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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— SPRING FLOWERING BULBS 



Iris Germanica 



CHOICE NEW IRIS GERMANICA 



Ambassadeur. One of the finest. The stout stems bear 

 flowers of largest size, magnificent form and unique coloring. 

 Standards deep lavender suffused with bronze, falls maroon 

 with purplish cast. SI. 00 each. 



Archeveque. Standards a rich shade of reddish purple, falls 

 dark velvety purple, very free. 50 cts. each. 



Ballerine. A superb variety growing 4 feet high, surmounted 

 with masses of glorious flowers of wonderful tone of porcelain 

 blue with broad rounded wavy margins, falls slightly deeper; 

 deliciously scented. $1-00 each. 



Cluny. A lovely very large flower, standards wistaria-blue, 

 falls bluish violet with deeper shadings, very free. SI -00 each. 



Magniflca. All that its name implies, flowers of immense size on 

 stiff branching stems 4 feet high. Falls a superb dark reddish 

 purple, standards light violet blue. SI. 00 each. 



Moliere. Standards light blue, overlaid brown, 'falls purplish 

 maroon merging lighter at the edges, enormous size, of ex- 

 quisite form and good substance. $1.00 each. 



Monsignor. Richly colored and very free. Standards pale 

 violet purple, falls overlaid and reticulated with deep purple, of 

 great size and good substance. 2J feet. 50 cts. each. 



Opera. Very^ distinct fine shaped flowers, standards coppery 

 brown, dashed with purple, falls wine red, the base bronzy 

 maroon pencilled with gold. 2 feet. $1.00 each. 



Queen Caterina. This superb variety is one of the handsomest 

 of all Iris; a giant in size of flowers as well as in habit of growth; 

 attaining a height of fully four feet. The color is an exquisite 

 shade of pure lavender-blue; the color being uniform in both 

 standards and falls. 50 cts. each. 



Raff et. Standards intense violet-blue, falls dark violet reticulated 

 with white and violet in the upper portion. 2 feet. SI. 00 each. 



Collection of one each of the above 10 new sorts, a wonderful 

 collection for $7.50. 



TWELVE SUPERB IRIS GERMANICA 



A most select collection of varieties which, due to our large stocks, we are able to offer at popular prices. 



Alcazar. Standard soft bluish-violet overlaid bronze; falls dark 

 nigrosin-violet with white markings at base of petals and bronzy- 

 purple veins. It bears profusely flowers of mammoth size which 

 are well poised on strong rigid stems; height 3 feet. 



Caprice. A perfect gem and one of the freest-flowering, blooms 

 of medium size and almost a self-colored Chinese- violet; reticu- 

 lations of white and deep purple at the base of the petals being 

 the only exception- height 30 inches 



Eldorado, Standards bronzy-violet, passing to yellow with 

 brown reticulation at base; falls light-violet purple, lip overlaid 

 with bronze; base yellow with brown pencilings. Very free 

 flowering; height 2j feet. 



Isoline. Standards vinaceous-lilac suffused with bronze; falls 

 light purple overlaid with bronze; base of petals yellow with 

 brown reticulations; golden yellow beard; height 2| feet. 



Jean d'Arc. One of the daintiest Iris in existence. The ground 

 color of both standards and falls is pure white with light blue 

 pencilings throughout the petals, particularly on edges. It 

 grows about 2| feet high and flowers most profusely. A variety 

 that is admired by everyone. 



King of Iris. A striking variety, with flowers of perfect form, 

 the standards clear lemon color, falls deep satiny-brown, with a 

 broad border of golden-yellow. 2 feet. 



Price. Any of the above; 35 cts. each; $3.5 doz ; 



Lohengrin. Foliage and flowers of gigantic size, with petals 

 2 inches wide, of a deep violet mauve. 



Loreley. Perfect-shaped flowers, falls of a deep ultramarine- 

 blue, more or less veined with creamy-white and bordered 

 sulphur-yellow, making a beautiful contrast. 



Nibelungen. Standards fawn-yellow, 

 fawn margin; distinct and pretty. 



falls violet-blue, with 



Oriflamme. Flowers of very large size produced on stout 

 branching stems; standards soft bluish-lavender; falls purplish 

 violet with brown reticulation on a white ground at base of 

 petals; height 2\ feet. 



Farisiana. Standards Chinese-violet shot with white at centre; 

 falls white reticulated and spotted with Chinese-violet at edges; 

 very free; height 30 inches. 



Prosper Laugier. A unique variety with luminous bronzy- 

 drab colored standards; the falls a rich velvety blackish maroon 

 with brownish pencilings and yellow reticulations at base and 

 golden beard; very free. A veritable mass of color during its 

 long flowering period; height 2 J feet. 



$25.00 per 100. The set of 12 superb varieties for $3.50 



TWO GREAT IRIS GERMANICA In Colden Yellow and Royal Purple 



Golden Yellow {Sherwin-W right). In this we have a good 

 vigorous growing free-flowering, golden-yellow Iris Germanica. 

 The plants grow about two feet high; the flowers, which are 

 produced in lavish profusion, are of splendid texture and stand 

 well above the foliage, and are of a rich golden-yellow without 

 markings or shadings the best yellow. 



Price. Either of the above, 35 cts. 



Royal Purple (Atro purpurea). A splendid, large very free- 

 flowering, pure, rich royal purple, without the slightest shadings, 

 a splendid companion to plant with Sherwin- Wright, the rich 

 purple of Atropurpurea with the golden-yellow of Sherwin- 

 Wright forming a beautiful color combination, 

 each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



