Choice Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants. 



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HYSSOPUS. Hyssop. 



Blue and white 



flowers on terminal 



spike. 

 IRIS Gatesi. One of 



the finest and most 



beautiful of all Iris. 



Very rare. $10 per 



dozen. 



IRIS Qermanica. 



Showy broad- 

 leaved Iris. Hardy 

 and fine. Strong 

 flowering roots, $2 

 per dozen ; S5 to |10 

 per 100. 



IRIS New Palestine. 

 Flowers of distinct 

 colorsandexquisite 

 tints. Free bloom- 

 ing, easily grown. 

 Iris atrofusca,e\aret 

 brown ; Iris Naza- 

 rena, creamy white, 

 reddish browu 

 spots ; Iris atropur- 

 purea, reddish pur- 

 ple brown, and 

 many others equal- 

 ly as fine. $5 to 

 $10 per dozen. 



1RI5 Orientalis. Fine 

 ornamental foliage 

 and rich violet blue flowers. 



IRIS Kaempferi. This beautiful Japanese species 

 is the finest of all the hardy Iris. Perfectly 

 hardy and easily grown everywhere. Flowers 

 extra large, 6 to 8 inches in diameter; in vari- 

 ous tints of purple, lavender, blue, shaded with 

 yellow straw color, and light shades, tinted, 

 edged and penciled with dark rich colors, mak- 

 ing very beautiful and effective combinations. 

 In borders they give a mass of bloom for sev- 

 eral weeks during June and July, when few 

 flowers are out. I offer a superb collection of 

 the choicest double and single varieties, includ- 

 ing the newer named sorts, the best of my own 

 importations from Japan. The newest and 

 best strong flowering clumps, $5 per dozen. 

 Selection of choice named kinds, $3 per dozen. 

 Good strong roots, not named, but desirable 

 colors, from $10 to S20 per 100. 



IRIS Pseudoacorus. Fine foliage and canary yel- 

 low flowers. 



IRIS Pumila. Flowers early, with mass of deep 

 blue flowers, 3 inches across. Forms dense 

 beds 6 or 8 inches high. An indigenous species. 

 Hardy and very fine. 



IRIS Siberica. A desirable hardy species ; vari- 

 ous colored flowers. Growth about 18 inches. 



IRIS Virginica. An effective variety with light 

 blue flowers. 



IRIS Variegata. Amethyst blue, with rich pur- 

 ple velning. A rare variety. 



LAniUn. Dead-Nettle. Very pretty dwart 

 plant with small pinkish-purple flowers. 



LATHYRUS. Perennial Pea. Very desirable 

 climbing plants, fine for covering roots of trees ; 

 flowers in great profusion during the summer. 

 Should be trained on trellis. 



Iberts, Candytuft. 



IBERIS. Candytuft. Evergreen foliage, with 

 numerous beautiful heads of white flowers. 

 There are two especially fine varieties, Gibral- 

 tarica and sempervirens. 



LAVANDULA. Lavender. This is the well- 

 known plant with fragrant blue flowers. Very 

 desirable. 



LIATRIS. Blazing Star. Desirable border 

 plants, with long, dense spikes of rose, blue 

 and purple flowers. Best varieties. 



LILIUn. Lilies. The hardy Lilies are among 

 the most valuable of summer flowering plants. 

 They are easily grown, bloom in mid-summer, 

 when few flowers are out, and many of the 

 finer kinds are used largely for cut flowers. 

 The long stems and beautiful tints are very 

 effective, whether for lawn, garden, or house 

 adornment. 



The following comprise the best of the hardy 

 Lilies. 



Select bulbs, $2 per dozen and upward, ac- 

 cording to size and variety. Low prices per 100. 



Collections of the best Lilies for beds or 

 borders, fine flowering bulbs, 100 collection, 

 $20 ; 50 collection, $12. See Autumn Catalogue. 

 Album Precox. Large, beautiful white. 

 Atrosanguiaeum. Dark, rich crimson, black 

 spots. 



Auratum. Golden-Banded Lily. One of the 

 finest and best of all the hardy Lilies. Pure 

 white flowers spotted with maroon, with bright 

 yellow band through the center of each petal. 

 See page 58. 



Auratum rubro vittatum. Very large flowers, 

 similar to the Auratum, but with a deep 

 crimson stripe. 75 cts. 



