HARDY PEREXXIAL PLANTS 



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GERMAN IRIS. 



Fleur de Lis. 



The upright petals are termed " stands,"' the 'drooping 

 ones ''falls.'' 



The German Iris, (Iris Gerinurnca): fretiuently 

 termed "Flags." is among ttie most sliowy, beautiful 

 and valuable of early blooming Hardy Perennials. 

 It blooms with the greatest profusion in spring and 

 early summer, the flowers resembling large orchids 

 in their delicate, fantastic structure, and in the 

 richness, purity and exquisite shadings of color. 

 In addition they are more or less fragrant. The 

 foliage is luxuriant, broad, sword-like, bluish-green : 

 cheerful and pretty at all seasons. Succeeds on all 

 soils but prefers a dry, we'll drained situation. 

 I offer a choice list selected from an assortment of 

 scores of varieties. 



Aurora.— Pure golden yellow throughout. 



Celeste. — Pure celestial blue throughout, chang- 

 ing to porcelain. Large open flower held high in 

 air. Tall, very profuse and the finest variety of 

 all; midseason. 



Darius. — Stands bright yellow: falls purple veined 

 and edged cream; rather dwarf. 



Delicata. — Stands very pale yellow; fulls pale rosy- 

 purple: large flower. 



Dona Maria (Edith Cook . Stands pearly white: falls 

 white shaded lilac: medium height; midseason. 



Florentina (Pallida delmatica, Silrer Queen). Stands 

 and falls porcelain changing to pearly white. Very 

 large, open flower, held above foliage. A free 

 bloomer, early; superb. 



H. Cramer.— Stands delicate lavender; falls rosy 

 lilac. 



Lady Strump.— Coppery yellow and rich velvety 

 maroon. 



La Tendre [Bridesmaid, Edina). Stands lavender: 

 falls light blue heavily veined with violet: medium 

 height: midseason. 



Purple Queen (Blue Bird. Florentina Blue) . Large 

 flower: stands and falls rich violet purple. Early; 

 good companion for Florentina. 



Queen of May (Bosy Gem). Stands and falls cheer- 

 ful, bright rosy lavender. Large open flower held 

 alxive foliage. Tall, strong jrrower, free Idoomer; 

 midseason. 



Rebecca (Honor ahilis. Sans Souci). Stands golden 

 yellow; falls yellow much veined with reddish choc- 

 olate. Medium height; a free bloomer; midseason. 

 F^lowers held above foliage— the finest of the yel- 

 lows. 



The roots I offer are home growit and strictly 

 true to name. Each, 12c; doz. $1.2.j: KX). S6.00. 

 A Set— one each of 12 sorts— for $1 2r, 

 Choice mixed, ear-h. 10c: doz. .Sl.Cxi; KKI. .^.I.W. 



IRIS SIBERICA. 



Siberian- Iris. 

 Siberica. Siberian Iris.— Flowers similar in form 

 to those of the German Iris, clear rich blue, but 

 smaller, and are borne on long slender stems in 

 great profusion, just as the Fleur de Lis are fading; 

 t'xcellent for cutting. A strong grower and very 

 hardy. 



Siberica alba.— Similar in habft to the preceeding, 

 l>ut the flowers resemble a large tuberose and are 

 pure white. 



Siberica orientalis.— Of even stronger growth and 

 .1 more profuse bloomer than the species, with larger 

 flowers of rich velvety violet-purple: flowering about 

 ten days later and for a long period. 



Earh, 12c: doz. .?1.2.">: irx*. .i^rj.rX). 

 Siberica orientalis Snow Queen.— A grand new 

 Iture white form. For description see page 7. 



IRIS CRIST ATA. 



Crested Dwarf Iris. 



.\ useful dwarf species, especially for bordering, 

 rock work and grouping in the foreground. It is 

 only two or three inches high producing beautiful 

 bright blue flowers in early summer in great numbers. 

 Each. 10c; doz. Sl.fM): 100. .S."i.fiO. 



Essex Co.. N. J.. May 15, 1907. 

 The plants which you sent on receipt of my order, 

 eight dollars worth, arrived safely and all in good 

 conditiou. 1 was much pleased with them all and 

 thought you might be interested to see a plan of a 

 1 ortion of my long perennial bed, of which I have 

 this year enlarged the curves to contain a part of 

 what you sent me. The bed is nearly, or quite, one 

 hundred feet long. This shows perhaps thirty feet 

 of it. (Miss) E. S. Baird. 



