1956 IRIS LOVER'S CATALOG
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COVER: This catalog features their would be Dykes Medalist 'Blue Sapphire' in a floral arrangement by Carl Starker.

ABOUT: Typical of the 1950s catalogs.

GREETING: Where nature left off in producing the Iris, modern plant breeders have taken over. Few flowers haveundergone such startling improvement by hybridizers as the Iris. If you do not have any modern Iris in your gardens, a revelation awaits you! A clump of modern Iris, so much larger than those of a generation or even a decade ago, so superior in richness and purity of color, so classical in form, so regal in carriage, is truly a miracle of beauty.
     Colors such as pink, once thought impossible are already here. One of the latest developments in Iris is the crinkled type, two specimens of which we picture opposite. These lacy novelties have created a sensation and we are happy to annouce that we have several color variants coming along, such as Crinkled Ivory, Crinkled Lilac, Whir of Lace, whose lacy ethereal charm has evoked rapturous comment from garden visitors.
     Iris make an ideal hobby flower for those interested in specialization. There are few thrills equal to seeing a few new beauties come into bloom in your garden each year. There is no more thrilling place to live than on the frontier of ever advancing beauty. Even if you specialize in some other flower than Iris, you will want a few top Iris to round out the floral season. If you are not a collector of any kind of flower, but just love flowers genererally, and you want to beautify your garden, you can't do better than to plant an abundance of colorful Iris. Their landscape value is unique, their constitution ironclad.
     "But today what you'll be proud to own tomorrow" is good advice when selecting varieties. So much more beautiful than any jewels, yet costing but a tiny fraction as much, flowers give such abiding satisfaction through the years that an investment in floral beauty is one of the best investments one can make.
     A PERSONAL WORD...our very grateful thanks to our many friends and customers. The pleasure of being engrossed in this fascinating gardening experience is intense, and your letters and visits from the people who drop in on us is something we are truly humbly grateful to you all for. Since distances do not allow us to meet with you personally we present this catalog to tell you about Iris, our favorite flower, and we hope that your pleasure in them will be as keen as ours.
     ROBERT SCHREINER

IRISES INTRODUCED:
     SCHREINER INTROS:
           Biscay Bay
           Crinkled Ribbon
           May Magic
           Flare
           Paper Doll

     OTHER INTROS:
           Golden Blaze (Grant Mitsch)
           Mt. Mazama (Arthur Bailey)
           Polar Cap (Jean Stevens)
           Trim (William McKee)

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