1964 Schreiner's Iris Lover’s Catalog - Schreiner's 1964

Aug 28, 2026

1964 Schreiner’s Iris Lover’s Catalog promotes iris gardening with a focus on Amethyst Flame and a broad selection of iris varieties valued for clump vigor, brilliance, and landscaping appeal. It explains “Iris Time” enjoyment, highlights hybridizing progress over nearly four decades, and summarizes major horticultural honors received in 1963. The catalog also provides a key to symbols for judging awards, blooming seasons, and stem height, along with planting, shipping, terms, and handling costs.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

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Pages60

Reading Time1 h 32 min

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Key to Symbols

Terms describing iris

Business terms

Handling cost

26IRIS LOVER’S1964 CATALOG SALEM,OREGON 97303 100 ieeting in1964 AMETHYST FLAME The ethereally beautiful Iris can transform your garden into adream garden,truly an earthly paradise.In this catalog we haveassembled a selection of garden iris-varieties whose foriferous-ness and brilliancy in the clump make them of immense value forlandscaping.Our customer file is full of letters exclaiming overthe unexpected bounty of beauty received from their iris.Orgrow some for the sheer joy of having a wonderful clump ofbeautiful iris.A planting of iris will beautify your garden beyondbelief.And your enjoyment of these queenly flowers will increaseas each new fower opens and the clumps increase year by year.You will find yourseif hurrying to the garden before breakfastat"Iris Time"to see what new kind has opened since the previ-ous evening.It's an exciting time.And let's admit it.It's fun toshare the thrills of a beautiful flower with family,friends andappreciative neighbors.Even passers-by stop,our customers write.In novelty of coloring,beauty of form and wondrous range insize and style,from the tiny waifs to the large tall bearded kinds,each kind is a conversation piece. For 39 years it has been our privilege to enjoy the growingand distributing of new iris the length and breadth of the na-tion,yes,even the world.Now we have second generation cus-tomer friends who have followed the interest of an iris lovingmother or father.Without your loyalty it would not have beenpossible for us to continue our hybridizing efforts and produceever more beautiful new iris.It is a fascinating work,advancingand refining the many colors this glamourous flower allows.Wethought you might enjoy sharing with us the signal honors theseiris received last year.Three outstanding horticultural medalswere received.The W.R.Dykes Memorial Medal in America forthe best American iris,the Foster Achievement Plaque awardedby the British Iris Society and the Gold Medal awarded bythe IGA (International Garden Exhibition)at Hamburg,Ger-many,both for achievement in Iris hybridizing.We illustratethe Dykes Medal and the Foster Plaque below.We regret thattransport time did not permit us to get a picture of the IGAGold Medal. As you leaf through this 39th edition of An Iris Lover's Cata-log we hope it will give you pleasure.Let it be your dream bookto a beautiful iris garden.We have two outstanding Special Offersin this catalog.On pages 51,52,and 53 in the form of a QuantityDiscount and on the last two pages we have the Bargain Mart.Look them over and choose some new Iris for your garden.Fewthings can buy as much pleasure as money spent on Iris.Wehope your Iris year 1964 is a most enjoyable one.The Foster Memorial Plaque,insti-The W.R.Dykes Memo-tuted in 1926 in recognition of Sirrial Medal awardedMichael Foster of England,awardedyearly to one Americanfor"achievements and assiduous ef-Iris.AMETHYST FLAME,forts in the collecting and hybridiz-pictured left,was theing of Iris."The plaque is reserved1963 winner in thefor special personal awards to thoseU.S.It also won theconfributing to the advancement ofBronze Medal at thethe Genus Iris.Awarded by the Brit-Hamburg IGA for bestish Iris Society.of its color.Front Cover IIlustration—Iris Time at Schreiner's Robert Schreiner KEY TO SYMBOLS The abbreviations at the end of descriptions indicate AmericanIris Society awards:HC,Highly Commended;HM,Honorable Men-tion;AM,Award of Merit;DM,Dykes Medal and respective yearawarded.The letters following originator's name indicate season ofbloom,thus:VE,very early;E,early;EM,early midseason;M,mid-season;ML,midseason late;L,late;VL,very late.Numerals indicate height of stem in inches. # TERMSDESCRIBINGIRISRIBING IRIS Various terms applicable toIris throughout this catalog maybe defined as follows: BICOLOR:(Two colors.)LightBICOLOR:(Two colors.)Lightor medium standards andor medium standards anddeeper contrasting falls.deeper contrasting falls.BITONE:Two tones of theBITONE:

FAQs

What does “Iris Time” refer to in the catalog?

It describes the excitement of visiting the garden each day to see what iris variety has opened since the previous evening.

What information do the catalog’s key to symbols provide?

The key explains award abbreviations from the American Iris Society, bloom-season letters, and how numerals indicate stem height in inches.

How are iris varieties described using terms like Bicolor, Bitone, and Self?

The catalog defines color and petal characteristics, such as two-color standards and falls (Bicolor), two tones of the same color (Bitone), and uniform color (Self).

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