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[$4.00 a Year, in advance. 



The Royal Collection of Japanese Irises. 



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TWO years ago, a set of Japanese Irises (Iris Kasmpferii) were sent to me from Japan to test, which 

 were said to be identical with the collection in the Royal Gardens. I cannot vouch for this statement, 

 but I have never seen another collection in America or Europe that would equal it in any way. The 

 collection contains many colors and varieties I have never seen before, and the flowers were all of remark- 

 able size and beauty. When these Irises were in bloom they excited the greatest admiration and 

 enthusiasm, and it was hard to convince people that these unique and exquisitely beautiful flowers were as 

 hardy as apple trees, and as easily grown as potatoes. They will thrive in any good garden soil, but if the 

 soil is made very rich and deep and flooded with water for a month before and during their blooming 

 season, they will produce flowers of wonderful size, sometimes ten to twelve inches across. Planted in the 

 Fail, they will flower the following season, but not freely, and if Fall planted, the bed containing them 

 should have a covering of three inches of stable manure, to prevent them from being thrown out of the 

 ground by frost. These Irises should be planted in full exposure to the sun. I am importing a considerable 

 quantity of this superb collection from Japan, and, until the stock is exhausted, will furnish them at the low 

 prices quoted below. 



Prices for good strong plants, delivered in November. 



Set of 12 varieties, $4.00; set of 25 varieties, $7.50; set of 50 varieties, $14.00 ; set of 100 varieties, $25.00. 



For specially low prices on Japanese Peeonies, Tree and Herbaceous, Japanese Lilies, all varieties, see 



my import price list. 



The largest and most experienced buyers throughout the country are my customers. The reason is 

 not far to seek: I supply them with the best the world produces, and at prices twenty-five to fifty per cent, 

 below those usually asked. 



If you wish to take advantage of my very low prices, I must have your order not later than 

 July 1st, as I import bulbs to order only. They need not be paid for until after delivery, or taken if not 

 of a satisfactory quality. My price list is now ready, and may be had for the asking. Large buyers of 

 Bulbs should send me their lists to be priced. 



A FEW OF THE PRICES. 



Per 100 Per 500 



Fine Mixed Hyacinths . $2.75 £13 00 



" " Tulips . . .50 1.85 



" " Crocus . . .35 1.38 



" Named " . . .60 2,50 



Narcissus Poeticus . . .65 2.00 



" Bicolor Horsfieldii 5.00 21.50 



Tulip Gesneriana (true) . 1.10 4.50 



Auratum Lilies .... 4.50 — 



—J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT, 



Landscape Architect, 

 Horticultural Buyers' Agent, 



Carnegie Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



