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IRIS 



Iris Germanica (Fleur-de-Lis) 

 IRIS, QUEEN OF PERENNIALS 



No other flower will give you more delight and enjoyment than the stately, gracefiul 

 Fleur-de-Lis. They bring all the colors and tints of the rainbow to you and return each 

 year in increasing numbers to glorify your garden at the time when spring flowers have 

 gone, but summer flowers have not yet come. 



Plant shallow, barely covering the roots, in the early fall. Give Lime or Bone Meal, 

 but avoid fresh manure. 



"Standards" are the upper petals, "Falls" the lower ones. 



ALBERT VICTOR. Light hyssop-violet. 



CELESTE. Standards lavender-blue. 



DR. BERNICE. Smoky lavender bronze. 



FLAVASCENS. Pale lemon yellow. 



FLORENTINA ALBA. White 



IRIS KING. Brown standards, coppery yellow falls. 



KOCHI. Rich claret purple. Early. 



LOHENGRIN. Gigantic foliage and flowers. Deep violet mauve. 



MME. CHERAU. White edged with bluish purple. 



OSSING. Bright yellow standards, falls yellow brown. 



PALLIDA DALMATICA. Standards and falls clear lavender blue shading to pale silvery 



blue at base. Sweet scented. 

 QUEEN OF THE MAY. Soft, rosy pink. 

 QUAKER LADY. Yellow standards, coppery falls. 

 RHEIN NIXE. Standards white, falls rich violet purple with distinct narrow white edge. 



Very large. 



Roots, 30 cents each; any ten for $2.50; ten of a kind. $2.00 

 SPANISH IRIS 



SPANISH IRIS. Known as "Orchids of the Hardy Flower Garden." They grow from 18 



to 24 inches high and produce their exquisite airy blooms during the last of May and 



through June. Plant the latter part of September. Mixture containing all colors, bulbs, 

 75c per dozen. 



