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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.^BULBS. 



New • • 

 Importation 

 of Rare • • 

 Japan Iri> 



Single Japan Iris. 



Thunderbolt. Rich violet purple, 

 veined with back: yellow at ba-e of 

 petals; smuU centre petals of lavender, 

 heliotrope and purple. 



Queen of Whites. Pure white 



with satiny white veins; base of petals 

 feathered light ye'.low. 



Magnifica. Ground color dark heli- 

 otrope, veined with black; all petals mar- 

 gined with white; yellow base; reflex 

 side of petals and three sma'l petals 

 pink, vemed with clartt; small centre 

 petals black and purple. 



Bluebeard. Light blue ground 

 shaded with iodisjo; entire petal heavily 

 blotched with dark blue; base feathered 

 yellow;centre petals brigh pink, spot;ed 

 with crimson. 



Peerless. Delicate blue, spotted with 

 darker blue; baseof pet .Is feathered yel- 

 low; refle.x of petals white; sma 1 centre 

 petals white, tipped with deep blue. 



Bravo. Ground color d ep blue, veined 

 with violet; base yellow feather; three 

 small petals wine, tipped with white and 

 veined maroon; small centre petals deep 

 xnolet, tipped light blue. 



Speckled Beauty- white ground, 



minutely spei kled with magenta and 



copper red; base of petals feathered with 



yellow; centre petals white, speckled 



v.-ith copper red. 

 Triumph. Ground color white, heavily blotched 



and spotted with garnet and light pink; base of 



petals yellow; small centre petals white, tipped 



with light claret. 

 Aurora. White ground shaded with rosy claret 



broad picotee of dark claret; entire flower veined 



with pure while: base of petals feathered with 



yellow; small centre petals pure white, shaded 



with li;ht claret. 

 Curiosity Pure white ground, .shot with light blue and violet; large 



yellow feather in centre; small centre petals white, tipped with maroon 



and lavender. 

 Sensation. White ground, feathered yellow at base with surrounding zone of 



faint lavender; entire petal heavily veined with violet; three smaller inner petals 



light claret, veined ..ith maroon and shot with white; small centre petals bright blue, 



shot with white. 

 Gem. Light lavender with a deep margin of deep b'.ue; yellow feather at base; 



reverse if petals lavender; entire flower veined with white and speckled with white 



and b ack spots. Small centre p<:tals white, tippe 1 with dark violet. 



Price for any of the above named varieties, 25c. each, $2.50 per 



Either set of 1 2 single or 1 2 double, $2.75, or both sets for 



Price for mixed varieties: Large clumps, 1 5c. each, $ 1 .50 per doz. A 



JAPAN IRIS. (/'-^^ K^,.//ern M^ 



Due early in October. 



THE magnificence rf the.-e new Irires surpasses 

 descnprion. The flowers are of enormous 

 size, averaging from 8 to lo inches across, and 

 of ind<.scribable and charming hues and colors, vary- 

 ing like waered silk in the sunlij;ht, tne prevailing 

 colors being white, crimson, rce, lilac, lavender, 

 violet ard blue; each flowi r us ally representing 

 several shades, while a golden \ eliow blotch, sur- 

 rounded by a halo of Hue or violet at the base of 

 the petals, i:".teiisifit s the wealth of coloring. The 

 Japan Iris is perfectly hardy, and flowers in great 

 profusion in July and August, and attains greatest 

 perfection if grown in moist soil, or if plentifully 

 supplied with water while growing and flowering. 

 (See citt.) 



Double Japan Iris. 



SnOVi^ball. Pure white with satiny white 

 \-ein.^ and light yellow centre. Very double. 

 La Superb. Delicate blue, broadly mar- 

 .tiued with pure white; yellow centre; entire 

 flower intricately veined with white. 

 Fascination. Bright blue, broadly mar- 

 i^ined witn indigo; yellow centre. 'J he 

 three smaller inner petals pure white, tipped 

 with Clare:; the entire flower veined white. 

 Conqueror. Deep carmine pir.k with 

 band of white through centre of the petals; 

 reverse of petals light pink; large veins of 

 white through the entire flower, ^'e^y double. 

 Charmer. Pure white ground heavily 

 veined with blight blue; base of petals or- 

 namented with yellow feather; tl e three 

 small inner pet Is biitht blue and violet. 

 L'Unique. Ground culorlavender heavily 

 veined vvi h clarrt; brse of petals feathered 

 with yellow, sma 1 centre petals plum-color. 

 Diversity. Rich deep blue, heavily 

 veintd with indigo; base of petals feathered 

 with yellow; small centre petals creamy 

 white, tipped with indigo; reverse of petals 

 light blue. 



^^ 'J he descriptions of ^ other beautiful 

 Do7(ble Japan Iris -Jjill be Jonnd on ojrposite 



doz.; !/ h ""*'' "'^'^ s<:- ^'^'^'•- /'"' /'^'"S' 



$5.00.; fostagc extra, se. each. 



ddjc. each for postage, if desired by mail. 



