September 16, 1911 



horticulture: 



401 



Dreer's Imperial Japanese Iris 



Our stock of these beautiful Japanese Iris is not only the most extensive in the country, but is also the 

 largesl assortment of home grown varieties offered and can be relied upon to be true to name and color. 



September and October are the best months to plant. We supply strong liberal divisions of the most 

 satisfactory planting size. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING OR SIX 

 PETALED JAPANESE IRIS 



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



Viimn-N.i-I ml. A line free [lowering early double white. 

 Kokl-No-Ir<>. Hlcli royal- purple with while velnlngs. 

 Tiiihrlruku. Ten pet:ils, < rims. >n -purple with vi'lluw centre. 



KiiMiii-i-'unjin. Silvery white, with a broad border "f ma- 

 genta lilac veined with white. 

 Numi- Wntu-hi. White, with canary-yellow centre. 

 Goaetra-MaJ. White, reined and traced throughout with 



aniline-blue. 

 I .inn Bright purple with crimson sheen. 

 \ oshlmo Very lur^e ll«>w.r; i-reaiuy- white, del l<ately 



\ eined with violet. 

 itenji»-N(»-Ton)ii. Petals peculiarly tinted, light violet with 



white bftlo and light velnlngs. 

 \\ iiUumuruMiki. Crimson purple with dull llhu shadings 



at base of petals. 

 ii mini. Silvery-gray, suffused and densely veined with 



violet purple. 

 Miinu-DMirii. A tine, late- Dowering white. 

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

 Fuji-Mine. White, reined with deep purple. 

 Waku-Hotel. Pure while, veined throughout with purple; 



Que late flowering variety. 

 Gelshol. Bight to ten petals; bright crimson- purple with 



white velnlngs; full double (lower, 

 i ji-N«.- iiutuni Bright violet purple, Bbaded blue. 

 Kan-Ban. White; densely veined with rich violet-purple. 

 Balden White ground, densely dotted and blotched violet. 

 Nagano. Rich violet-purple, shaded with blue. 

 Bhlmosa. White ground minutely and densely spoiled 



throughout with bright violet-purple 



SINGLE FLOWERING OR THREE-PETALED JAPANESE IRIS 



isn-Nn-\niiii. Silver; white, reined with violet 

 Tora-Odorl. White, faintly traced with violet 

 Date-Dozn. Rich vlolel purple with metallic sheen. 

 Haoo-No-Nlsbikl. Bright violet-purple, veined with 



white. 

 Bhlppo Light lilac; dei lelj reined with purple. 

 Oekka-No-Nnml. A verj early pure white. 

 Heiran. White, densel] marbled and vel 1 with light- 



Violet, 

 Fedo Kagaml. Magenta lilac, veined with white.. 

 Bhl-I n-Kyo. Greyish-white, deeply and densely veined and 



suffused with \ dolet. 

 Mlsotmoablto. Violet-purple, mnrbled with white. 

 Klgan-No-Mlaao. A late flowering pure white. 

 Klml-No-Megnml. White, densely veined with purple; late- 



Bowerlng variety. 



No. 



• 3 



80 

 82 

 9« 



us 

 90 



Shlrataki. Silvery-white, border of petals suffused with 



li^ht Parma-violet. 

 Mine-Xo-Yuki. Wlilte. veined and dotted throughout with 



violet-purple. 

 \uMiura. white, occasionally marbled with light violet. 

 Bnnbndo. Bright violet-purple with darker veinlngs. 

 Ari-.Vke. Violet-purple, marbled with white. 

 Tebotan. White ground, with proiniiient violet-blue veln- 



Shlro-Fnngen. Light ground, suffused throughout with 



bluish-violet. 

 osnknzuki. Light violet mauve with lilac shadings. 

 Komaii.vo. Bright vi,.let. shaded with blue, numerous 



white veins and markings. 

 Yomo-Zakorn. Light ground color, densely veined and 



suffused reddish-purple 



Price, any of the above named varieties, $1.25 doz.; $8.00 per lOO ; $70. OO per 1000. 

 Unnamed mixed varieties 85 cts. doz.; $6.00 per lOO; $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 % nu ' Philadelphia, Pa. 



The above prices are Intended for the trade only. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Des Moines, Iowa — J. W. Kudebeck, 

 3523 University avenue, is no longer 

 in business. 



Melrose Highlands, Mass.— The Tut- 

 tle greenhouses have been purchased 

 by Charles Rapp, who intends to make 

 a specialty of carnations. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — A three-eighths 

 interest in the greenhouse of Erns- 

 berger & Moses has been purchased 

 by Dale Moses. E. 3. Moses will con- 

 tinue the management. This firm are 



wholesale growers of flowers, cucum- 

 bers and lettuce. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — The greenhouse 

 property of Otto Heinl has been pur- 

 chased by Thos. Stevenson, who took 

 possession August 31. Mr. Heinl has 

 accepted a position as superintendent 

 of a section of fruit land at Hermis- 

 ton, Ore., and has purchased land for 

 raising apples. 



Oakland, Cal. — While running his 

 automobile at a high speed near Corn- 

 wall, endeavoring to deliver an order 



on time, J. Campiano, florist, and his 

 companion were thrown out by the 

 breaking of a pin in the steering 

 wheel. Neither was much hurt, but 

 the flowers were not delivered. 



Sheridan, Wyo. — A half acre tract of 

 on Beaver street near Pioneer 

 Park has been purchased by the re- 

 cently organized Sheridan Greenhouse 

 Co., upon which they will erect a 

 greenhouse plant. Additional ground 

 tor a nursery will be purchased later. 

 The members of this firm are S. L. 

 Caple and H. A. Loucks. 



