. .35 Peerless .... 25.00 Perfection .25 Phyllis Bliss . 1.00 Pioneer . 6.00 Primrose. 4.00 Prince Lohengrin 1.00 Princess Beatrice . .75 Princess Osra. 2.00 Prosper Laugier. .35 Prospero. .75 Quaker Lady. .35 Queen Caterina. .75 Queen of May. .25 Ramona 1.50 Rene Cayeux 10.00 Rheingauperle. 1.50 Rhein Nixe .35 Robert W. Wallace 4.00 Romola .15.00 Rosalba . 1.00 Rose Madder 3.50 Rota. 1.50 Rubyd. 1.00 Sapphid 1.50 Seminole .50 Shekinah. .75 Sherwin Wright. .35 Silver Ribbon . ,. 2.00 Simmone Waissiere. 2.00 Sindjkhat. .75 Sir Galahad . 4.00 Souv. de Mme. Gaudichau . . 1.00 Susan Bliss. 2.00 Swazi 15.00 Sweet Lavender. 1.00 Taj Mahal. 3.00 Tenebrae. 5.00 Titan 3.00 Tom Tit. .50 Troost. .50 Tropic Seas. 4.00 True Charm 1.50 Valencia . 3.00 Vingolf. .... 1.50 Wedgewood. 6.00 White Knight. .50 William Mohr. 15.00 Wild Rose. 2.00 Yolande. 3.50 Zua. .50 Zwanenburg . .50 BEARDLESS IRISES Dorothea K. Williamson ... .75 Ensata. .50 Sib., Blue King. .35 Sib., Emperor. .75 Sib., Perry Blue. 1.00 Sib., Red Emperor. 2.00 Sib., Snow Queen. .35 Sib., True Blue. .35

SELECT IRIS LIST

The following Select Irises are all desirable varieties that we can recommend for general planting. Many recent introductions are included along with the best of the older kinds. In many instances, these 1928 prices are lower than we have been able to quote before. Our own detailed descriptions of these and of the many other varieties we are offering this year will be found in our big Select Iris Catalog.

Afterglow.$ -50 Georgia . Alcazar. .35 Germaine Perthuis Ambassadeur. .75 Glamour. Anna Farr. 100 Gold Imperial . Anne Leslie. -50 Grapta Ann Page. 2.00 Harriet Presby Anosia. 1-00 Hermione. Apache. 7.50 Hesperia . Aphrodite . 5.00 Imperator . . Archeveque. .35 Iris King

Argentina. 3.00 Isoline. Argynnis. 1.00 Jean Chevreau Asia. 3.00 Jubilee . Avalon ... 2.50 Julia Marlowe . Azulado. 3.00 Kathryn Fryer Balder. 1.50 Kochi. Ballerine. 100 Lady Byng

Beau Ideal. 2.00 Lady Foster Brandywine.. . 1.50 La Neige. Bruno. 10.00 Lent A. Williamson Canopus. 2.00 Leon Trenance Caprice. -25 Lepinoux. Cardinal. 15.00 Leverrier. Cecil Minturn. -75 Lona

Chasseur. 2.00 Lord Lambourne Claridad . . . .. 2.00 Lord of June Cluny. -50 Loudoun . . Colias. 100 Lycaena Coronado. 3.00 Mady Carriere Corrida. -50 Majestic Cretonne .50 Ma Mie Crimson Glow. 6.00 Mary Barnett Crusader .75 Mary Gibson Dalila. .50 Mary Orth

Dawn. -35 Medrano. Dejazet -50 Midwest

Delicatissima. .75 Mildred Presby Dora Longdon . -50 Miranda Dream. -75 Mile. Schwartz Duke of Bedford 8.00 Mme. Cheri Duke of York . . . 2.00 Mme. Chobaut Dusk. 4.00 Moa. Edouard Michel.50 Monsignor . Eglamour. 2.00 Morning Splendor . E. H. Jenkins. 1.00 Mother of Pearl . El Capitan. 5.00 Mrs. Edward Harding Fairy . .25 Mrs. Hetty Mason Firmament. .50 Mrs. Walter Brewster Folkwang. 1.50 Nimbus . Forsete. 1.50 Ochracea ... Frieda Mohr. 15.00 Opera

Fro. -35 Parc de Neuilly . Fryer’s Glory. .50 Peerless

Gabriel. 15.00 Perfection George J. Tribolet. 5.00 Phyllis Bliss George Yeld . 3.00 Pioneer.

.50 Primrose. 4.00 7.50 Prince Lohengrin. 1.00 7.50 Princess Beatrice . .75 5.00 Princess Osra. 2.00 1.00 Prosper Laugier. .35 2.00 Prospero .75 1.50 Quaker Lady. .35 2.00 Queen Caterina. .75 2.00 Queen of May. .25 .35 Ramona. 1.50 .35 Rene Cayeux ... 10.00 2.50 Rheingauperle. 1.50 3.00 Rhein Nixe. .35 5.00 Robert W. Wallace 4.00 .75 Romola . 15.00 .25 Rosalba . 1.00 2.00 Rose Madder. 3.50 1.00 Rota. 1.50 .35 Rubyd . 1.00 .50 Sapphid . 1.50 .75 Seminole. .50 1.00 Shekinah. .75 1.50 Sherwin Wright ... . . . .35 3.00 Silver Ribbon . . 2.00 3.00 Simmone Waissiere. 2.00 .75 Sindjkhat. .75 5.00 Sir Galahad. 4.00 1.00 Souv. de Mme. Gaudichau . . . 1.00 .75 Susan Bliss. 2.00 7.5a Swazi . 15.00 .35 Sweet Lavender. 1.00 10.00 Taj Mahal. 3.00 5.00 Tenebrae ... 5.00 1.00 Titan 3.00 .75 Tom Tit .50 1.00 Troost. .50 2.00 Tropic Seas. 4.00 .75 True Charm 1.50 1.00 Valencia 3.00 1.00 Vingolf .... 1.50 .60 Wedgewood . . . 6.00 10.00 White Knight .50 .25 William Mohr . . 15.00 3.00 Wild Rose . . 2.00 .50 Yolande . 3.50 12.00 Zua . . .50 2.00 Zwanenburg .50 .75 2.50 BEARDLESS IRISES Dorothea K. Williamson .75 2.00 Ensata. _.50 .50 _{Sib., Blue King.}

.35 .35 _{Sib., Emperor . ..}

.75 25.00 _{Sib., Perry Blue ....}

1.00 .25 Sib., Red Emperor . _2.00 1.00 Sib., Snow Queen _.35 6.00 Sib., True Blue _.35

OUR DESCRIPTIVE BOOKLET OF

SELECT IRISES

Free to those who ask for it

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It is a guide to successful Iris culture, and it will tell you what you really want to know about that delightful flower.

It describes the different Iris species best adapted to garden plantings, and tells when and where to plant them—how to prepare your soil—and how to plant. It also tells you how to fertilize for best results, and how to care for your Irises after plantings are made.

There are valuable suggestions on the use of Irises in landscaping, in border plantings, in the rockery and about your lily pool, with lists of the varieties best adapted to these different plantings.

Over two hundred Select Iris varieties are accurately described from our own color notes, including the best of the standard varieties together with many late American and European introductions not yet widely distributed.

If you want this valuable booklet, write for it now.

AN INVITATION

The show beds and test plots at Indian Spring Farms comprise one of the largest collections of fine Irises, Peonies, Gladioli and other fine flowers in the world. Some of the varieties growing here can not be seen elsewhere outside the gardens of the originators.

You are cordially invited to visit these plantings at your convenience to enjoy with us these beautiful flowers.

INDIAN SPRING FARMS, INC.