HAT we should be at war with Japan and thus 

 engender a justifiable hatred for things Japanese 

 IS a natural matter of course. But it should not 

 prejudice us against planting a certain type of 

 American-grown flower that ranks as one of our 

 most lovely garden subjects and like which there is none 

 other. Would we grub out our Camellias, cut down our 

 Flowering Cherries and Crabapples, uprcct cur Chrysanthe- 

 mums, pull down our Wisterias, or refuse to add new ones 

 to our gardens if the fact was brought heme to us that they 

 really emanated from Japan ^ And if we did, would it help 

 to defeat the enemy ^ 



We have grown and featured these irises for years and ours 

 has been one of the very few sources of supply. Many in this 

 list were originated in this country, by Am.erican hybridizers, 

 while a few were imported directly from the Orient a few 

 years ago by us at great cost and subsequent slov. and pains- 

 taking effort to propagate enough stock to make them avail- 

 able to gardens here. The demand has always been so great 

 that our supply has been exhausted each time they v\ere 

 offered, and we have listed them only about every other year. 



This year we again have a crop of thousands of wcnderlul 

 plants. They have been grown in a new spot, freshly divided 

 this past spring so that they will have fine new full root 

 systems and vigorous healthy crowns. You get the whole 

 plant, carefully packed in damp m.oss, and it should imme- 

 diately take hold in your garden and give you good blccm 

 the first season. 



These gorgeous late June and early July flowering irises, 

 with their broad petals and exciting colors of brilliant silk, 

 porcelain, or rich velvet, prolong the iris season most of 

 another month after the regular tall bearded sorts have 

 finished. Even the foliage is different, and adds contrast in 

 the border. They are particularly at heme adiacent to pools 

 or streams, but are equally fine in the border amongst other 

 perennials if not too crowded and given occasional w atering. 



Delivery will be made from September 1st on into early 

 October. Early orders will be shipped out first. 



AIFUKURIN Each 75c ; 3 for $2.00 



Sgl. Very large and graceful triangular shaped \ariety, with 

 white ground suffused and heavily edged violet. Big but not 

 coarse. It is shown in the illustration on following page 

 Quite tall, 



BEAUTY OF YAMAMOTO Each $ 1 . 00 ; 3 for $2 . 50 



Dbl, This is the very deepest ultramarine blue ins of this 

 type that we have yet seen. A very large flower, quite late, 

 a profuse increaser, it makes a mass of gigantic blue blos.soms 

 with deep gold centers. One which we imported. 



FRANCES E. CLEVELAND Each 50c ; 3 for $1 .25 



Sgl. A great single of crepe-like appearance in palest lavender 

 blue, without any other color or markings. Very delicate in 

 spite of its size. 



KARAHASHI Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Dbl. Deep magenta-lake in color, very vivid, with extra 

 broad petals waved at the edges. A lovely rose-red tone, with 

 blossoms of largest size on stems of medium height. Another 

 of the new ones imported in IQ3b and which were offered for 

 sale in just one catalog previous to this one. 



KOKO-NO-IRO Each 50c ; 3 for $1 .25 



Dbl. Dark wine red sell, orange blotch in center; a very 

 double variety that blooms extra late. This gives a decided 

 red effect amongst this type of irises Not new, but strikingly 

 fine. 



KURUMA-DOME Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Dbl. Another new one, white with a narrow stitching of 

 reddish purple, something like the plicatas in bearded iris. 

 It produces so many huge flowers that the foliage is scarcely 

 \isible. 



MIYUKI-GURUMA Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Dbl. A most spectacular and gigantic flower of clear white 

 with very broad frosted edge of brilliant crimson. This is 

 positively distinct from any Japanese iris we have ever 

 grown and we are certain that it will thrill you. Do not let 

 the name awe vou ! 



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