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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
JAPANESE IRISES 
Japanese Irises are gloriously beautiful plants worth much trouble for success. At 
their best the stiff stems are 4 feet in height, the brilliant flowers 6 inches or more across, 
the foliage bold and striking. The colors are delicate and the texture of the flowers like 
silk. Plants can be set out from 
August to March. Where 
plenty of water is available, 
September planting is the best. 
They do well on the edge of 
ponds, running streams or 
ditches, and will grow under 
water. Heavy feeding and 
plenty of water are necessary. 
In dry situations plant in 
rows 2> l A feet across and a foot 
apart in the row; the plants 
about 3 inches above the trough 
between the rows. Give a dress- 
ing of nitrate of soda and bone 
meal when planting. Mulch 
with manure in spring. The 
ground should be kept well cul- 
tivated, and do not allow it to 
become hard or baked. The 
plants will grow in almost any 
soil, if it is made fairly rich, and 
the roots supplied with moisture 
during the summer. A garden 
cannot have too many of these 
splendid flowers; each year the 
clumps increase in size and be- 
come more valuable. They are 
a garden feature in themselves. 
Amethyst has very large, 
wavy petals of lavender; beau- 
tiful. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Apollo is a very large, single, 
pure white, with pink centers. 
Azure is an immense double, 
Glorious, beautiful Japanese Irises with mauve flowers with darker 
. . halo. 60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
Frate is silvery white and double, veined and shaded lilac. 
Gold Bound is about as good a pure white double as there is; center banded gold. 
H. Von Sieboldt is a single reddish sort, veined white, center yellow. 
Pink Progress, single, and ash-grey-lavender, has a clear blue halo. 50 cts. each, 
$5 per doz. 
Mahogany, a dark maroon; double. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Mt. Hood. Double; light blue, shaded darker, and has a bright orange center. 
Norma. Double, silky lavender-pink, with a clear blue halo and a yellow blotch at 
base of petals. 60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
Ondine. Single. White, shaded light blue at center; very large. 
Kamat. Single. Sky-blue, veined white; fine. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Prince Camille de Rohan is double; light purple shaded violet, dark purple center. 
Pyramid. Double. Violet, purple-veined, white at center. 
Red Riding Hood. Single. Amaranth, veined white. 
Robert Craig. Double. French grey. 
Templeton. Double. Light violet, mottled reddish pink and white. 
Toledo is white with light purple center. 60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
Venus. Single white, light purple center. 
Victor. Double. White, veined purple. 
T. S. Ware. Double. Reddish violet, veined white, center white. 
All sorts not priced are 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
