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IRIS KAEMPFERI : Japanese Iris 
The Japanese Iris form a distinct group, flowering 
after the German and Dalmatica groups have ceased. 
Unlike the Irises of the Germanica type, they are 
moisture-loving plants, growing natively in meadow- 
lands and marshes, and during their growing season 
should be well supplied with water. The flowers are 
of great breadth of petal and wonderful, wide- 
ranging color, poised on the stems like gigantic, 
tropical butterflies. Bloom here about June 15. 
No. 15 —White, three large petals. 
No. 21—Red, eight petals. 20c each. 
No. 25 —Dark purplish red. 
No. 29 —Dark Purple-blue, six large petals. 
No. 33 —Dark blue, one of the best. Double. 
No. 39 —Early red, three petals. 20c each. 
No. 43 —Deep purple. 
No. 50 —Double velvet red-purple. 
No. 77 —Blue veined white, three large petals. 
No. 85 —White, six large petals. 
No. 100—Lavender, tinged purple. 
JAPAN IRIS —Mixed. These are all large flower¬ 
ing varieties. 
IRIS PUMILA 
These beautiful little Irises do not grow over 4 
inches high and bloom in April and May. They are 
fine for bordering flower beds or planting in the rock 
garden. 
Blue. White. 
IRIS SIRIRICA 
PERRY’S BLUE. 3 to 4 ft. Clear blue flowers on 
stiff stalks. 
PERRY’S PURPLE. 3 to 4 ft. This species is 
particularly suited for water edges. 
Japanese Iris 
LATHRUS LATIFOLIA 
PERENNIAL SWEET PEA. A free flowering, 
easily cultivated plant, rapid in growth; thrives in 
any good soil; very hardy; particularly good for 
cutting. Color, shades of pink. 4 to 5 feet. 
LAVANDULA : Lavender 
An old-fashioned, fragrant, shrubbery perennial. 
Its fragrant flowers are highly valued for drying 
and preserving. 
WERA. This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows 
about 18 inches high; delightfully fragrant blue 
flowers in July and August. 
LIATRIS : Blazing Star or Gayfeather 
PYCNOSTACHYA. A perfectly hardy perennial 
of luxuriant growth, doing well in any kind of soil, 
poor or rich, moist or dry, producing richly colored 
purple flowers on stout stalks 6 feet high in graceful 
spikes one foot long. In bloom during July and 
August. First rate cut flowers. 
LILIUM : Regale 
REGAL LILY. The flowers are white, slightly 
suffused with pink, with a beautiful shade of canary- 
yellow at the center, and extending part way up the 
trumpet. It is absolutely hardy. 
LINUM : Flax 
Elegant, feathery leaved free-flowering, hardy 
perennials suitable for dry, sunny borders or rock 
gardens. 
*PERENNE (Blue Flax). Flowers beautiful pale 
blue on slender, graceful stems. 
LOBELIA : Indian Paintbrush 
CARDINALIS (Cardinal Flower). Rich, fiery 
cardinal flowers, often producing 4 to 6 spikes, 24 
to 30 inches long. 
LYCHNIS : Campion or CatchIIy 
:!: VISC ARIA SPLENDENS. Deep red, early- 
flowering border plant. 12 in. 
LYTHRUM : Purple Loosestrife 
Suitable showy plants for moist, shady borders 
and the waterside. 
SUPERBUM ROSEUM. Very showy rosy purple 
spikes about 2 or 3 feet high, produced in profusion 
all summer. 
MERTENSIA : Virginia Cowslip; 
Blue Bells 
VIRGINICA. An early spring-flowering plant, 
growing about 1 to lj4 feet high with blue flowers 
fading to pink; one of the most interesting of our 
native spring flowers. 20c each; $2.00 dozen. 
MYOSOTIS : Forget-Me-Not 
They are charming in the border, rock garden, or 
by the waterside. They like shade and a fair 
amount of moisture; use them freely as a ground 
cover for your Tulip or other bulb beds. 
*PALUSTRIS SEMPERFLORENS. The popular 
everbloomina: variety, clear blue flowers in sprays. 
Price of Perennials: 15c each; $1.50 dozen, except where noted. 
