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JAPAN IRIS 



Iris Kaempferi. Last of the wonder- 

 ful Iris procession in point of season; 

 but for size of plant and flowers 

 shapeliness, richness of coloring, 

 beauty of pattern, and splendor of 

 general effect, is unquestionably 

 first. Like other Iris, the Japanese 

 species are partial to moisture in 

 the soil, but can get along with less 

 than the Germanica type. They 

 insist, however, upon thorough and 

 frequent cultivation, giving recom- 

 pense for extra labor, in extra bloom 

 and added beauty. Their flowers 

 are generally rather flat and wide, 

 often measuring 10 to. 12 inches 

 across, appearing in great profusion 

 during June and July after the 

 Germans are through. 



The following . varieties are 

 numbered and arranged accord- 

 ing to their relative blooming season, 

 the entire collection providing a 

 long succession. 



Gekka-no-nami. (Waves under Moonlight.) (1.) Earliest to 

 bloom, and the choicest white? very free. Glistening white 

 with creamy white stigmas. 



Eumo-no-obi. (Band of Cloud.) (2.) The lower and upper 

 petals being nearly equal in size, make a very full flower and 

 a solid blotch of color. Bright, clear purple, with distinct 

 rays and halo of white surrounding the golden throat, the 

 pure white standards tipped purple. 



Momiji-no-taki. (Maple Waterfall.) (3) A choice double 

 variegated variety; bright crimson purple, beautifully 

 feathered in white. Petaloid-stigmas white, purple crested. 



Zama-No-Mori. (4.) Only three-petaled, but larger than a 

 majority of varieties; one of the daintiest and most delight- 

 ful of the delicate toned kinds. White, with a heavy azure 

 blue zone; short white standards margined blue. 30 cts. 

 each; $3.00 per dozen. 



Purple and Gold. (5.) Enormous double flowers often ten 

 inches across, early and free blooming; one of the very best 

 varieties. Color, rich violet-purple with white petaloids 



Japan Iris at Painesville Nurseries 



tipped violet. The conspicuous golden throat extends out- 

 ward in sharp bluish white rays. 



Gold Bound. (6.) A fine double pure white, enriched by a 

 creamy glow from the gold banded center. 



Uchiu. (Universe.) (7.) Beautiful, six-petaled flowers of largest 

 size, on the longest stems. Color, cerulean blue with golden 

 center and white halo from which radiate many clear 

 white lines. Standards white, tipped blue. This variety 

 covers the longest blooming season and is altogether one of 

 the most attractive. 35 cts. each; S3. 50 per dozen. 



Iso-no-Nami. (Shallow Waves.) (8.) A magnificent broad- 

 petaled variety; one of the largest flowered, and the latest 

 to bloom. Color a nebulated suffusion of rose and cerulean 

 blue over white; deepening towards the gold flushed center 

 of rosy lilac. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per dozen. 

 Unless noted, 25 ets. each; $2.50 per dozen. 

 By express, $2.00 per dozen; $12.00 per 100. 



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Japan Iris 



INTERMEDIATE IRIS 



Handsome, new, large flowered, medium growing hybrids 

 resultant from crossing the tall bearded Germans with the 

 various Crimean hybrids. These are vigorous; hardy and 

 free flowering, blooming in May just ahead of the taller 

 Germanica class. 



Helge. Lemon yellow with pearl shadings. 

 Ingeborg. Pure white. 



Walhalla. Standards lavender, falls wine-red. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



SIBERIAN IRIS 



A very practical, showy and prolific type of dwarf habit; 

 with narrow, grassy foliage and 2 to 3 foot stems; furnishing 

 a prodigious amount of medium sized flowers during June — 

 between the German and Japan sections. 

 Sibirica. Purplish blue. 2 feet. 



— Orien talis Superba. Large, violet- blue flowers; extra 



good foliage. 3 feet. 



Blue King. Clear, bright blue. 



Snow Queen. Large; ivory white. 



20 cts. each.; $2.00 per dozen. 



DWARF IRIS 



Early flowering, very dwarf; valuable for edging, or group- 

 ing in front of the taller species. 

 Pumila. Very dark blue. 



— Caerulea. A lovely shade of sky blue. (. 

 Gracilis. Silvery gray, shot with pale purple and sulphur; 

 sweet scented. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per dozen. 



