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DREER'S JAPANESE IRIS. 



(Iris Ksmpferi.) 



The improved forms of this beautiful flower have placed them in the same rank popularly 

 as tlie Hardy Phloxes and Poeonies. Coming into flower about -the middle of June and 

 continuing for five or six weeks, they fill in a period when flowers of this attractive type are 

 particularly welcome. 



They succeed in almost any soil and position, but respond quickly to liberal treatment. 

 They like rich soil and plenty of water when they are forming their buds and developing 

 their flowers. 



We offer one of the choicest collections, each one distinct and desirable. Valuable as 

 cut flowers, for which purpose they should be cut in the bud state, permitting the blooms to 

 expand after being placed in water. 



Order by name or number. 



No. 

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 3 

 4 



Tora=odorl. White, faintly traced with violet. 



Kosul=no=iro. Violet blue, veined with white, 6 petals. 



Yomo-no-umi. .\ fine, free- flowering early creamy white, 6 petals. 

 5 Koki=no-iro. Lis;ht violet-purple with white veins, 6 petals. 

 9 Oni^a shima. Bright violet-purple with lighter markings, 6 petals. 



1 1 Hano°no-nishiki. Bright violet, white veinings. 



12 Shippo. Light lilac, densely veined with pur})le. 



22 Sano-watashi, White with canary-yellow centre, late, 6 petals. 

 24 Qosetsu-mai. White, veined and traced analine blue, 6 petals. 

 40 Kanarinishikl. Greyish white, marbled violet, 6 petals. 



43 Shi = un"=ryO. Greyish white, deeply and densely veined and suflTused with violet. 



44 Voshimo. Creamy white, delicately veined with violet, 6 petals. 

 55 Shuchiukwa. Crimson- purple with large white veins and centre. 

 62 Misutmoshlto. Violet- purple, marbled with white. 



7C Kimi-no-megumi, White, densely veined with purple. 



77 Yayaura. White, marbled with light violet. 



79 Kokirin. Rose, tinted white, veined violet-purple. 



82 Ari-ake. Violet-purple, marbled white. 



83 Washi-no-wo. Mottled violet purple, shading to bright violet. 

 96 Tebotan. White ground with violet-blue veinings. 



100 Yomo=zakuru. Light ground color, densely veined and suffused reddish-purple. 



107 Tokyo. The finest pure white, 6 petals. 



108 Shimosa. White ground, minutely and densely spotted throughout with bright 



violet-purple, 6 petals. 



110 Nitari. White, overlaid with rosy -purple. 



111 Kuro-kuma. Bright purple with crimson shfeen. 



Price. Any of the above, 2-5 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. SeU of 25 

 sorts for .$.).0(). 



Extra Fine Mixed Sorts, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



SiX-PETALLED JaPANESS 



Iris. 



Perenne Alba. 



LlATRIS. 



I^AVANDITI^A (Lavender). 

 Vera. This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows about 18 inches 

 high; delightfully fragrant blue flowers in July and August. 15 

 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



JLIATRIS iBIazing Star, or Gay Feather). 



Showy and attractive native plants, succeeding anywhere, pro- 

 ducing large spikes of flowers in July and August. 

 Pycnostachya. Spikes of light, rosy-purple flowers; 5 feet. 



Scariosa. Deep purple flowers in spikes 3 to 4 feet high. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; j^lO.OO per 100. 



L,I^ARIA (Toad-flaxl. 

 Hepaticaefolia Alba. A very pretty floriferous peren- 

 nial of creeping habit, forming a dense carpet of 

 marbled foliage and small white flowers in early sum- 

 mer; useful on the rockery. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 rdoz. 

 LITSDELOFJA. 

 Longifolia. Grows about 2 feet high, and produces 



blue Forget-Me-Not-like flowers during May. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



LINrM (Haxl. 

 Narbonnense. A desirable plant for the border or rockery, 

 growing 2 feet high, with light, graceful foliage and large blue 

 flowers all summer. 

 Similar in habit to the preceding, but with white flowers. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; ? 10. 00 per 100. 



We offer some splendid new German Iris. See list on page 21 1. 



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