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 GERMAN IRIS. I Germanica. JAPANESE IRIS.— Iris Kaempferii. 



lu richness and purity of color and strange and grace- 

 ful fcrms these flowers approach very nearly the Orchid. 

 I offer here but a few of the choicest varieties. All 

 thrive in any good garden soil, and succeed everywhere: 

 blooming profusely in May and June. All strictly true 

 to name and unmixed. 



AURORA. Rich golden-yellow. 



BLTJEBEARD. Deep violet-blue. 



CELESTE. Delicate pale lavender. 



DONNA MARIA. White, shaded with lavender. 



FLORENTINA. Pale porcelain, shaded, friiigec 

 dotted with orange-yellow; fragrant and very fine. 



LA TENDRE. Violet and lavender. 

 MAD. CHEREAU. White, veined with violet. 

 PALLIDA SPECIOSA. Rich indigo-blue. 

 SAMPSON, Rich yellow and maroon, veined white 

 SAPPHO. Deep blue and indigo. 



A set (one of each) for o()c: doz., lor: 100. S5.00. 



and 



A m;iu:.i: 'ji^-s lit wonderfully 



profuse l;l(»oni. e>pt-ciaily nne for rockwork and the 

 foreground of borders. It is but little more than six 

 inches high, bearing large violet flowers in great abund- 

 ance during early spring. 



The Japanese Iris is quite distinct from all the other 

 species and is the most beautiful. The flowers are of 

 most fantastic shape and of immense size, often exceed- 

 ing eight inches in diameter. They present a remarka- 

 ble variety of color, ranging fi'om ivory-white through 

 violet, purple, blue, yellow, etc. Some are single, oth- 

 ers semi- double, and all bloom in great profusion in 

 June and .July. Exceedingly hardy and especially 

 adapted to moist situations. 



BLUE DANUBE. Beautiful blue, yellow center. 



GOLD BAND. Large, pure white: gold-banded center. 



PYRAMID. Violet blue, veined with white. 



MAHOGANY. Dark red shaded with maroon. 



WILLIAM TELL. Gray and blue: center blue and 

 yellow. 



IMPERIAL JAPANESE IRIS. 



In the new varieties here offered will be found bloom 

 so magnificent as to surpass by far all varieties that have 

 hitherto been grown of these truly marvelous and gor- ' 

 geous flowers. As far as possible, the -Japanese retain 

 the choicest of their flowers in their own country, but 

 some eight or nine years ago I was so fortunate as to se- 

 cure the entire collection of a friend, who was at the 

 time Professor of Horticulture in the Imperial College of 

 Japan. I have grown propagated them until I have 

 now a sufficient stock to offer them. I have many varie- 

 ties, but name here only a few of the finest. The rich- 

 ness of color, exquisite forms and markings of the 

 flowers, added to their great size, and the wonderful 

 profusion with which they are produced, are such as to 

 render impossible any adequate description. I therefore 

 simply give, in a few words, the general make-up of the 

 dift'erent varieties. 



A. L. SHERWOOD. Three petals: purple veined with 

 white, yellow at base of petals: large. 



DAGMAR GEORGESON. Indigo-blue, netted white. 



ELSIE IFORD. Six petals: white, striped and pen- 

 ciled throughout with violet-blue. 



F, S. HINEY. Nine petals; rich blue shading to 

 purplish lilac. 



H. G. CORNEY. Six petals: rosy-lilac, white at base 

 of petals running into goMen-yellow. Very large, beauti- 

 fully shaded. 



MRS. GEORGESON. Outer petals pearly-white, veined 

 I'hie, inner petals deep blue. 



R. C. CAMPBELL. Three petals; gelf-colorcd deep 

 bluish-pluni, base lemon-yellow. 



Ea., 20c; 3 /or 50c. Otw t orh of the seven varieties 

 for $1.35. 



