Rare, New and Unusual Japanese Iris 
I HAVE been gathering Japanese Iris from all sources, over a period of many years and now have about 300 
rare varieties under propagation. Of most of these rare varieties I have but a very few plants and many of them 
are the only plants of their kind in America. They are mostly imported from Japan, where there are immense 
Japanese Iris gardens that have remained in the same family, handed down by father to son, for hundreds of years 
and where during all this long period, the owners, with a genius born of patience and enthusiasm, have worked 
upon the constant improvement of the Japanese Iris. For several years what increase I have feft that f could part 
with has been disposed of to visitors to my gardens when these marvels of the flower world were in bloom. This 
year I decided to list a few of the choicer varieties for the benefit of those who are unable to see them in flower. 
They are the last word in Japanese Iris excellence. Of many of them I have the only stock in America. Planting 
and cultural directions accompany all shipments. 
Ai-Fukurin (meaning "A blue border")—A magnificent 
single. Snow-white, with a bright blue-purple border. 
See color illustration page 40. 1.00 
Airship—A gigantic single soft blue, with flowers 9 
inches across. White styles with violet crests add to 
the attractiveness . 1.00 
Aka-Fukurin (meaning "A red border")—Snow white, 
heavily bordered rich dahlia carmine; styles ivory; 
lemon yellow throat. Gigantic early single.... 1.00 
Amphitrite—Medium blue, with a yellow centre sur¬ 
rounded by a white zone, styles cream, with a blue 
crest. Early double. 1.50 
Asahiminato—Gigantic double dauphin's violet flowers, 
with a solid snow-white area in the centre surrounding 
the yellow throat, the white radiating out over the 
petals in the form of veins. Very rare.... .... 7.50 
Astarte—A very large double flower of Amethyst-violet 
coloring, the rich color being uniform through¬ 
out . 1.00 
Chitose-No-Tomo—Intense very deep blue-purple. Late 
double . 7.50 
Date-Dogu (meaning "Extravagant display")—Vivid red- 
purple, with white throat and milk-white styles. The 
white throat radiates out into milk-white veins in 
strong contrast to the vivid red-purple falls.. 1.00 
Ecla ir—Large white flowers, 8 inches in diameter, with 
very fine soft blue veins which fade out to almost 
pure white after the flower has been open a day or 
two . 1.75 
Erynnie—Much more than a double or a triple, having 
12 to 15 petals of uniform size, each petal being 
white, with a bright border of phlox-purple. There 
are five snow-white styles, instead of the usual 
three . 2.75 
Fukamurasaki—Double. Richest velvety royal-purple, ex¬ 
ceedingly dark; one of the darkest of all; lemon 
yellow centre stands out in striking contrast. .. 2.75 
Furi-Tsuzumi—Rich Burgundy-red, with a few white 
flakes that give a ’clothy" effect. The flowers have 
a richness that baffles description. 1.50 
Fuzan-Hisetsu (A maple-covered mountain in a snow¬ 
storm)—Bright red-purple, with numerous small 
splashes of gray. The significance of the Japanese 
name is seen in the color description. 3.50 
•Gyoku-Horen (Jewelled lotus)—Single. Soft red-purple, 
with a soft bluish halo around the yellow throat. 
White styles . 2.75 
Haru-No-Homare — Gigantic single red-purple, with 
broad white veins making a network over the entire 
petals. White styles and white standards, edged 
violet . 5.00 
Hebe—A magnificent double white, just faintly flushed 
soft-lavender, with soft lemon-yellow throat.... 1.00 
Hercule—Flowers of variable colors, running from 
almost pure white in some flowers to white, variably 
flushed and mottled soft violet. 1.00 
Hinode-Sakura (Cherry blossoms at sunrise)—Double. 
Deep rose, with deeper veins; yellow throat sur¬ 
rounded by deeper rose. Very handsome. 1.75 
Hinode Zuru—Vivid magenta-purple, with white just 
~Taintly THowing through, giving an effect like a fine 
rich piece of cloth, the color being solid excepting 
for the "clothy" effect of the white showing 
through . 1.50 
Hokoho-No-Neurm—A very lovely double pure snow- 
white, of heavy waxy substance, with soft olive-yellow 
throat . 1.00 
Hollyhock—A very fine, double early medium pink, with 
very soft blue veins. All petals flare out perfectly 
horizontal . 3.50 
Hosokawa—Early double, uniform petunia violet, with 
just a few white veins radiating out into the petals 
from a deep yellow central bar. 3.50 
Kaku-Shaku-Ro—A gigantic single flower in light and 
dark mauves, the deeper color towards the centre, 
the entire flower veined white, and showing flecks of 
a white ground through the color. Styles ivory, with 
lilac crests . 1.50 
Kamo-Gawa—Blackish red-purple, with a narrow hair¬ 
line edging of lavender white, giving a very unusual 
effect. The petals look and "feel" velvety and are of 
heavy substance . 1.50 
Kongo-San—Early triple variety, with a multiplicity of 
smaller petals in the center, giving a most unusual 
and attractive tufted effect. Color, intense blue- 
purple. One of the most beautiful of all Japanese 
Iris . 1.50 
Kumo-lsho—A double mid-season intense claret color. 
Uniform color throughout. Velvety texture. Brilliant 
orange throat . 1.75 
Kyodaisan—Very early double mauve, with bright yel¬ 
low throat surrounded by a white area. 1.75 
Mahogany—A very lovely double mahogany red. See 
color illustration page 40. 1.00 
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