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Friiili.aria Meleagris. 

 (Offered on Opposite Page.) 



HELLEBORVS. 



(Christmas Rose'. 



Most valuable hardy plants on account of yielding, at a 

 season when flowers are scarce, their beautiful large blossoms. 

 They succeed in any ordinary garden soil, but prefer a sheltered, 

 semi-shaded situation. (Strong -flowering clumps ready in 

 November.) 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



IIKMEROCAIXIS DayLiiy). 



These fine old-fashioned hardy tuberous plants are offered with 

 other Hardy Perennial Plants. See list beginning on page 35. 



INCARYILLEA The Hardy Gloxinia). 



(Ready in October.) 

 Delavayi. A hardy tuberous-rooted plant, with beautiful 

 trumpet-shaped flowers of a deep rose-carmine color, with yel- 

 low throat, borne in clusters on stems 18 inches high. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 



IXIAS (African Corn Lily). 

 These charming half-hardy bulbs, from the Cape of Good Hope, are very ornamental for 

 indoor culture, or planted in cold frames or outdoors in well drained and protected borders. 

 They are graceful in growth. The flowers are of the most brilliant, rich and varied hues. 

 Mixed. All colors. 15 cts. per doz.; 75 cts. per ICO; $6.00 per 1000. 



DREER'S RAINBOW GERMAN IRIS (Iris Germanica). 



The German Iris 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. 



Cherion. Standards lilac mauve; falls violet mauve. 



Common Purple. Rich bluish purple. 



Florentina Alba. Very free-flowering white. 



Edith. Standards light plumbago-blue; falls purple. 



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. , 



Pallida Dalmatica, One of the finest of the Germa- 

 nica type, of strong, vigorous habit, growing in good 

 soil 4 feet high, with exceptionally large, fragrant flow- 

 ers, standards lavender, falls lavender shaded blue; 

 exquisite in every way and fine for massing. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Pallida Speciosa. Standards dark lavender, falls light 

 purple, very free-flowering. 25 cts. each; $250 per doz. 



Plicata. Standards and falls bright violet-purple. 



Shakespeare. Standards straw-yellow, veined with 

 burnt umber; falls deep carmine-violet. 



Spectabilis. Light and deep violet-purple. 



Price, any of the above, except where noted, 15 cts. 



each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. One each of 



the 18 varieties for $2.50. 

 Mixed German Iris. All colors. 10 cts. each; 



$1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



SPANISH IRIS. 



The most popular of the bulbous Iris; exquisite for 

 cutting and very showy in beds or borders. We offer a 

 fine collection of these on page 27. 



Jordan. Both standards and falls light mauve. 



La Tendresse. Ageraturn blue throughout. 



Lord Salisbury. Standards amber- white; falls dark violet 



purple. 

 Mrs. H. Darwin. Standards white, falls reticulated violet. 

 Mrs. Neubronner. The finest golden-yellow. 25 cts. each; 



$2.50 per doz. 

 Mme. Chereau. Standards and falls pure white; daintily 



edged with light blue. 



Group of German Iris Naturalized on Edge of Brook. 



For Japanese, Bulbous and various Iris, see pages 26 and 27. 



