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ROYAL IRIS GARDENS 
1935 
Beardless Iris 
Crested or Evansia Iris 
In this group the falls have a crest that corresponds to the beard of the Bearded Iris. The Ameri¬ 
can Species are the smallest and most dwarf of all Irises, while the Foreign Species are taller with 
beautiful and unusual blooms quite different from Bearded Iris. They are all fine rock garden 
subjects, as they require a well drained, sandy soil. Work plenty of shredded peat moss or leaf 
mold into the soil to hold moisture for them. They bloom most freely in full sun, but will stand 
half shade. The dwarfs flower very early, the others blooming with the Bearded. 
Native American Dwarfs 
The American Dwarfs have beautifully minute blooms of the most exquisite perfection of detail 
imaginable. These dainty little gems are particularly charming in the rock garden, where their 
lovely soft colorings are at home with the other wildings. 
CRISTATA (North Carolina )White Crested. 
4" A lovely shade of clear lavender, with 
white crest. Fragrant; floriferous and a 
fast grower, with broad light green leaves 
that are very ornamental.$ .25 
CRIST ATA ( Alabama) Orange Crested. 4" 
A paler shade of the same lovely lavender, 
with a bright orange crest on the Falls. 
Free blooming and sweet scented.$ .35 
CRISTATA ALBA (Arkansas) 5" A beautiful 
pure white with large, brilliant gold crest. 
Exquisitely beautiful, and very fragrant. 
A stronger grower than the other Crist- 
atas.$1.00 
LACUSTRIS (Wisconsin) 2" An exceedingly 
tiny, beautifully shaped little Iris of soft 
lavender blue. Very small foliage, less than 
half the size of Cristata. If given moisture, 
regularly blooms in the Fall. Delicately 
perfumed and very scarce.$ .50 
VERNA (North Carolina) Coastal Form. 3" 
Brilliant lilac blue with orange crests. 
Slightly smaller blooms than Cristata, and 
much bluer. Very narrow, long, grass like, 
evergreen leaves. Very dainty, with fine 
fragrance.$ .35 
VERNA (Virginia) Piedmont Form. 3" 
The same brilliant lilac blue, banded orange 
at haft, but a little larger bloom with 
broader evergreen leaves. The Piedmont 
Form is midway in size, and width of leaf, 
between the Coastal and Mountain Forms. 
All three are floriferous, with violet fra¬ 
grance.$ .35 
VERNA (Alabama) Mountain Form. 4" 
Larger flowers with broader petals and 
paler, softer blue than the others, with larger 
orange crest area. Much larger and stronger 
in growth, with broader leaves that are 
glaucous blue green. Later in bloom than 
the others. Very fine.. .$ .50 
Foreign Species 
These species are larger, stronger growing Iris than the American Evansias, having beautiful foli¬ 
age that is very ornamental, that of Gracilipes being tufted and grasslike, and very dainty, while 
the two Tectorums have broad, bright green leaves that form a rather large, but short, mass of 
pretty green foliage, both being quite suitable for rock gardens. The blooms of the Tectorums are 
particularly artistic, being produced in great profusion, and of an attractive, irregular shape, 
quite different from any other Iris. 
GRACILIPES (Japanese Species) 6" A lovely 
little pale lilac flower, touched with orange 
on the haft and crest. Slender grass-like 
leaves.$ .75 
TECTORUM (Chinese Species) 24" This is 
the “Roof Iris” of Japan, which thrives in 
the straw thatch cottage roofs. The flowers 
are a deep lilac blue, with a prominent 
feathery white crest. Unusual blooms pro¬ 
duced in abundance.$ .25 
TECTORUM ALBA (Chinese Species) 24" 
An exquisitely beautiful pure white form 
of the above. This white form of Tectorum 
is very rare and seldom offered for sale .$1.50 
