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GERMAN IRIS (iris Cermanica). 



The German Iris is one of the most desirable early spring-flowering plants. The flowers are of large size and of exquisite 

 colors. It delights in low, wet ground, and succeeds equally well in the border. No garden is complete without a collection 

 of these beautiful flowers. 



Bismarck. Velvety maroon, with white veins and yellow 



markings. 

 Candicans. Fine light blue. 

 Gloria. Large light blue, marked with white. 

 iionorabilis. Orange, lower petals brown. 

 rime. Chereau. Pearly-white, edged with lavender-blue. 

 Pajole. Purplish-lilac, lower petals dark. 

 Penelope. White, veined reddish-violet. 



Spectabilis. White, penciled blue. 



Queen of tiie Gypsies. Lavender and bronze, feathered 

 rich plum, white and buff. 



Stenophylla. Lower petals rosy purple, upper petals purplish 

 blue. 



Velveteen. Light yellow, lower petals velvety purple- 

 black. 



Walneri. Lilac, lower petals dark blue. 



Price : 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10 00 per 100. Set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 



nixed Varieties orGermanTris, 10 cts. each ; '^l 00 ]ier doz.; $600 per 100. 



Iris Orientalis. Fine ornamental foliage and rich violet-blue I Iris Pseudo Acorus. Golden-yellow flowers ; entirely dis- 



flowers. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. Jf^ tinct. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



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IvAMIUM (Dead Nettle). 

 Purpureum variegatum. A desirable creeping plant for the rockery, producing small pink flowers during the summer 

 ■months. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



IvAVENDlLTLrA (Lavender). 



Vera. The common lavender of commerce; a pretty white foliaged plant, growing about 18 

 inches high ; delightfully fragrant blue flowers in July and August. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



l,^ONTOPODIUM (Edelweiss, or Alpine Snowflower). 



Alpinum. This Alpine beauty is well known to tourists who have traveled in Switzerland. It 

 is a har<ly plant, and well worth a trial. It should be grown either on the rockery or in well- 

 drained sanrly soil. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



EEPACHYS. 



Pulcherrima Hybrida., Grows from 2 to 3 feet high, with finely cut foliage, large flowers, rang- 

 ing in color from orange through yellowish -brown to deep maroon ; some self-colored, while 

 others are beautifully striped or mottled ; produced from early in summer until late in fall. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2..50 per doz. 



Leontopodium. 



