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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
SPLENDID IRISES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION 
The Iris is one of the coming flowers, and the interest in its culture is growing rapidly. 
There are thousands of named sorts, But plant-breeders have, in recent years, added 
some wonderfully fine things to the list. It is not an easy thing to keep up with and 
pass upon all of these newcomers, but I do aim to offer only the very best of them. 
Nearly all of the following list are, in the judgment of one of the best judges in the 
world, among the best of later introduced sorts. 
Afterglow. (Sturtevant.) A greyish lavender tinted light yellow. About 30 inches 
high. An exquisite flower. $2.50 each. 
Alcazar. A giant in flower and growth. S. light bluish violet; F. deep purple, 
with a bronzed, veined throat. 3 to 4 ft, This is one of the finest I have ever seen. 
75 cts. each. 
Anne Leslie. S. white, tinted rose; F. reddish. $2 each. 
Archeveque. Deep reddish violet with standards purple-violet. Immense flowers. 
A grand variety. 50 cts. each. 
Aurea is old, but is one of the best clear yellows. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Azure is a clear azure-blue, of fair size; drooping falls are violet-blue. 25 cts. each. 
Berchta. S. bronzy yellow; F. blue-violet, bordered bronze. A large, showy flower 
in mass. 20 in. 50 cts. each. 
Crusader. The finest of clear blue Pallidas. The very large and broad-petaled flowers 
are of a purer and more intense blue than any other. S. a light shade and F. a deep 
shade of blue. 3K 't. $2.50 each. 
Dalmarius. (True.) S. silvery grey; F. soft purple-lilac; beard bright orange. A 
most charming color-scheme. 50 cts. each. 
Dawn. Sulphur-yellow, bronze veined on throat. 50 cts. each. 
Demure. Rose and copper. 75 cts. each. 
Edouard Michel. Tall spikes finely held and of good shape. S. are broad and 
frilled; F. wide and the color throughout a deep wine-red. $1.50 each. 
Eldorado. S. yellowish bronze, shaded heliotrope; F. bright violet-purple, touched 
down the sides with bronze-yellow. Very rich and distinct. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
