THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



IMPERIAL 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, nrove a complete failure. We therefore simply give, in 



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. 



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



Mahogany. Dark red shaded with maroon. 



Pyramid. Violet blue, veined with white. 



Robert Craiff. 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 Mav and June. 



Blue Bird. Beautif ull deep violet-blue. 



Celeste, Delicatepale lavender. 



Donna Maria. White, shaded with lavender. 



Fl rentina. Pale blue, shaded and fringed and dotted 

 with orange- yellow; fragrant; very fine. 



La Tendre. Pale violet or lavender. 



Mme. Chereau. White, veined with violet. 



Pallida speciosa. Pale indigo-blue. 



Sampson. Rich vellow and maroon, veined white. 



Ea., 8c: 3 for 20c; doz., 50c. 



Mixed. Choice, large-flowered varieties. Doz., 40c. 



