42 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
German 
Iris, 
Her Majesty. 
German Iris, Alcazar. 
Japanese Iris Type. 
IRIS 
S&H JAPANESE IRIS 
PRICES, POSTPAID 
Each 
3 
Doz. 
20c varieties 
$0.55 
$1.75 
25c 
.65 
2.25 
30c 
.75 
2.50 
35c 
.90 
3.00 
compact, hedging foliage so 
Ibeauty of their flowers. 
Irises are used for garden 
clumps; for borders in solid 
rows or evenly spaced groups ; 
in the foreground of shrub¬ 
bery groups, and to some 
extent in narrow spaces 
against the foundation — as 
much on account of their 
attractive all the year, as for the 
See illustrations of 8 varieties on Color page D. 
Last of the wonderful Iris procession in point of season; 
but for size of plant and flowers, shapeliness, richness of 
coloring, beauty of pattern, and splendor of general effect, 
is unquestionably accorded first. Their flowers are generally 
rather flat and wide, often measuring 10 to 12 inches across, 
appearing in great profusion during June and July after the 
Germans are through. Give good, rich light soil, plenty of 
water, and frequent cultivation. # 
Except Proserpine, all varieties are fully double. 
German Iris 
Early bloom. May and June, massive, fragrant. 
Alcazar 8.6. Very large, broad petals. Lilac-blue with bronze 
———— throat; falls violet-purple. 20c. 
AltlbaSSadeur The finest bronze type; large flowers 
— ' of great substance. The standards are a 
murky bronze effect, combining yellow with hyssop-violet. 
The broad falls are velvety, rich carmine-purple. 20c. 
Asia 9-3. Late blooming; fragrance of cinnamon. Standards 
. ■ massive, silvered lavender above a golden base; falls 
pale reddish purple with lighter clouding. 35c. 
Csprjce 'Ll. Flowers large and rounded, claret or rosy lilac, 
- darker in the falls; fragrance of grapes. 20c. 
Gold Imperial «-6. a new all-over yellow, larger and 
" deeper toned than Shekinah; uniform 
lemon-chrome with orange beard. 30c. 
Her Majesty White, strongly suffused pink towards the 
— edges and veined crimson. 20c. 
Rsoline 8.3. A parti-colored variety; standards pale, pink- 
- ish buff flushed with mauve; the sharply reflexed 
falls Chinese violet with russet tints at edges. 20c. 
Princess Beatrice 9.0. Tall; sweetly scented; lavender- 
- blue slightly silvered. 30c. 
Queen Caterina 8.8. A one-color Iris ; azure-lilac with 
—. . silvery coating. 20c. 
Seminole 8.3. The best red Iris. S. dark violet-rose; F. 
—--■ rich, velvety crimson. 35c. 
Sherwin-Wright 7.7. Solid, buttercup-yellow. 20c. 
Souv. de Mme. Gaudichau 9.i. a beautiful vioiet- 
--- _ blue in the overlapping 
standards; the drooping falls very dark and velvety in mid¬ 
night purple; extra large. 35c. 
Violacea Grandiflora 8.0. Among the latest, and most 
*•" ' pleasing blue Irises, either new 
or old. Flowers are large and graceful, sweetly fragrant, a 
beautiful deep lavender-blue. 30c. 
Zua (Intermedia). Soft blue-grey, fragrant; texture of 
- crepe paper. 20c. 
Dwarf Iris pumila^ 
Low-growing, quickly spreading; useful as an edging to the 
taller Germanica class, as a low mass bedder for earliest 
(April-May) bloom, and for distribution in rockeries. 
Atroviolacea. Violet-mauve with maroon-red veining. 
Cristata. 3 inches. Creeping type; flowers amethyst-blue, 
tips crested. 
CTyanea. Violet-pur pie. 
Excelsa. Pale canary-yellow. THE SET 
Orange Queen. Rich orange. /w- T. apl , 
The Bride. Blush-white. ' C ~ 
Each, 20c; 3, 50c; doz., $1.50. ( 6 r °Ots) 
$ 1.00 
Gekka-no-nami (Waves Under Moonlight). Earliest to 
— bloom, and very free. Glistening white 
with creamy white stigmas. 25c. 
Iso-no-nami (Shallow Waves). A magnificent broad- 
- petaled variety; one of the largest; a nebu- 
lated suffusion of rose and cerulean blue over grey, deepen¬ 
ing toward the gold-flushed center of rosy lilac. 35c. 
Kumo-no-obi (Band of Cloud). The lower and upper 
. ■■■' ■— - petals being nearly equal in size, make a 
very full flower and a solid blotch of color. A pleasing gen¬ 
eral effect of lavender, derived from the laying on of white 
in distinct rays and halo over deep rose. 25c. 
Koki-no-lro (Purple and Gold). Enormous, double flow- 
» ers often 10 inches across. Color, rich 
violet-purple with white petaloids tipped violet; a golden 
throat with bluish white rays. 25c. 
La Favorite White and french-gray body, with a delicate 
——— veining in blue and soft purple. Quite at¬ 
tractive and popular. 35c. 
Mahogany Large, double flowers, among the latest to 
bloom. Velvet toned, deep mahogany-red; tho 
erect petaloids prettily crested. 35c. 
Proserpine Our one single (3-petaled) of large size; blue, 
' lavender and violet, somewhat stippled onto 
a white ground. 25c. 
Rose Anna Very large and showy, one of the choice 
—-- kinds ; ivory-white, with heavy veining and 
irregular suffusion in ruby-red with cerise modulation. 35c. 
ABOVE S&H JAPANESE IBIS 
SET 
One of each variety by mail, 
postpaid for. 
IBEBIS «> (Hardy Candytuft). Dwarf hardy bordering plants 
with handsome dark evergreen foliage, when in bloom a 
covering sheet of substantial flowers. 
—gTbraltarica. 12 inches. Delicate lilac flowers of rather 
large size. May and June. 
—sempervirens. 10 inches. Pure white flowers, fragrant, in 
early spring; the plant compactly spreading. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
INULA<^ Boyleana. 2 feet. Unbranched stems, with numer¬ 
ous ovate leaves. Flowers large, daisy-like, petals separated; 
orange-yellow, with conspicuous black buds. 3, 70c; doz., 
$2.50. 
LATHYBUS latifolius (Hardy Perennial Pea). A rampant 
climbing perennial. Its tendrils cling well, the numerous, 
large flowers are typical Peas but scentless, in dense clusters, 
continuous and long lasting. Fink, or White. 3, 55c; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
LAVANDULA vera (Sweet Lavender). 18 inches. July and 
August. Sweetly fragrant spikes of little blue flowers. 
3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
