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listing them for the benefit of those who 
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 many of these rare varie¬ 
ties I have but a very few plants and some of them are the 
only plants of their kind in America. They are mostly im¬ 
ported from Japan, where there are immense Japanese /ris 
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 Japenese Iris. For several years what increase I have 
felt that I could part with was disposed of to visitors to my 
gardens when these marvels of the flower world were in bloom. 
After 25 years of propagating, my stock of some of these 
Ls choicer and rarer varieties is now sufficiently large to permit 
are interested in the Rare, New and Unusual Varieties of Japanese Iris. 
This collection is the last word in Japanese Iris excellence. Planting and cultural directions accompany all shipments. 
Rare New and 
Ai-Fukurin —(meaning "A Blue Border") 36 in. A 
magnificent single, with nicely ruffled edges. Snow- 
white, with a bright blue border. See color illustra¬ 
tion page 36. 1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Aka-Fukurin —(meanina "A Red Border") 36 in. Snow- 
white, heavily bordered rich dahlia-carmine. Styles 
ivory, with a dahlia-carmine edge. Lemon yellow 
throat. Gigantic early single. See color illustra¬ 
tion page 36. 1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
Amphitrite —40 in. Early Double. A French introduc¬ 
tion. Manganese-violet, with an attractive white 
area surrounding the lemon yellow zone at the throat. 
Styles cream, with a blue crest. 
1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Aoigata —(Meaning "Crest of Hollyhock blossom"; 
referring to form, rather than color.) 42 in. A 
magnificent dark striped effect. Early, Single, soft 
lilac, veined deep maroon, with tiny standards of 
solid aster-purple and styles solid manganese-violet 
1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Pleroma violet by Ridgway's color chart, with bril¬ 
liant orange throat markings. 2.00 
Aspasie —36 in. General effect light blue of an un¬ 
usual tone, Lobelia-violet by the color chart, with 
deeper silk-thread-like veins and an electric-blue 
flush at the throat. A very lovelv color. 2.00 
Bobby Sipe —48 in. Early, Double. An American in¬ 
troduction. A beautiful, evenly spaced network of 
brilliant violet veins over a white ground. 
1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Celesfine —50 in. Very lovely soft pink, veined deeper. 
Huge Single flowers. 1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Collingwood —36 in. Handsome flowers of pure bright 
magenta, over a white ground, the white ground 
just barely showing through. Color uniform through¬ 
out . 1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
Constance —36 in. Pale forget-me-not blue ground, 
flushed and feathered mauve, with a deeper violet 
area surrounding the yellow markings at the throat. 
Very effective. Huge flowers. 1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Aoi-Kurumi— (Meaning "Hollyhock-wheel") 38 in. A Fukamurasaki— Double. Richest velvety royal-purple, 
most exquisite color and a flower of perfect form. exceedingly dark. Lemon yel ow centre stands out 
in striking contrast. One of the darkest of all. 
1.00 each; 3 for $2.00 
Ganymede —36 in. A French introduction, with huge 
flowers seven inches across and one of the most 
lovely Japanese Iris we have. See color illustra¬ 
tion . 2.50 
Glory —36 in. A magnificent dark spotted Single 
variety, with white and blue-purple heavily splashed 
over the falls and with standards of solid blue-pur¬ 
ple . 1.50 each; 3 for 3.00 
Gofuku-Shoshu —32 in. A recent introduction from 
Japan. Huge double flowers of soft pink, with 
deeper pink or Indian Lake stripes, with a white 
back-ground just showing through. 2.00 
Helene —36 in. See color illustration. But the flower 
itself is much more handsome than the illustration, 
with a smoothness of texture and an even marking, 
in huge flowers several times the size of the illus¬ 
tration . 2.00 each; 3 for 5.00 
Hinode-Sakura —(Meaning "Cherry-blossoms at Sun¬ 
rise") 42 in. The Japanese names are often most 
appropriate, as in this case. This is one of the 
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