Sofu-No-Koi—A very beautiful double "marbled" effect, 
on the blue order, being perhaps the bluest of this 
type. The ground, instead of being white, is soft 
verbena violet, marbled hyacinth violet, with a blue 
flush at the centre. Styles greyish-white, crested to 
match the balance of fhe flower. Conspicuous deep 
yellow throat . 1.50 
Somegoromo—Gigantic, tall double red-purple.. 3.50 
Toyama-Garasu—Double. Deep crimson, with a milk- 
white centre surrounding the soft lemon yellow throat 
markings. Styles white, with crimson crests.... 5.00 
Waka musha—Best of the dark-striped kinds. Deep, bril¬ 
liant, vivid pansy-violet veins over a white ground, 
with a snow-white border. Styles intense solid black¬ 
ish-pansy-violet . 1.00 
Warei-Hotei (Th e smiling God of Fortune)—Warei- 
Hotei, one of the seven Japanese Gods of Fortune, is 
beloved by all Japanese children, as the God who 
brings them gifts, the Santa Claus of the Japanese 
children. The Iris Warei-Hotei is one of the finest and 
Rare, New and Unusual 
Japanese Iris ■ Concluded 
most perfectly formed of all Japanese Iris. The ground 
color is lavender-blue, shaded soft violet on the edges 
and veined deep violet. It has a beautifully tufted 
centre of deep petunia violet. 1.75 
Yedo-Kagami (Mirror of Yedo)—-Brilliant red-purple in 
the form of close veins, and the color more lightly 
brushed in between the veins, with a white ground 
just faintly showing through. 1.50 
Yomei-Nishiki—Double "marbled" effect. Centre beau¬ 
tiful amethyst-violet, blending to pansy-violet at the 
edges, the entire flower flecked soft lavender; solid 
pansy-violet styles; deep orange throat. 2.75 
Yube-no-sora (Evening Sky)—Mammoth flowers of heavy 
' substance. Red-purple, enlivened by a milk white zone 
at the centre surrounding deep orange throat mark¬ 
ings, this white zone radiating out over the petals 
in the form of white veins. Styles white, with violet 
tipped crest. Color fades after a few days, giving a 
softer effect, showing both soft and vivid colored 
flowers at the same time, making a most attractive 
picture . 1.50 
Yumi-No-Ukihashi—Gigantic double. Garden effect 
deep blue, with a white area surrounding the yellow 
throat and radiating out into white veins. Snow-white 
styles, with crests flushed soft violet. One of the 
finest . 2.50 
Yurushi-No-Iro—One of the earliest, as well as one of 
the largest and handsomest. Color rich uniform red, 
with an intense velvety black-purple bar at the centre 
of each petal. 1.00 
Zama-No-Mori (Grove of Zama)—Giant single white, 
faintly flushed soft lavender, the flush of color cov¬ 
ering a definite central area surrounding the yellow 
throat and being absent from the outer portions, the 
color gradually fading out altogether in a few days, 
leaving the flower pure white. 1.50 
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GOLD MEDAL COLLECTION 
I will furnish 12 very fine varieties, my selection, of the above Rare, New 
and Unusual Japanese Iris, for . . 10.00 
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AI-FUKURIN and AKA-FUKURIN are identical 
excepting for the color of the border, the 
former meaning "A Blue Border" and the latter 
meaning "A Red Border." 
