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Carl Purdy, Ukiah, California 
GERMAN IRISES, NEGLECTA SECTION, continued 
Hiawatha. S. pale lavender; F. rich purple, with a lavender border. 75 cts. each. 
Lavater. S. lavender; F. rich purple. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Marian. S. lavender; F. lavender, with purple veins. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Miss Maggie. Soft lavender, with a rose tinge. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Mons. du Sible. S. lilac; F. deep crimson-purple. 30 in. 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Osis. S. lilac; F. deep violet-purple. 20 in. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Othello. S. deep blue; F. dark purple. 30 in. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Perfection. S. light blue; F. purple-black. 30 in. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Souvenir. Soft blue, throughout. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
William Wallace. S. blue; F. violet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Siberian Irises 
The Iris Sibirica has slender foliage and tall slender stems, with handsome flowers 
very like those of the Spanish Iris. It forms strong grassy clumps and they are excellent 
for cut-flowers. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Sit., sun. Any garden soil, but better if rich and moist to wet. PL, October to 
March. Prop., divisions in winter. 
I. Sibirica. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
*I. Sibirica, Snow Queen. Large white flowers. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
*I. Sibirica alba. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Iris Susiana 
Iris Susiana is an Iris with a sort of cushion-like bulb and a stout stem a foot or 
so high, with an immense, wonderfully colored flower. I find it does well in a gritty 
open soil if dried off in summer. My own crop is in early fall or winter. 20 cts. each. 
Other Iris Varieties 
*Midwinter-flowering Irises are novelties of the greatest merit. They have flowered 
continuously at "The Terraces" this cold winter. There was frost day after clay with 
16 degrees as a low point. Snow was on them over a week and yet they produced lovely 
flowers which would be prized in Iris season. 
The leaves of Iris stylosa are 2 feet long and form clumps like our wild Irises. 
The flower-stems are often 8 inches long and the open flowers 3^ to 4^2 inches across. 
S. clear soft lilac; F. white, beautifully veined purple, at the center, while the outer 
half is soft lilac, deepening inwards to rich purple. They are very fragrant. Strong 
plants, 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
*Iris stylosa var. angustifolia is of more slender habit with dark blue flowers. Large 
plants, 50 cts. each, good plants, 25 cts. each. 
*Iris fcetidissima, or Gladwyn, has fine evergreen foliage. The flowers are not pretty, 
but in the late fall the seed-pods open out to show rows of scarlet seeds of much beauty. 
They are much prized as winter decorations. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
*LEPACHYS pinnata is related to Rudbeckia, Golden Glow. It grows 3 feet high, 
with many graceful yellow flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
*The LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY is Convallaria majalis and requires light to medium 
shade, mellow, well-worked soil, with a preference for sandy soil enriched with leaf mold 
or old manure, and a top dressing every winter of the same. The third year they should 
be reset. 
LINUM Lewisii is such a pleasing perennial Flax that it should be much used. 
Branching stems rise to a foot or two, clothed with light airy foliage and producing 
large, light blue flowers for a long time in summer and fall, all tend to make a most 
charming and useful plant. Sil., sun or light shade. PL, October to summer; any fair 
soil. Prop., seeds or plants. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. Strong plants. 
Meillez Revelation is the best for out-of-door culture. Good clumps, 20 cts. each, 
S2 per doz. 
MALLOW MARVELS, Hibiscus Hybrids of great merit, die to the ground in the 
winter and in summer throw up a number of strong, spreading stems, 3 to 5 feet high, 
and producing enormous satiny flowers. A plant well cared for is most striking. Sit., 
sun. Good deep soil and abundant watering are requisites to success. PL, October to 
April. I have white, red, and pink in very strong 2-year-old roots at 35c. each, $3 per doz. 
