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la its color, form, size, and habit there is almost an endless variety. Some are snowy white, t 

 others nearly coal black ; some golden yellow, others scarlet, dazzling with its brilliancy ; thei !> 

 there are all sorts of mingling of colors that fancy could possibly suggest. In the size and foriv. 

 there is also the same variation. In splendor, no other flower will compare with it. It stand^ 

 pre-eminent in this respect. '' 



The culture is extremely simple. The soil should be a light, rich loam. The roots should 



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planted about two inches below the surface, and as they advance in growth, neat stakes should 

 provided for them, and the stems and branches kept tied up. The roots are as easily preserved as' | 

 potatoes, if taken up when the frost has kilUed the tops, and put away on a dry shelf, in a cellar,|| 

 or packed in a box or-barrel of dry sand, secure from frost or moisture. J 



Our collection comprises about one hundred superb varieties, carefully selected with regard 

 their beauty, variety, and distinctness of character. 



Some catalogues flourish with 500 names, more than one half of which are so nearly alike thjfjj 

 connoisseurs alone could perceive the difference, where it really exists. 



IBIS, FLEVR DE LIS. 



This is a very interesting and beautiful species, combining the greatest diversity of color ; ihe^ 

 dwarf-growing varieties make elegant borders or edging for flower beds, and will be supplied at 

 50 cents per yardi A great many of the Bulbous sorts can be supplied. 



No. 



BOTANIC NAME. 



COMMON NAME. 



IRIS: 



Germanica, ^ 



Florentina, 



pumila, 



pallida, 



lutescens, 



ochroleuca, 



lurida, 



pleno, 



Missouriensis, . . . . . 

 pseudacorus, fol. var 

 tiphiura,. 



$00 25 

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Large Blue German. 

 Large White Florentine. 

 Dwarf Blue Austrian. 

 Large Pale Violet. 

 Yellow German. 

 Sulphur Colored. 

 Dark Brown. 

 Double Blue. ^ 

 Blue Missouri. 

 Striped Leaved. 

 Spanish Bulbous. 



HEMEROCALLIS, OR DAY LILIT. 



No. 



BOTANIC NAME. 



HEMEROCALLIS : 



flavo, 



fulva, 



pleno, 



cerulea, 



Japonica, 



graminea, 



$00 25 

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COMMON NAME. 



Bright Yellow. 



Red, or Copper-colored. 



Double Red. 



Blue Japanese. 



"V^Tiite Japanese ; splendid. 



Siberian Grass-leaved. 



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