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TWELVE NEW IRIS GERMANICA 



It gives us real pleasure to offer this collection, which has been selected 

 as the most distinct and desirable from the largest com- 

 mercial collection in the country, and of which we have 

 secured sufficient to offer them at moderate prices. 



Alcazar. Standards soft bluish-violet overlaid bronze; 

 falls dark nigrosin-violet with white markings and bronzy- 

 purple veins. Flowers of mammoth size; height 3 feet. 



Candelabra. Standards lavender with lilac suffusion; base 

 spotted with dark purple; falls dark purple with almost black 

 shadings, reticulated with white; height 21 feet. 



Caprice. A perfect gem and one of the freest-flowering, blooms 

 of medium size and almost a self-colored Chinese-violet ; reticu- 

 lations of white and deep purple at the base of the petals being 

 the only exception; height 30 inches. 



Caterina. Tfiis superb variety is one of the handsomest; a 

 giant in size of flowers as well as in habit of growth; attaining 

 a height of fully four feet. The stems are long and much 

 branched, bearing as many as six to eight flowers at one time. 

 The color is an exquisite shade of pure lavender-blue; the 

 color being uniform in both standards and fa Is. 



Cherubim. A very distinct free-flowering variety; standards 

 pale mauve; falls pinkish-lilac reticulated with brownish-purple 

 at the lower half of the petals; height 3 feet. 



Eldorado. Standards, bronzy-violet, passing to yellow with 

 brown reticulation at base; falls light-violet purple, lip overlaid 

 with bronze; base yellow with brown pencilings; height 2^ feet. 



Isoline. Standards vinaceous-lilac suffused with bronze; falls 

 light purple overlaid with bronze; base of petals yellow with brown 

 reticulations; golden yellow beard; height 2j feet. 



Jean d'Arc. One of the daintiest. The ground color of both stand- 

 ards and falls is pure white with light blue pencilings. It grows 

 about 2j feet high and flowers most profusely. 



Nuee d'Orage. (Slorm Cloud). .Standards a peculiar shade of greyish- 

 lavender; falls lavender-violet with bronzy suffusion and deep 

 purplish-brown reticulation at base; height 30 inches. 



Oriflamme. Flowersof very large size; standards soft bluisk -lavender; 

 falls purplish violet with brown reticulation on a white ground at 

 base of petals; height 2^ feet. 



Golden Yellow German Iris Sherwin-Wright 



Parisiana. Standards Chinese-violet shot with white at centre; 

 falls white reticulated and spotted with Chinese-violet at edges; 

 height 30 inches. 



Price. Any of the above; 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. The set of 12 varieties for $5.00 



Prosper Laugier. A unique variety with luminous bronzy-drab 

 colored standards; the falls a rich velvety blackish maroon with 

 brownish pencilings and yellow reticulations at base and golden 

 beard; very free. Height 2j feet. 



SEVEN SUPERB IRIS GERMANICA 



A splendid collection of popular newer varieties with flowers of largest size, perfect form and wonderful coloring 



King of Iris. A striking variety, with flowers of perfect form, 

 the standards clear lemon color, falls deep satiny-brown, with 

 . a broad border of golden-yel'ow. 



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. 



Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. Set of the 7 sorts, a fine collection, $2.25 



Mithras. Flowers of good size, standards pale yellow, falls \'iolet, 

 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. 



Rhein Nixe. Standards pure white, falls deep violet-blue, with 

 white margin; attains a height of 3 feet, with many branched 

 stems. 



TWO GREAT IRIS GERMANICA (in Colden Yellow and Royal Purple) 



Royal Purple {Mropurpurea). A splendid, large very free- 

 flowering, pure, rich royal purple, without the slightest shadings, 

 a splendid companion to plant with Sherwin-Wright, the rich 

 purple of Atropurpurea with the golden yellow of Sherwin- 

 Wright forming a Iieautiful color combination. 



Golden Yellow (Sherwin-Wright). In this we have a good 

 vigorous growing, free-flowering, golden-yellow Iris Germanica. 

 The plants grow about two feet high; the flowers, which are 

 produced in lavish profusion, are of splendid texture and stand 

 weU above the foliage, and are of a rich golden-yellow without 

 markings or shadings, the best yellow. (See cut). 



Price. Either of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



