September 9, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



369 



Dreer's Imperial Japanese Iris 



Our stock of these beautiful Japanese Iris is ao1 only the mosl extensivi in the country, but is also the 

 -i assortmenl of hom< jrown varieties offered and can be relied upon to be true to name and color. 

 September and Oi tober are the best months to plant. We supply -iron? liberal divisions of the most 

 sal isfactory planting size. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING OR SIX 

 PETALED JAPANESE IRIS 



No. 



3 

 I 



B 



s 



20 



26 

 44 



91 



95 



105 



108 



No. 



1 



6 

 11 



15 



18 



23 

 43 



62 

 67 

 70 



Kosul-No-Iro. Light violet with white veins. 



Vonio-No-l'nii. A fine free-flowering e:irly double white. 



Koki-No-Iro. Rich royal-purple with white veinings. 



Tailieirnku. Ten petals, crimson-purple with yellow centre. 



Kuma-Funjin. Silvery-white, with a broad border of ma- 

 genta-lilac veined with white. 



Sano-Wata*hi. White, with canary-yellow centre. 



Gosetsu-Mat. White, veined and traced throughout with 

 aniline-blue. 



I'chiu. Hrigbt purple with crimson sheen. 



Yoshimo. Very large flower; creamy-white, delicately 



veined with violet. 

 R^njo-No-Tonia. Petals peculiarly fluted, light violet witli 



white halo and light veinings. 

 YYakamurusaki. Crimson -purple with dull lilac shadings 



at base of petals. 

 Hodai. Silvery-gray, suffused and densely veined with 



violet purple. 

 Hana-Dso.ru. A fine, late-flowering white 

 Ho-O-Jo. Rich velvety-purple with crimson sheen. 

 Fuji-Mine. White, veined with deep purple. 

 Wakn-Hotei. Pure white, veined throughout with purple; 



fine late flowering variety. 

 Geishoi. Eight to ten petals; bright crimson-purple with 



white veinings; full double flower. 

 I ji-No-Hotaru, Bright violet-purple, shaded blue. 

 Kail-Ran. White; densely veined with rich violet-purple. 

 Raiden. White ground, densely dotted and blotched violet. 



\;u Rich violet-purple, shaded with blue. 



Sbimosa. White ground, minutely and densely spotted 

 throughout with bright riolet-purp 



SINGLE FLOWERING OR THREE-PETALED JAPANESE IRIS 



Iso-No-NamL Silvery-white, vei I with violet 



Xora-Odori. White, faintly traced with violet 



Date-Dogn. Rich violet-purple with tallic sheen. 



llan.o-Nn-Ni-.hiki. Bright violet-purple. veined with 



white. 

 Sblppo. Light lilac; denselj veined with purple. 

 Gekka-No-N»mi. A very early pure white. 

 Melran. White, densely marbled I veined with light- 



\ iolet. 

 Ycdo-Kagaini. Magenta - li i.", veined with white. 

 Shi-l n-Rjo. Greyish-white, deeply and densely veined and 



suffused witli violet. 

 Hisutmosbito. Violet-purple, marbled with white. 



wr t »" _ *%■: ~.~ ^ \ Int.-, (1,,11'uriiiiT ntll'A ti'li i t(i 



KiK-.m-N'o-Misao. A late Dowering pure white. 

 Iviini-No-Megumi. White, densely veined with p 



., : .. .. Uh. 



owering variety. 



urple ; late- 



No. 



73 



80 

 82 

 96 



98 

 99 



Shirataki. Silvery-white, border of petals suffused with 

 light Parma-violet. 



Mine-No-Yuki. White, veined and dotted throughout with 

 violet-purple. 



Yayaura. White, occasionally marbled with light violet. 



Bunbudo. Bright violet-purple with darker veinings. 



Ari-Ake. Violet purple, marbled with white. 



Tebotan. White ground, witli prominent violet-blue vein- 

 ings. 



Shiro-Fungen. Light ground, suffused throughout with 

 bluish-violet. 



Osakazuki. Light violet mauve with lilac shadings. 



Komanyo. Bright violet, shaded with blue, numerous 

 white veins and markings. 



Yomo-Zakuru. Light ground color, densely veined and 

 suffused reddish-purple. 



Price, any of the above named varieties, $1.25 doz.; $8.00 per lOO ; $70.00 per lOOO. 

 Unnamed mixed varieties 85 cts. doz.; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per lOOO. 



For the most Complete List of Hardy Perennial Plants as well as all other Seasonable Stock 

 See our current Wholesale List issued September 1st. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 7,4 s ? r h e e e s /, nut Philadelphia, Pa. 



The above prices are intended for the trade only. 



Noses in Nova Scotia. At all events 

 he is not within hailing distance of 

 Delaware Bay. Else he'd be back on 

 the run, hay fever or no hay fever, 

 Senator Pentose has turned reformer! 

 This is dishing the Whigs and stealing 

 their thunder with a vengeance. Lively 

 limes ahead! 



u hen the devil was sick, 

 The devil a saint would be; 



When the devil was well, 

 [ devil a saint was lie. 



George D. Clark. J. Otto Thilow and 

 George A. Strohlein, all of Dreer's and 



big chiefs in their respective depart- 

 ments, have mysteriously disappeared. 



Tlte latest reports are that the former 

 is at Eaglemere, the other in Alaska. 

 mil (he latter at Baden-Baden. Our 

 special correspondents at these widely 

 separated points have been unable to 

 verify the reports, but from careful 



i -ligations of their financial condi- 

 tions at home we think we may as- 

 sure our readers that there is no 

 cause for alarm. They will, no doubt, 

 all turn up in due time. 



Visitors: Hiss M. S. Newman and 

 Miss Armstrong, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. 

 John Walker, Youngstown, 0. 



Visitors reported at M. Rice & Co.'s: 

 .1 Van Lindley and Charles Moorby, 

 QSboro, X. C: H. B. Jones of 

 mes-Russell Co.. Cleveland, O.: Miss 

 I. S. Newman and Miss Armstrong. 

 St. I. ouis. Mo.; Max Rudolph, Cincin- 

 nati. O.. returning from an European 

 trip; .1. S. Simmons and family. Toron- 

 ' anada. returning from a month's 

 visit to Cape May. x, J. 



