juLv 29. 1015. The Florists^ Review 



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"Like a Sea of Glory" 



We have been to California, the land of flowers, and to Rochester, the garden of America, but have never seen 

 such a vision of splendor as our vast Iris gardens presented when in full bloom. 



200,000 in 250 varieties, comprising the choicest the world affords, covering several acres, give the spectator 



such a view as earth seldom presents. 



•*0h, beautiful! beautiful flower! "Thy Mother, fair Iris, in beauty supreme. 



The ward of the suubeaiii and shower, Took all her rich fabrics of loveliest she«», 



Id garments of woven delight. The robes of the rainbow, flower garden of air. 



Of the sunset. Aurora and light; Of bewildering beauty, resplendently fair, 



While over thy beauty there plays And made for her child such a dazzling dress 



Such delicate tinting and rays, No daughter of royalty e'er could possess." 

 Such blending of color and shade 

 Well becoming a heavenly maid. 



There is their fascinating and alluring loveliness. The marvelous veining and tracery and the delicate inter- 

 mingling of colors which give them a charm no other flower possesses. Many of them have a delicious fragrance. 

 Some have a radiant and dazzling reflex like the richest silk. They blend the beauty of cloudland and earth into a 

 harmonious whole. 



Why- the Iria is the Cominc^ Flower. 



1st. Its indescribable loveliness. 

 • 2ntl. By planting for a succession you have 

 continuous bloom for over 2 months. 



3r(l. They are well adapted to the seml-arld 

 regions and they flourish In cemeteries in hot 

 and- diy Arizona. Nebraska is their ideal home. 



4th. They multiply rapidly. For commercial 

 purposes they give more cash and pleasure than 

 any other flower. 



5th. It is easy to produce new varieties. Sev- 

 eral growers are engaged in this work and are 

 finding surprises of loveliness. And there is a 

 prospect of securing some more beautiful than 

 those we already have. 



6th. In our northern states they are always 

 on hand for Decoration ^lay, when they are now 

 being used by the thousands. We have the red, 

 white and blue for soldiers' graves. 



The Forthcomings Iria Manual. 



On account of the newl.r awakened interest 

 in this flower and the confusion in the names, we 

 are about to issue a new manual. We are fortu- 

 nate in securing the Interest of the best-informed 

 person in America, Mrs. Dean of California, who 

 at great exiiense has secured all the wdrks per- 

 taining to the Iris, Including Dykes' great book, 

 which cost $.t5. The author also has given 20 

 years to the study of this flower. Mrs. Dean has. 

 after careful research, given the true names and 

 descriptions of several hundred varieties, com- 

 piled largely from European CHtalogs. We have 

 endeavored to prepare a work adapted to the 

 common people, so that any one can understand 

 It. The price will be 25c in stamps, $14.00 per 

 100 to the trade. 



PRICES. 



I1..50 per hundred; $1().00 per thousand 

 DELICATA. Pale lavender. 

 EDITH. Lavender and white. 

 KHEDIVE. Soft lavender. 



LA TENDREfSE. Delicate laveniler and lilac. 

 MARMOUA. Lavender and yellow. 

 NYMI'II. Lavender, lilac and yellow. 

 ROSAMOND. Ijivender, buff. 

 SANS SOI.CI. Yellow, brown. 

 BLACK PRINCE. (Syn. Parensis, Flor. Blue.) 

 Early, purple. 



AmericMi, 



$2.00 per hundred; $15.00 per thousand 

 CANDIDA. Lavender and white. 

 FLAVESCENS. Cream. 



FXORENTINA ALBA. Early, large white. 

 HERANT. Bluish lilac, very good. 

 MARGOLIN. Yellow and magenta. 

 MADAM CHEREAU. Late, tali white frilled 



with violet. 

 PHAARON. Y'ellow and brown. 



$4.00 per hundred; $.Si>.00 per thousand 

 CHALCEDONICA. Mauve and purple. 

 LEONIDAS. Late, radiant purple and violet. 

 giKEN OF MAY. Lav. pink. 

 STENOPHYLLA. Lilac and violet. 

 SPECIOSA. Lavender. 



CIIAS. DICKENS. Violet, Indigo and white. 

 CKLESTE. Tall light blue, fln >. 

 ClIERION. Lavender. vi<det and white. 

 ELIZABETH. Large flower, lavender and mauve. 

 WALNER. Lav. mauve and white. 



$7.00 per hundred. 

 AGNES. White, frilled and shaded lilac. 

 ATROPURPURBA. Large, deep glistening pur- 

 ple, fine. 

 CONSPICUA (Hector). Showy, yellow and purple. 

 DUC DE NEMOURS. Violet and white. 

 GYPSY QUEEN. Shaded old gold and maroon. 

 LORD GREY. Clouded rose fawn. 

 MISS MAGGIE. Silvery lavender. 

 MRS. H. S. DARWIN. Late white, fine. 

 MADAME PACQUETTE. Red. 

 OSSIAN. Showy, canary, mauve and buff. 

 PLUMERI. Coppery rose and claret. 

 SHAKESPEARE. Bronze, yellow and maroon. 

 S. BEETHOVEN. Red. 

 VENUS. Yellow, purple and white. 



$10.00 per hundred. 

 ABDUL AZIZ. Gold, lilac and purple. 

 ALBERT VICTOR. Pale blue. fine. 

 BERGIANA. Pure gold and maroon. 

 CRIMSON KING. Claret purple. 

 DARIUS. Yellow, violet and straw. 

 ELEGANS. White, sprinkled with purple. 

 LADY JANE. Coppery rose aud red. 

 GAZELLE. White, heavily frilled mauve. 

 HER MAJESTY. Rose pink, fine. 

 INNOCENZA. (.Syn. Queen Emma.) Ivory 



white, lieautiful. 

 MONHASSAN. White, yellow and brown. 

 VICTOR HUGO. Yellow and crimson. 



$1.75 per dozen. 

 BLIEBEARD. One of the best blues, very 



pretty. 

 B0CCA(;E. Purple and white. 

 DR. BERNICE. Coppery bronze and maroon, 



fine. 

 EUGENE SUE. White with purple spots and 



stripes. 

 IRIS KING. Fawn, yellow and velvety crimson. 

 MARY MINANELLE. White, tinged lavender. 

 MORPHEUS. White and violet purple. 



$.1.00 per dozen. 

 AURE.\. Chrome yellow, fine. 

 I.ORBLEY. Yellow and blue bordered cream. 

 MACRANTHA. (Amas.) Large flowered, blue 



and violet. 

 MITHRAS. Yellow, violet and claret. 

 NIBELUNGEN. Olive green, yellow, pur;;le and 



white. 

 PERFECTION. Extra fine, velvety mauve and 



violet. 

 PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE. Extra. Yellow. 



plum and cream. 

 RHEIN NIXE. Pure white, violet blue, with 



white edge. Extra. 

 TROJANA. (Syn. Cyprlana.) Very large, blue 



and purple. 



."(Oc each. 

 JUNIATA. Clear blue. 

 HOSE UNIQI'E. Violet rose. 

 WINDHAM. Soft lavender, pink. 



$1.00 each. 

 MONSIGNOR. Rich satiny violet and velvety 



purple, a glory. 

 CATKRINA. New. S. light blue, F. lilac blue. 



very fragrant. 

 CAPRICE. Finest by far of all the reds. 

 ORIFLAMME. Very large light blue and purple., 

 MRS. ALAN GRAY. Lovely delicate idnk, often 



blooms in August. 

 SlIKFFIELD CHIEFTAIN. Rare. Very tall, 



blue and violet. 



$2.00 each. 

 Genuine English BLACK PRINCE, up to date the 

 finest Iris. Intense deep violet blue and vel- 

 vety purple enhaloed with a dazzling reflex. 



INTERKESIATE IRISES, 



These bloom between the early dwarfs and the 

 Germans 



Per 100 



HALFDAN. Creamy white $10.00 



HELGE. Lemon yellow 8.00 



IVORINE. Large, creamy white 8.00 



WALHALLA. Lavender and wine r(d 10.00 



DWABF HYBKinS. 



These bloom a little later than the Puniilas 



Per 100 

 BALCENG. Miss II. M. White. Sulphur 



flaked purple $ 7.00 



FLORIDA. Lemon yellow COO 



GRACILIS. Silvery gray, spotted purple, 



fragrant 12.00 



JOSEPHINE. White 12.00 



PRAIRIE GEM. New .vel low, each 23 



ROYAL PURPLE. Fine large purple flower, 



new, each 25 



PUMILA. Dwarf, earliest to bloom, deep 



blue 3.00 



THE CHINESE TREE LILAC. 



Destined to be a foot through and 50 feet tall. 

 We have them already 8 inches tlirough and 20 

 feet high. They are overwhelmed with snowy 

 wliite, honey-scented flowers. Mr. Campbell, pub- 

 lisher of Fruit Grower, St. Joseph. Mo., writes: 

 "You ought to push this tree. The one I got 

 of yiiu 18 .years ago is now 11 inches through and 

 125 feet tall." 



It is far more thrifty and beautiful than the 

 Japan Tree Lilac. Fine twigs and foliage and 

 often of a pendulous habit. Splendid as an indi- 

 vidual tree or for lining driveways. 



18 to 24 In., $.1.00 per 100; 2 to .*? ft.. $10.00, 

 and 4 to 5 ft.. $20.00 per 100. All on own roots. 

 They Imve stoo<l three consecutive years of 

 drouth without flinching — the most proml.>(ing tree 

 of tlie century. 



The true MATRIMONY VINE. Beautiful pur- 

 ple Howers and brilliant red berries, fine for trel- 

 lises. $1.00 per dozen. 



OUR BOOKS. 



The Peony Manual recently issued Is up to date 

 and well iilustrate'd. 



The Phlox Manual — a complete work telling 

 liow to produce new varieties, liow to plant and 

 how to propagate. 



The I^ergreens is the result of 30 years' ex- 

 perience in the trying climate of the west. A 

 man in- North Dakota who wished to raise ever- 

 greens for that bleak country said: "I followed 

 }-our book," and he raised millions of Evergreens. 



All of above 2oc in stamps. To the trade, 

 $12.00 per 100. 



Send for our wholesale trade list of our large 

 collection of PEONIES. PHLOXES, Oriental Pop- 

 pies, Delphiniums, Shasta Daisies, etc. 



C. S. Harrison's Select Nursery Company 



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YORK, NEBRASKA 



