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n avenue entertainea twelvec nsnaelu partyj and their mothers at a birthday., re lie. make$ on Thursday of last week in hou wuquarterà. her littie girl, Ann Louise, wh< four years old that day. INTRODUCTION ânrJ of research. The fnrst ow jncse a "iris like lime." It is now well' proven that iris rather resent lime thian like it. ; headAn ideal iris soul should have a pHi of other words, from 6.5. tu 7.5 lime Adding, possible. as, as neutraml neutral is not is alreadY .wbich sou a tu Well-known along the North Shore only of.no benefit to the plant but inas a practicing physicin' seciimingi ctreases the likelihood of bacterial rot. Cook Franok.lin Dr. children's diseases, A second superstition advises the ùun'bas had tume to grow une of the Most wary. to plant an,iris rhizomie "ike a the upper haif of the interesting collections of taîl beard ed duck on -water,"ý air., Recent; research the to exposed root judge a iris on. the North Sborte. As this method of while of theAinerican Iris Society, lie, anid bias shown that in very permissible 'beý may bis father, Mr. R. J. Cook bave dioue planting urained cay soil, for ordinary rbàoriv Umuch to popularize this beautiful peren-, Naturally personal pref.erelice niust SniaI which is su ideally a4apted to North sôil; it is far better to cuver the rhizome OIIC be-taken into accouint bere, though some of deth a tu earth hlmn with asked entirely Welaé 'conditionis. l this. way varieties corne su close to perfection -acquarter to one haf inch.in tocntrbùtso>ç.ùteson ishobby. more. flrm- cording tu the ideal standard that they -J. F. Fonder.- the plant can establiih itself out during stand out head and ýshoulders above the beave to ly, is less likely rest. Among the best whites Snoz kiing, te winter, andwill multipiy faster. Ve;itiç'de Milo, Gtidrta,ïd (CP.stal And So to 'Jarl ties Frequent Rivait ingiris for next summer's bloom. There,-is no end tu the color' effects *Beauty are unsurpassed. here, are summier dry long, protection the rains following possible with tati bearded iris. Blue, these, but requiring ,Ph#" anud .»reailn.tr il etai Pra;iSait and An:geles Los P,êrissimna, have j'ustk started the serni-dormauit plan'ts -lavender, salpurpie, bronze, copper, uvUA cof.>letf lUneof f.brcs into their new growth. Su, for the next mon, orange, yettow, white.. . almost ico. Missouêri stands at the top of the twu weeks North Shore gardeners' will every color of 'the spectrum except red blue varieties, while Aline, Sensation, do well to divide and rirset overcrowded is represented, and with this selection ElI Capitan, BiwechIey's Gia,;e and Cy.ýdclumps of their faverit.- varieties, and in mind, think of the cotor harmonies mus follow closely. Shining Waters, fine modern iris Pacific and Sierra Bit,-, 721 Main St., Evanstos Uni. 7210 plant some of the reatiy possible! ,Do you like your combina-, Santa Barbara, introductions, are beauwhich old-tinmers of place the to take tions to be 'soft and refined . . . bar- 1ail Caifornian have outlived their useiti'tie3s inî the garticen u.'.A LLhihl1ive houe,<have A-, . .ni --- Amnong the other perenulials that bloom at the sanie tine witb the iris, and make striking combinations, with them, are the very early single peonies, Oriental Poppy OIY»Pia, Heeérocal'is egeland oId 1 i it and various Dr. Species of Aquilegia. They must al, .planted su as,-not to-shade however, -be tbeneihbuingiris. For background, notbing isquite as effective as a iclumpl of dark, green or gray-greenl evergreens. Topnotck varaetioe CIassified Perhaps the cono(nest questions I amn asked to answer are. '.which iris is the best. white?"à or '*which the best blue ?" EUtETIAN £Ut4DS DRAPERIES SLIP COUERS IShore I DAVIS PURNITURE CO. I ' CASOL UNE thirties wiil be kuowvn as the eregiuing of the p)eriod in whidh the ial1, bearded iris' "came1 of age." Today's 'varieties so far surpass those of even a decade ago, that they wake the iris cononly seen hereabouts look like muddv eôlored dwarfs. 'We now have varlieties well over four féeet'tati. with ten to twetve flowers on a stalk, ecd individual bioumi six to ten juches in diameter, and of 1~ "I I 95Eim Street Wini2etka 715 road,1 of the showv committee, were unabie to be present whcn the picture was taken. Mr. 'Brave is also association vice-president. I i