14 CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
MOURNING IRIS 
The Mourning Iris, as Iris Susiana is called, is a bulbous Iris with large, bluish 
flowers veined with brown, and so odd as to attract attention wherever it is'grown 
The bulbs are handled dry, and must be planted before Christmas, if possible. I sell 
them at 20 cts. each, or $2 per dozen. 
SPANISH IRIS 
The large flowers have very clear coloring, and are borne at the top of long, stiff 
but slender stems. Few flowers combine more good points, either for cut-flowers or 
garden decoration, and luckily they are very cheap. The colors range from the darkest 
blue to pure white, clear yellow, and have many marvelous combinations of stripes 
and splashes of color. I hesc Irises have been known in America for only about ten years 
Culture. They do best in a thoroughly worked light or fairly heavy loam, and 
indeed do better in adobe than in lighter soils. Plant about 3 inches deep and watcr 
freely until after flowering. Light shade helps, but dense shade is a detriment They 
do not need to be lifted for several years, and they flower more freely each season 
I offer two mixtures: Trade Mixture— this is put up in Holland and is good. The 
bulbs are fair and the varieties of an average; most of them are from the best named 
sorts, but the- bulbs are not large size. Price, 15 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100, $6 per 1,000 
Purdys Superb Mixture. I make this up myself by using equal quantities of the 
finest named sorts. It saves me the trouble of labeling and wrapping a lot of parcels 
and it gives you the finest quality at a lower rate. 20 cts. per doz., $1 per coo, $9 per n,ooo! 
NAMED SPANISH IRIS 
In these 1 buy bulbs of unusually high quality 
and of the best standard varieties. No better can 
be bought. 
In yellow, Chrysolora, early and large; Cajanus, 
late and tall; Sophie Jaffe. In blues, Alex, von 
Humboldt, and the dark blue Darling. In white, 
Belle Chinoise, British Queen and Blanche 
Superbe; also Louise, in white and dark blue; La 
Tendresse is while, tinged yellow; Snowball is 
white, tinged blue. All at 20 cts. per doz.. Si. 25 
per 100, Sio per 1 .000. 500 at 1 .000 rate. Then 
there is Bronze King, a good bronze, at 30 cts. 
per doz. 
ENGLISH IRIS 
The English Irises are loo little known. Like 
their cousins, the Spanish Irises, the bulbs can be 
handled dry, and also like them, they prefer an 
open situation and rather heavy and moist soil, 
though they will grow anywhere. The beautiful 
drawing by Mr. Valentine on this page well shows 
their beauty. The glorious flowers, much larger 
than the Spanish Irises, come in all shades, from 
blue to white, with many exquisite lavenders. 
The plants bloom freely under ordinary conditions 
and are very effective in masses. Mixed bulbs, all 
50 cts. per doz., Si. 75 per 100. 
DUTCH IRIS 
A new hybrid race of bulbous Irises, with the 
habit of the Spanish Iris but much larger flowers. 
The range of colors is as wide as with Spanish 
Irises, and they flower at least two weeks earlier. 
They are very line cut-flowers. I offer line mixed 
English Iris bulbs at do cts. per doz. 
