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LIBERTY IRIS. Fleur de Lis 

 The National Flower of France 



The upright petals are termed "stands'"; the 

 drooping ones, '"falls." 



Abd-el-Kadir. VICTORIA.— Stands smoked 

 yellow: falls yellow, veined with purple plum. 



Agamemnon. — Stands pearly white, oddly 

 edged with azure; falls white veined with 

 azure. 



Aurora. — Bright lemon yellow, the stands 

 being of a deeper shade than the falls. 



Brooklyn. — Stands porcelain: falls light blue 

 veined with russet and shading to light blue. 



Canary Bird. VELVETEEX.— Stands lem- 

 on yellow; falls deep plum, almost black. 



Celeste. — Pure celestial blue throughout, 

 shading to porcelain; large open flowers held 

 high in the air; very profuse and one of the 

 finest varieties; tall habit. 



Chas. Dickens. OROVA.— Stands light vio- 

 let: falls indigo with white at base. 



Charlotte Patti. BRILLIANT. —• Stands 

 golden yellow; falls light yellow veined with 

 white at base. 



Darius. — Stands lemon yellow: falls light 

 yellow blotched and marbled with rosy lilac. 



Delicata. — Stands delicate straw tinted with 

 rose: falls deep lilac shading to white. 



Donna Maria. EDITH COOK.— Stands 

 azure: falls indigo with white at base veined 

 with indigo. 



Dr. Parnet. — Stands soft rosy lilac: falls 

 pure lilac shading to white. 



Flavescens. — Stands light primrose: falls 

 white slightly tinted with yellow. 



Florentina Alba. SILVER QUEEX.— Stands 

 and falls porcelain shading to pure white; flow- 

 ers large; blooms early; fragrant. 



Gen. Grant. — Stands light sulphur much 

 clouded or smoked; falls light yellow over- 

 spread with veinings and blotches of deep 

 plum. 



Gold Bound. — Stands golden yellow some- 

 what smoked; falls reddish brown, yellow at 

 base. 



Gracchus. — Stands lemon yellow; falls deli- 

 cate straw densely veined with deep wine. 



H. Cramer. — Stands deep celestial blue; falls 

 pure Yale blue; tall habit; blooms earh-. 



Herant. — Stands bluish-lilac: falls violet in 

 center and lilac blue at edge of petals. 



Hokanum. — Stands yellow blotched with 

 brown: falls rich purple flecked with white. 



Iris King. — Stands clear lemon yellow; falls 

 rich maroon bordered with yellow. Very bril- 

 liant in color; flowers very large. Each, 25c.: 

 dozen. $2.50. 



L'Africain. — Stands rosy purple; falls darker 

 with veins of white at base. 



Lady Stumpp. — Similar to H. Cramer with 

 both stands anrl falls of darker shades. 



La Tendre. BRIDESMAID. EDIXA.— 

 Stands porcelain slightly smoked; falls light 

 blue heavily veined with violet. 



Leopold. — Stands smoked lavender; falls 

 light purple shading to white at base. 



Montauk. QUEEX VICTORIA.— Stands 

 lemon yellow slighth" smoked; falls white and 

 }-ellow. 



Mme. Chas. Darwin. — Stands pure pearl 

 \'. liite: falls white delicately veined with lilac. 



Mme. Chereau. — Stands and falls milk white 

 fiistinctly edged with rosy lilac and both oddly 

 crimped or fluted. 



Mrs. Chas. Wheeler. — Stands light lavender 

 Ijlue: falls violet shading to white. 



Pallida Dalmatica. TRUE. — Stands tender 

 lavender; falls deeper lavender with shadings 

 of soft blue. Flowers ver\- large and fragrant- 

 Superb; tall habit. Each, 25c.; dozen, $2.50. 



Pallida Speciosa. — Stands violet; falls plum 

 with white at base. 



Purple Queen. FLOREXTIXE BLUE.— 

 Stands and falls rich violet purple. Flowers 

 very large; early — a good companion for Flor- 

 entina Alba. 



Pres. Thiers. — Stands mauve, much smoked 

 and penciled brown at base; falls purple, base 

 marked with brown and white. Flowers late. 



Queen of May. ROSY GEM.— Stands bright 

 rosy lilac: falls a shade darker. Showy. 

 ^ Rebecca. HOXORABILLS. SAXS SOUCI. 

 Stands golden yellow; falls mahogany brown. 



Sappho. — Stands deep blue: falls indigo. 



Sir Robert Peel. ZEPHYR.— Stands light 

 blue and falls darker blue. 



Striata. — Stands bright lemon; falls white- 

 edged with light yellow. 



Prices. American-grown: 



Named varieties, except as noted, each, 12c.; 

 dozen. SI. 25: 100. $8.00. 



Mixed varieties, each. 10c. : dozen, SI. 00; 

 K/). $6.00. 



SIBERIAN IRIS. Iris Sibirica 



Blue King. — Flowers similar in form to those 

 of the Libert}' Iris but smaller and are borne 

 on long slender stems in great profusion, just 

 as the Fleur-de-Lis are fading: elegant and 

 renned. Color of the flowers is a clear, rich 

 Ijlue throughout. 



Orientalis. — Even more profuse in bloom 

 than Blue King, with flowers of rich velvety 

 violet-blue; and blooms a few da.ys later. 



Snow Queen. — A form of Orientalis, with 

 all the refined beauty and lavish profusion of 

 bloom of that Iris; but with flowers of pure 

 milk-white throughout. 



Price, each, 15c.: dozen. $1.50: 100. $10.00. 



