THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SLLVER, N. J. 



MPERIAL JAPAN IRIS. 



The Japanese, as is well 

 known, have an inborn love 

 for flowers and are accom- 

 plished gardeners. It may not 

 be so well known, however, 

 that they permit the finest va- 

 rieties of their flowers to get 

 in the hands of foreigners with 

 extreme reluctance. Eight 

 years ago a friend of ours who 

 was at the time Professor of 

 Horticulture in the Imperial 

 College of Japan, by reason of 

 their marvelous beauty became 

 deeply interested in the Japan 

 Iris and, having exceptional 

 opportunities, made a collection 

 of them embracing every choice 

 variety in the empire. These 

 he sent to us and we have since 

 been propagating them until 

 we have a sufficient stock of a number 

 of them to enable us to offer them to 

 the public. . The Japanese names of 

 these Iris are so utterly unpronounce- 

 able we have decided to designate them by the names of per- 

 sons who are or have been connected with our establishment. 

 The richness of color, exquisite forms and markings of the 

 flowers, added to their great size, and the wonderful profu- 

 sion with which they are produced is such as to render them 

 simply marvelous, and any attempt to describe their beauty 

 must prove a complete failure. We therefore simply give, in 

 a few words, the general make-up of the different varieties. 

 A. L. Sherwood. Purple, veined with white; very large. 

 Bessie Lovett. Six petals; pure white with yellow at base. 

 C. W. Iford. Three petals; white, delicately marbled blue. 

 Dagmar Georgeson. Indigo blue, reticulated with white. 

 Edith Gray. Lilac, blotched, streaked and marbled white. 

 Elsie Iford. White, striped, pencilled throughout with blue. 

 Fred'k Rentier. Self-colored deep bluish plum, base orange. 

 F. S. Hiney. Nine petals; rich blue shading to purple lilac. 

 H. G. Corney. Six petals; rosy lilac, white at base of petals, 

 running into golden yellow. Very large; beautifully shaded. 



Lester Lovett. Six petals; blue, running to violet, a band 

 of white spreading into each petal with yellow band at base. 

 Miss Gray. Three petals; indigo blue, reticulated white. 

 Prof. Georgeson. Pure, rich purple-plum color; mammoth. 

 Mrs. Lovett. Six petals; lavender veined with rich purple 

 and margined with pure white; splashed canary yellow in the centre. A 

 magnificent flower of exquisite coloring. , 



Thos. H. Spauldiog. Six petals; white, veined and broadly margined 

 with violet; deep yellow band at base. ; . ' - 



Ea., 20c; A set, one each of the fourteen varieties for only §2.50. 



OTHER JAPAN IRIS. 



\ The flowers of the following varieties are also of im- 

 mense size, often exceeding eight inches in diameter. 

 They present a remarkable variety of color, ranging 

 from ivory-white through violet, purple, blue, yellow, 

 etc. Some are single, others semi-double and all bloom 

 in great profusion in June and July. Exceedingly 

 hardy and especially adapted to moist situations. 



Blue Jay. Pale blue delicately lined with white. 



Chameleon. Greyish- white mottled with purplish-red. 



Eclipse. Beautiful, deep purplish crimson . 



Gold Band. Large, pure white; gold-banded centre. 



Mahogany. Dark red shaded with maroon. 



Pyramid. Violet blue, veined with white. 



Robert Craig. White shaded with violet; fine. 



William Tell. Grey and blue; centre blue and yellow. 



Ea., 10c; 3 for 25c; doz., 75c. 



Mixed. The choicest varieties. Doz., 60c. 



GERMAN IRIS. I. Germanica. 



In the richness and purity of color of their flowers, 

 there are indeed few orchids that will equal these. 

 Luxuriant, broad, bluish-green foliage and large, richly 

 colored flowers of strange and graceful forms. All 

 thrive in any common garden soil, and are absolutely 

 hardy. Bloom profusely in May and June. La Tendre. Pale violet or lavender. 



Blue Bird. Beautifull deep violet-blue. IMme. Chereau. White, veined with violet. 



Celeste, Delicatepale lavender. Pallida speciosa. Pale indigo-blue. 



Donna Maria. White, shaded with lavender. Sampson. Rich vellow and maroon, veined white. 



Fl rentina. Pale blue, shaded and fringed and dotted Ea.. 8c: 3 for 20c: doz., 50c. 

 with orange- yellow; fragrant; very fine. Mixed. Choice, large-flowered varieties. Doz., 40c. 



