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Carl Purdy, Ukiah, California 
GERMAN IRISES, PALLIDA SECTION, continued 
Plumeri. S. coppery rose; F. claret-red. Tall. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Powhatan. S. violet, bordered deeper; F. dark purple, tinged crimson. 38 in 
75 cts. each. 
Purdy's Blue. An old Iris of this section. Light violet about 2 feet high and the 
most fragrant of all. 25 cts. each. 
Rembrandt. Soft lilac. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Rubella. S. rose-lilac; F. claret. 3 ft. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Queen of May. Soft rose-lilac, almost pink. 32 in. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Speciosa. S. dark lavender; F. light purple. 3 ft. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Tineae. Deep blue, shaded lilac; large flowers. 3 ft. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Trautlieb. S. and F. soft rose. 50 cts. each. 
Violacea grandiflora. S. deep blue; F. violet-blue. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Walneri. S. lavender; F. purple-lilac. 30 in. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Plicata Section 
In all of these the falls have a ground-work of white beautifully veined with blue 
or purple. They are tall and very handsome. No German Irises are so delicate. 
Aletha. S. and F. white, bordered purple. 30 in. 75 cts. each. 
Beauty. White throughout, veined and edged blue. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Bleu Parfleur. White, edged and spotted dark blue. 25 cts. each. 
Bridesmaid. S. white, shaded lilac; F. white, veined lilac. 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Delicatissima. White, frilled blue. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
E. L. Crandall. S. pure white and dark blue. 75 cts. each. 
Fairy. White, bordered soft blue. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Hebe. White, suffused blue. 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
Madame Chereau. White, veined and edged blue. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Mrs. G. Reuthe. S. white, veined gray; F. white, frilled soft blue; fine. 25 cts 
each, $2.50 per doz. 
Tall Bearded Irises 
Cypriana. S. pale blue; F. rich purple. Late flowering, with very large, fine flowers. 
35 cts. each. 
Flavescens. Large, sweet-scented, light yellow flowers on tall stems. 15 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
Florentina. Creamy white with a lavender tint. Very sweet scented and earlier 
than most German Irises. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Intermediate Section 
Intermediate Irises are hybrids between the large and dwarf sorts and flower earlier 
than the Germanica group. Large showy flowers, on short compact foliage. 
Helge. Lemon-yellow. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Halfdan. Creamy white, with large flowers. 25 cts. each. 
Walhalla. Very large flowers with the standards lavender and the falls wine-red. 
35 cts. each. 
Dwarf Irises Related to the German Irises 
All of these form very low mats of leaves 3 to 4 inches high, and early in the year 
produce great numbers of fine flowers. In California some of them flower in the fall if 
dried off and started early. 
Balceng, Blue Beard. S. white, flaked pale blue; F. sulphur, marked purple. 1 5 in. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Balceng, Curiosity. S. primrose, tinged green; F. yellow, marked bronze. 15 in. 
25 cts. each. 
Bluestone. S. light blue; F. deep violet purple. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Citrea. Light citron-yellow. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Josephine. Low growing and pure white. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Lutescens statellae. S. white; F. pale yellow. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Standard. S. violet; F. deep purple. 10 cts. each. 
Pumila azurea. Light blue. 6 in. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Pumila cyanea. Indigo-blue. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Pumila compacta. Dark blue. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Pumila lutea. Light yellow. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Pumila. Assorted. Even numbers at $6 per 100. 
