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LAUREL HILL NURSERIES—STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. 
NEW CRinEAN IRI 5 —Continued. 
(S) signifies standards, or the erect petals; (F) signifies falls, or the lower or drooping petals. 
Barbara, (S) purplish crimson, (F) dark crimson purple distinct shade, very free flowering. 
Beauty, (S) rich creamy yellow, beautifully crimped, (F) pale yellow flushed purple. 
Blanche, (S) sulphur, (F) pale yellow, medium sized flowers, sweetly scented and remarkably free. 
Blue Beard, (8) French white, (F) deep purplish blue, center flushed with yellow. 
Blue Stone, (8) bright purplish blue, (F) deep crimson purple, very free and scented. 
Bridesmaid, (8) white faintly stained pale lavender, (F) yellow flushed with blue, very striking. 
Canary Bird, (S) rich canary yellow, (F) very large, of a deep rich yellow. 
Consplcua, (8) French gray, (F) sulphur stained purple, novel combination of color. 
Curiosity, (new), (8) and (F) yellow stained and splashed in the most remarkable manner; one of the 
most distinct of the new varieties. 
Dellcata, (8) sulphur yellow, (F) pale bronzy yellow, very free flowering. 
Qolden Ball, a very striking variety, almost a self yellow, large flowers and sweetly scented. 
Golden Dwarf, (8) and (F) rich canary yellow, extra large flowers and very dwarf. 
Harlequin, (8) large gray stained pale blue, (F) bronze stained purple. 
Innocence, (S) snow white, (F) white striped and flushed purple, one of the finest in my collection. 
Nlobe, (8) bright purple, (F) very dark blue, almost black, very distinct. 
Orange Queen, (8) very bright orange, (F) deep orange flushed purple, very free. 
Princess Louise, (8) lavender blue, (F) dark lavender blue, a charming variety. 
Purple King, (8) rich violet, (F) deep purple, conspicuous orange beard, remarkably free. 
Snowball, (8) silvery white, (F) sulphur, edged and faintly striped blue, medium sized flowers, 
very free. 
Standard, (8 & F) rich purple, large flowers, and very free. 
All the above each 35 cts., $3.50 per doz. 
IRIS —Species and Varieties. 
The following embrace some of the finest in cultivation, but only those for outside 
planting are enumerated; they will be found exceedingly varied in growth, varying from 
three inches to six feet in height, and equally as varied in their adaptabilities; some revel 
in a vory hot sunny border, while others form splendid specimens near water. Monnieri, 
Ochrolouca, Sibirica, Virginica, Pseudo-acorua fol. var., and others, do well in such 
positions. 
Aurca, a bold growing plant, foliage and stems erect, 5 foot high, having large gold Each. Doz. 
and yellow flowers, boautifully fringed. Strong plants. $0 25 $2 60 
Bnlkana, dwarf, vory froo flowering, bright lilac purple. 25 2 50 
Benacensla, protty dwarf species, with bright violet colored flowers. 
Crlstata, a gom for a dry sunny position, only grows 6 inches, with flowers of a 
lovely amethyst blue, boautifully fringed, spotted and striped orange. 15 1 50 
Cupren, (fulva) a vory distinct species, long evergreen grassy foliage, with rich 
coppory orango colored flowers, In late summer. 35 3 60 
Dclavnyl, tall narrow foliage, medium size flowers of an ultramarine blue tinged 
purplo. 25 2 50 
Fimbrlnta, {Japonica) one of the finest of the half-hardy Iris, flowering during winter 
and early spring, flowers a beautiful shade of light blue fringed and veined white, 
flue for forcing. 25 2 60 
PoetldlsAlma, (Qladwyn Iris) purplo flowers with bright scarlet seed pods, which 
are highly prized for wlntor docoratlon. 20 2 00 
Foetldlssima, fol. var., a vory protty foliage plant, foliage broadly striped with 
white, and In character the whole of the year. 25 2 50 
Gramlnea, numerous blue and white flowers, dwarf and vory free flowering. 
Floworing Juno and July. A beautiful variety. 20 2 00 
WE COLLECT AND GROW CHOICE NATIVE SHRUBS BY THOUSANDS. 
