THE GORGEOUS IRISES 
Iris seeds sown in fall will usually germinate 
strongly following spring. My general catalog 
offers seeds of 73 Iris species and strains. Here 
are a few. 
IRIS AREN ARIA — Very early; very dwarf. 
Bronze buds, orange flowers. Dainty. Pkt. 20c. 
IRIS ATROFURPUREA — Flowers like black 
velvet, with touch of yellow. Rare. Palestine. 
Pkt. 15c. 
IRIS CRISTATA — Blossoms like pale blue 
crumpled silk. Gold-patched; white-crested. 
Dwarf. Pkt. 20c. 
IRIS DELTA BLEND—If I could grow but one 
class of Irises it would be this. Wonderfully var¬ 
iable and magnificently beautiful. See page 21 of 
general catalog for full description. 10 seeds 25c. 
IRIS DWARF HYBRIDS—Flowers of “German” 
Iris size, color and form, but on dwarf plants. 
Very early. Extra fine. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c. 
IRIS DE VITRY HYBRIDS — Giant Irises in 
pastel tones, lilac, fawn, buff, tawny wine and 
the like. Unique. Pkt. 15c. 
IRIS HYACINTHINA—Foliage fountains. Flow¬ 
ers like sapphire butterflies. Pkt. 15c. 
IRIS OCHROLEUCA GIGANTEA—Ivory white 
flowers, banded with gold. Makes a magnificent 
showing. Pkt. 20c. 
IRIS ORIENTAL BOUQUET—An early flower¬ 
ing strain of long-stemmed Irises, parentage un¬ 
determined, but belonging apparently in the gen¬ 
eral Orientalis-Sibirica sub-section. The flowers 
are carried on three to four-foot stems, high 
above the somewhat glaucous foliage. The col¬ 
orings are most attractive, and intriguingly var¬ 
iable, scarcely any two plants being alike. Some 
will be pure blue, others azure, purple, or white 
with amethystine shadings. The blade and claw 
are usually mahogany-marked, this extending to 
a netting on the falls. Recommended particu¬ 
larly for cutting, but good in border, too. May¬ 
blooming. Pkt. 15c; Vs oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. 
OFFER 26B6—One pkt. each of above for $1.40. 
SEEDS OF UNUSUAL BULBS 
There are a vast number of spring and sum¬ 
mer-flowering bulbs that may be grown readily 
from seeds sown in open-ground beds in late 
autumn or early winter. Room here for only 
a few, but see general catalog No. 25 for very 
many more. 
CHION ODOX A LUCILAE ROSEA — Lovely 
rose-pink. Rare. Pkt. 20c. 
IXIOLIRION MONTANUM—Clusters of starry 
trumpet-blossams, deepest blue. Pkt. 20c; % 
oz. 75c. 
HELLEBORUS NIGER — Christmas Rose. 
Snowy-white blossoms, rose-tinged, in mid¬ 
winter. Hardy. Not a bulb, but rather bulblike. 
Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 30c. 
COLCHICUM LUTEUM—Flowers like stars of 
solid gold. Spring. A Kashmir rarity. Pkt. 20c. 
ALSTROEMERIA BLEND—Lily of Peru. Glori¬ 
ously beautiful flowers in wide and varied range 
of colorings. Pkt. 15c; y 8 oz. 50c; ^4 oz. 90c. 
FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS—Crown Imperial. 
Circlets of large bells, bronze, yellow or crimson, 
on three-foot stems. Pkt. 15c; y 8 oz. 75c. 
OFFER 26A3—One pkt. each of above for 90c. 
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