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Ir1s GERMANICA 
Aurea. Rich chrome-yellow. 
Blue Boy. Standards and falls of a beautiful lavender-blue. 
Bridesmaid. Standards white, shaded silvery-lilac, falls 
soft lilac, very attractive. 
Celeste. Standard and falls delicate azure-blue. 
Cherion. Standards lilac-mauve ; falls violet-mauve. 
Florentina Alba. Very free-flowering white. 
Gazelle. White frilled rich mauve. 
Honorabilis. Standards golden-yellow; falls rich mahogany- 
brown. 
Johan de Witt. Standards bluish-violet; falls deep violet- 
purple; veined with white. 
La Beaute. A beautiful violet-blue, distinct from all others. 
30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
Lord Salisbury. Standards amber-white; falls dark violet- 
purple. 
Mme. Chereau. Standards and falls pure white; daintily 
edged with light blue. 
Mrs. H. Darwin. Standards white, falls reticulated violet. 
Ossian. Standards light 
shading to purple at tip, very distinct. 
per doz. 
yellow, falls bronze at base, 
30 cts. each; $3.00 
Superb New 
Iris Germanica 
A splendid collection of the latest introductions, embracing 
not only new colors, but improved forms. 
King of Iris. A striking novelty, with flowers of perfect 
form, the standards clear lemon color, falls deep satiny- 
brown, with a broad border of golden-yellow. 
Lohengrin. Foliage and flowers of gigantic size, with petals 
2 inches wide, of a deep violet-mauve. 
Loreley. Perfect-shaped flowers, falls of a deep ultramarine- 
blue, more or less veined with creamy-white and bordered 
sulphur-yellow, making a beautiful contrast. 
Mithras. Flowers of good size, standards pale yellow, falls 
violet, shaded with claret and yellow border. 
Nibelungen. Standards fawn-yellow, falls violet-blue, with 
fawn margin ; distinct and pretty. 
Princess Victoria Louise. Standards pure sulphur-yellow, 
falls rich plum color, with cream-colored edges. 
Price. Any of the above 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. Set 
of the 6 sorts, a fine collection, $2.50. 
Special attention is directed to the offer of the Two Great 
Golden-Yellow and Royal Purple Iris Germanica on 
opposite page. 
GENERAL COLLECTION OF 
DREER’S RAINBOW 
IRIS GERMANICA 
The Iris Germanica are among the most desirable and 
easiest grown of our spring-flowering hardy-plants, producing 
in May their showy flowers of exquisite coloring, combining the 
richest and most delicate tints. For best results plant in a 
well-drained, sunny position, barely covering the roots. Avoid 
fresh manure in preparing your border. 
Othello. 
markings. 
Pallida Dalmatica. One of the finest of the Germanica type, 
of strong vigorous habit, growing in good soil 4 feet high, 
with exceptionally large, fragrant flowers; standards lavender, 
falls lavender shaded blue; exquisite in every way and fine for 
massing. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
Pallida Mandraliscae. Rich lavender-purple, large and 
handsome; very early. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
Pallida Speciosa. Standards dark-lavender with lighter 
shadings; falls shaded light purple. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per 
doz, 
Plicata. Standards and falls bright violet-purple. 
Plumeri. Standards rose-mauve, with metallic sheen; falis 
vinous-mauve. 
Rembrandt. Standards light lavender, falls deeper. 
Shakespeare. Standards straw-yellow; veined with burnt 
umber ; falls deep carmine-violet. 
Tinnz. Deep ageratum-blue. 
Trautlieb. A most pleasing shade of rosy-lilac. 
Velveteen. Standards canary yellow; falls creamy white, 
heavily veined with purplish-maroon, 
Standards violet-blue; falls deeper with white 
Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. Set of 25 varieties for $4.C0. 
IRIS GERMANICA MIXED VARIETIES 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
NOTE.—AIl Bulbs, Roots andPlants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 
to value of orderto points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent. to points west of the Mississippi River. 
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