NEWER. 
... BEARDED IRIS 
T HE newer varieties of Bearded Iris are so superior to the kinds in 
use even ten years ago that by comparison they make these old 
timers look funny. Just as you would laugh in tolerant amusement 
at the spectacle of a 1914 motor car, so does the horticulturist laugh when 
he sees a 1914 Iris. Both were good in their day but their day has long 
passed and they have now no asylum save as specimens in a museum for 
the instruction of our descendants. 
The modern garden demands modern Iris. The varieties listed below 
are truly modern Iris—varieties so fine and lovely that the plant breeder 
has yet to produce their equal. 
Ambassadeur. A fascinating and indescribably lovely smoky, velvety purple 
flower with velvety purple-maroon falls; beards and style yellow. A 
truly regal flower on 48-inch stem. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Aurea. The largest and finest of the yellow Iris. The flowers are colored 
pure golden yellow. 
Fairy. A tall variety giving the effect of pure white. Examined closely the 
flower is very delicately bordered with pale blue. An exceedingly deli¬ 
cate and lovely variety. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Gold Imperial. A glorious chrome-yellow flower with a conspicuous orange 
beard. The color is remarkable for its clearness and pureness and the 
plant and flower have a rare finish and form. 18c each; $1.80 per doz. 
Grevin. The flowers are exceedingly large and the standards are violet 
suffused yellow; the falls darker violet striped yellow at the base. An 
unusual and lovely color combination. 
Isolene. Silvery rose flowers flushed bronze. The falls, sharply reflexed, 
are Chinese violet-mauve with russet tints and the beard is gleaming 
golden yellow. The flowers are sweet scented. 
Lohengrin. The flowers are rich silvery lilac which show a delightful pink 
tone in the morning and again in the late afternoon after the sun loses 
its power. 
Ambauadeur 
Lord of June 
Lent A. Williamson. Campanula-violet-blue flowers with falls of rich, 
royal purple and a gleaming yellow beard. Tall and distinguished. 
Lord of June. Broad flowers of lovely light chicory-blue; falls rich violet- 
purple with haft marked with widely spaced reticulations of old gold. 
Giant among the Iris. 18c each; $1.80 per doz. 
Mme. Chobaut. The flowers are lovely, rich cream shaded buff and pink 
and edged with lilac. The falls are white edged violet with a brilliant 
orange beard. Sweet scented flowers. 
Morning Splendor. In full bloom the effect of the blending of the colors 
of this variety is a rich, glowing ruby-crimson. The tall, finely branched 
stems carry unusually large flowers, the standards of which are colored 
petunia-violet and the falls rich raisin-purple. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Pallida Dalmatica (Princess Beatrice). This is probably the only one of 
the older Iris which deserves a place in the modern garden, since it is 
still one of the loveliest of all the Iris. The unusually large flowers are 
a clear lavender-blue shading to silvery blue at the base and they are 
sweetly scented. The flower stalks are over 3 feet high. 
Pioneer. A velvety red-purple flower. There is, of course, no pure red in 
the Bearded Iris. However, Pioneer is the finest of the so-called reds. 
20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Queen Caterina. If you were to ask Mr. Elliott which in his judgment is 
the loveliest of all the Bearded Iris, he would tell you most emphatically 
Queen Caterina. His customers agree that his judgment is sound. No 
one who visits our nurseries when the Iris are in bloom ever fails to 
select Queen Caterina as his first choice. It is described as lovely clear 
orchid-purple veined with brilliant gold and having a bright, vivid 
orange beard, but no description can do it justice. 
Shekinah. A true yellow Pallida and the first of the type to be produced. 
The flower is a beautiful shade of pale yellow shading to amber in the 
throat and the beard is lemon-yellow. Decidedly an unusual flower and 
a very lovely one. 
COLLECTION Price, except where noted, 
1 each of the -> r 15c each 
15 varieties qtL.LD 3 for 30c 
lTvarietiL 6 6*25 $1.10 per doz. 
If wanted by parcel post, add 10c for each 3 plants, 20c for a dozen plants. 
