GENERAL COLLECTION OF FINE HEMEROCALLIS 
VARIETIES 
Hemerocallis or Day Lilies 
Aureole grows to 3 feet and is orange with crimson tint. 
40 cts. each. 
Aurantiaca is of good height, with a large flower in a very 
distinctive shade which may be called bright cadmium 
orange with deep shades at the center. A very distinctive 
color. 40 cts. each. 
Dr. Regel. Early and rich orange-yellow. 30 cts. each; $3 
per ooz. 
Dumourtierii. iy 2 to 2 feet. Orange. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 
doz. 
Flava, or Lemon Lily, is about 2 feet high, with fine, very 
fragrant lemon-yellow blossoms. Early (June 1 here). 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Florham. A large, trumpet-shaped flower of rich golden- 
yellow color. Plants grow 3 to 4 feet high at their best. 
July. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Fulva has large, bronzy-red flowers, very striking. It is 3 
to 4 feet high. Flowering fully here July 1, earlier about 
San Francisco. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Gold Dust. 2 to 3 feet. Bright yellow buds and back of 
petals bronze-gold. May-June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Kwanso, Double. Like Fulva in color, but double and the 
flowers last longer than any single sort of Day Lily. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Middendorffii. To iy 2 feet. Lemon-yellow. Early. 25 cts. 
each; $2.50 per doz. 
Sovereign. 18 inches. Midseason. Rich orange. 30 cts. each; 
$3 per doz. 
Thunbergii is a Lemon Lily, almost exactly like Flava, but 
flowering about six weeks later, so that Flava is gone 
before Thunbergii comes in. Just as sweet-scented. 25 
cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
HEMEROCALLIS Special Collection of 10 Sorts, one each 
in ten fine varieties and including Calypso, for $3. 
Note: I only send roots that have flowered beautifully 
here this year and with good soil they are sure to bloom for 
you. 
Hemerocallis or Day Lilies 
HOSTA (Funkia), Plantain Lily. Beautiful hardy plants with 
handsome, broadly spreading, large ovate leaves. The 
beautiful half-nodding lily-like flowers are in graceful 
spikes on stout stems and well above foliage. Splendid 
plants for the border or partially shaded bed. Cult: Sit., 
in the East either sun or partial shade. In the West, 
partial to deep shade. Soil, a moist loam, well enriched 
with rotted manure. PL, fall to spring. Prop., div. 
Coerulea (Lanceolata). Luxuriant broad green leaves and 
blue flowers in July and August. 35 cts. each; 3 for 
90 cts.; $3 per doz. 
Subcordata grandiflora. Large fragrant, pure white flowers 
on 2 ft. stems from August to October. 35 cts. each; 3 
for 90 cts. 
**H ERNIARIA glabra. Prostrate creeper with dense moss¬ 
like foliage of vivid green. Trails freely to fill a pocket 
in the rock garden or as a mantle over a rock, and is fine 
for contrast. Cult: Sun or light shade. Soil, any to very 
poor. PL, fall to spring. Prop., div. 25 cts. each; 3 for 
65 cts. 
*HEUCHERA, Alum Root; Coralbells. Form neat clumps 
6 to 8 inches high with beautiful heart-shaped evergreen 
leaves. Graceful stems bear the panicles of filmy flow¬ 
ers in abundance. Nothing finer for the shaded bed, cool 
rock garden, or as edgings to paths or borders. Unex¬ 
celled for the woodland bed. Flower in spring. Cult: 
Light to deep shade. Soil, any well drained but one rich 
in humus better. Pl„ fall to spring. Prop., div. 
*Americana has especially lovely ruddy foliage and pinkish 
flowers. 
*Micrantha, California Alum Root, have lovely foliage at all 
times but gtill finer in winter when much tinted with 
bronze and red and much mottled like a begonia. 
*Rubescens, of the High Sierras in California, alone spreads 
by underground stolons to make a broad, open ground 
cover, which is an admirable companion for larger shade 
loving plants. The flowers are pink and long lasting 
and the foliage bright green. 
*Sanguinea, the Coral Bell, grows low and has panicled hand¬ 
some coral bells. 
All Heucheras: 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; $2 per doz. 
WINTER FLOWERING IRIS 
IRIS Stylosa, the beautiful Algerian Iris, has charming 
grassy, evergreen leaves, and the most delightful, frag¬ 
rant soft violet-blue flowers from mid-winter until 
spring. Hardy south of Philadelphia. 
IRIS Stylosa Alba is identical, except it is an iridescent 
white. 
Either in strong plants, 40 cts. each; 3 for $1; $3.50 per doz. 
HORNED POPPY, in a large rock garden, gives a fine 
touch of color and stands much heat and drouth. See 
page 35. 
HOUNDS TONGUE. See Cynoglossum, 
IBERIS Gibraltarica. See page 32. 
*INDIAN PINK. See Silene. 
IRIS 
IRIS. Californian and other Pacific Coast species are splen¬ 
did plants in the rock garden, margin of the shaded 
border, or in woodland planting. With their long glossy 
foliage, they make striking clumps and the flowers are 
exceptionally pretty. 
Cult: Sit., light to moderate shade or a cool sunny situation. 
Soil, a well drained gritty soil, rich in leaf mold; neutral 
or slightly acid; and with moderate moisture. A mulch 
of pine sawdust is good. Perfectly hardy but a little 
difficult to establish. Pl„ fall to spring; spring in East. 
*$Bracteata. 12 in. Evergreen foliage and golden yellow 
flowers. 
*$Californica Varied. 8 in. Varied in many rich shades, no 
two alike, in blues, yellows, bronzes, violets. 
^California Golden Yellow. Identical, but with lovely golden 
yellow flowers. 
*California Blue. 6 in. Rather dwarf with deep blue flowers. 
*Chrysophylla. 6-8 in. high with slender evergreen foliage 
and creamy flowers, tinted yellow and purple. 
*$Douglasiana. 12 in. A bold species with broad evergreen 
foliage and creamy flowers. Of very easy culture. 
*Hartweggii. 6 in. Sparse bluish foliage and soft yellow 
flowers. 
*Macrosiphon. Dwarf, slender grassy leaves and blue flow¬ 
ers. 
*:j:Purdyii. 8 in. Glossy deep green foliage and handsome, 
creamy flowers, tinted yellow and purple veined. 
*.fTenax. One of most dwarf of all iris, 3 inches high, with 
reddish-purple flowers. Quite striking. Dike moist 
loam. 
*Tenuissima. 12 in. Long, very slender leaves, with very 
pretty soft blue flowers. 
*Watsoniana. 12 in. Broad soft green leaves and light blue 
flowers. 
Prices of above: 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts.; $2 per doz. 
(i)SEEDS of species prefixed by an asterisk, 25 cts. per 
pkt. Also seeds L. Hartweggii Australis, pale blue; 
Missouriensis montana, yellow, at same price. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
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