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J. T. LOVETT. LITTLE SILVER. N. J. 



Imperial Japanese Iris 



Iris Kaempferi. 



A field of Japanese Iris at Monmouth Nursery. 



"Little wonder tliat a plant so boldly decorative in outline and bearing a flower of exquisite coloring so mar- 

 velously formed should make its strongest appeal to the artistic Japanese. From these foremost gardeners of the 

 world has come a strain of irises that neither orchids nor lilies can rival in beauty of form, texture, coloring, mark- 

 ings and general effectiveness. ***** Yet the Iris Kaempferi may be as easily grown as the potato. Moreover, 

 it is perfectly hardly. High, dry lands do not suit its moisture loving roots, but good garden soil, enriched with 

 thoroughly decayed manure, deeply dug in and well watered during June and July— the blossom months in north- 

 eastern United States — will produce flowers of wonderful size. Do not select a shady place for your irises. They 

 thrive under full exposure to the sun, but moisture they must have to bloom their best, and sometimes their roots 

 will penetrate two feet deep to get it. Naturalized in the water garden, where the tall, narrow, blade-like leaves 

 rise in phalanxes around the shore and the stately beauty of the flowers is reflected in the mirror below, they are 

 ideally situated; but let no one forego the delight of growing Japanese Irises merely because he has not a pond or a 

 stream on his place." — ^^The Garden Magazine. 



My collection of Japanese Iris I am quite sure is unequaled by any other in America. Many of the choicer 

 varieties were obtained by me direct from the Imperial gardens of Japan and are to be found in no other nursery in 

 the United States. 



ADA. — Six large flat petals; porcelain blue, thickly veined 

 throughout with azure. 



AGNES. — Six rather small flat petals; white broadly 

 margined bright lilac. Early and showy. 



ALIDA LOVETT. — Six large overlapping, drooping petals; 

 French white suffused and veined with azure; frosted 

 surface; exquisitely beautiful. 



BEBTHA.— Six large broad petals; azure blotched and 

 marked with white. 



BESSIE. — Six pointed petals; pure snow white with 

 light yellow at base. 



BLUE BEARD.— Three large drooping petals; deep vio- 

 let plum or indigo purple throughout. 



BLUE BELL. — Six large flat petals; deep azure blue with 

 white veinings and center of petals at base ivory white. 



BUTTERFLY. — Six large flat operlapping petals; ivory 

 white curiously and densely veined and reticulated with 

 pale blue throughout, with gold at base. 



CHAMELEON. — ^Six flat Clematis-like petals; French 

 white veined with deep lavender, distinct blotch of gold 

 at base; center lavender changing to lilac. 



DAGMAR GEORGESON.— Three petals, large and droop- 

 ing; rich royal purple. 



DANDY. — Three long petals; pearly white penciled with 

 indigo; center petals rich plum. 



DELICATA. — Six large and pointed petals; pure white 

 suffused and veined with rose. 



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DOROTHY. — Nine crimped and twisted sky-blue petals; 

 splashed and blotched with French white. 



DOUBLE WHITE (Gold Bound).— Six large open milk- 

 white petals, bound with gold at base; superb. 



EDITH GRAY.— Six petals; rosy lilac with blotches of 

 light lilac and pearly white unevenly mingled in a fan- 

 tastic manner. 



ELLA CURTIS. — Nine petals; robin's egg blue with broad 

 band of yellow at base. 



ELSIE IFORD. — Three large drooping petals; pure white 

 suffused with azure. 



J. T. LOYETT (Navy Blue).— ^Six large petals; yale blue 

 with distinct band of gold at center. 



LESTER LOYETT.— Six petals; yale blue veined ana 

 marked with pearly white. 



MADONNA. — Six pointed petals; pure snow white with 

 lemon at base; late. 



MAHOGANY. — Nine long petals'; rich velvety maroon 

 with soft luster. 



MISS GRAY.— Three large petals; violet shading to 

 purple. 



MISS HOBROUGH.— Three petals; ivory white, thickly 

 veined and splashed with plum; superb. 



MRS. GEORGESON.— Six petals; rosy lilac, light lilac 

 and pearly white unevenly mingled in blotches and stripes. 



PAINTED LADY.— Three large drooping petals; white 

 suffused and splashed with claret. 

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