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Siberian Iris with its pure navy-blue color can be exten- 

 sively planted in damp or dry ground 



Iris Kaempferi. Japanese Iris. This most beautiful 

 class is found in but few gardens. They are the 

 largest hardy flower of their season, often 8 inches 

 in diameter. The colors are pure and delicate, 

 and the culture of the easiest. They bloom after 

 all the other Iris and before the Phlox. They are 

 particularly appropriate for naturalizing in moist 

 ground, although thriving well in ordinary garden 

 soil. The colors include pure white, deep blue, 

 dark purple, pink-lavender, lilac, maroon, and 

 many rich combinations. 



I. Sibirica. Siberian Iris. Intermediate in season 

 between the German and Japanese, it blooms 

 in June with a solid sheet of purest and deepest 

 blue. The flowers are like the German, but more 

 slender and much more numerous, so that a 

 group^looks like a deep blue rug. We offer it in 

 quantity, at low rates, permitting its use along 

 salt marshes, streams, in groups of shrubs on 

 upland and in gardens. Its pure color permits 

 it to harmonize with its surroundings, both in 

 and out of the garden. 



I. cristata. This differs from all other Iris in height 

 and earliness, and is better classed with the 

 Crocus, Pansy, and English Daisy. It opens its 

 blue stars close to the ground in early May. It 

 can be used for naturalizing in the grass, for 

 garden borders, and spring bedding and carpeting 

 at the edge of groups of shrubs. We offer it so 

 cheaply that it can be used in quantity. 



I. pumila hybrida. These are a valuable recent 

 addition to the garden. They resemble the Ger- 

 man Iris, but are much earlier, being among the 

 most conspicuous and beautiful garden flowers 

 of early May. Very good for bordering. 9 inches. 

 We recommend them highly and offer strong 

 plants. 



I. Cyanea. Darkest blue. A regal flower, sure to 

 be admired. 



I. Eburna. Pure white, with creamy shadings. 



I. ilorida. Sulphur-yellow. 



KNIPHOFIA Pfitzerii. Flame-flower. Red-hot- 

 poker Plant. As certain to attract attention as 

 any flower in the garden. It is a spike of rich 

 orange-scarlet, over 12 inches long, on a tall, 

 bare stem 3 feet high. It blooms so continuously 

 from August to November as to make it almost 

 indispensable. Native of South Africa. It is 

 safer to mulch it in winter. 



LATHYRUS latifplia. Hardy Sweet Pea. A vig- 

 orous, healthy vine, growing about 5 feet high, 

 or clambering over shrubs and bearing clusters 

 of rose-colored or white flowers the size of the 

 Sweet Pea. Grows on very sterile soil and can be 

 used for wild gardening and in the flower-garden. 



LESPEDEZA Sieboldi; syn., Desmodium pen- 

 duliflorum. A shrub-like plant about 3 feet 

 high, densely covered with gracefully curving 

 sprays of magenta-pink pea-shaped flowers in 

 early September. 



LIATEIS pycnostachya. Kansas Gay Feather. 

 A showy garden plant with spikes 5 to 7 feet high 

 of light rosy purple flowers. In August and Sep- 

 tember it attracts much attention from those 

 passing our Nursery. 



LILITJM candidum. Annunciation Lily; Madonna 

 Lily. This thrives well in the garden or in beds 

 of Rhododendrons. It is best planted in August 

 or September, as it makes an autumn growth. 



L. umbellatum. This blooms in June. The color 

 is bright red with black spots. 



L. speciosum roseum. These are hardy and easy 

 to grow. The flowers are very beautifully shaded 

 with red on a white ground. They are about 8 

 inches in diameter and appear in midsummer. 



L. speciosum album. A white variety. 



Iris cristata in rock-garden. It is equally good as a bor- 

 der or naturalized in the grass where it will take care of 

 itself like the violets. 



