Rare New and Unusual 
Japanese Iris 
Tsurugi-No-Mai (Dance Sword) 36 in. Large 
double flowers of Burgundy-red coloring, the 
color being uniform throughout, excepting 
for the vivid lemon yellow throat. Very rich 
and velvety. 1.50 each; 3 for 3.00 
No-Horu, but on the blue order, being per¬ 
haps the bluest of this type. The ground color 
is soft blue, marbled hyacinth-violet, with a 
blue flush at the centre. Very handsome. 
1.50 each; 3 for 3.00 
Wakamusha (A Young Knight) 36 in. Best of 
the dark striped kinds. Deep, vivid, brilliant 
pansy-violet veins over a white ground, with 
a snow-white border. Styles intense, solid 
blackish-pansy-violet. A most striking flower. 
1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
Warei-Hotei (The Smiling God of Fortune) 
36 in. 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 most perfectly 
formed of all Japanese Iris. The ground color is 
lavender-blue, shaded soft violet on the edges and 
veined deeper violet. It has a beautifully tufted 
centre of deep petunia-violet. It is certainly the 
finest of its type. 1.75 each; 3 for 4.50 
Sasa-Nami —(Ripples) 36 in. Double. An unusual 
and very beautiful flower. Color lobelia-violet, with 
a deep blue area at the centre of each petal. Olive 
green throat markings. 1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
Senjo-No-Horu —32 in. Double. A very handsome 
beautifully mottled magenta and white. See color 
illustration . 5.00 each 
Shii-No-Yuki (Snow on a purple robe) The Japanese 
name most aptly describes the color, for the color 
effect is just like a few flakes of snow over a vivid 
blue-purple ground of cloth-like texture. 
2.00 each; 3 for 5.00 
Shira-nami (A white wave) 48 in. A magnificent 
double pure snow white, with delightfully frilled 
edges. Very large flowers of perfect form. 
1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
Shishi-lkari (Angry Lion) 36 in. A magnificent TRIPLE 
FLOWERED variety in vivid claret-red, the color be¬ 
ing very rich and brilliant and uniform through¬ 
out . 1.0J each; 3 for 2.00 
Shiundai —40 in. Huge Double flowers of deep blue- 
purple, (Hyacinth violet by the color chart) with 
lemon yellow spearheads at the throat. A lovely 
smooth, rich flower, of heavy substance. 
1.50 each; 3 for 3.00 
Sofu-No-Koi —36 in. Double. A very handsome "mot¬ 
tled" effect, something like the illustration of Senjo- 
Yube-No-Sora (Evening Sky) 40 in. Mammoth Double 
flowers of heavy substance. Red-ourple, enlivened 
by a milk-white zone at the centre surrounding deep 
orange throat markings, the white zone radiating 
out over the petals in the form of white veins. 
Styles white, with violet tipped crests. The color 
fades out somewhat after a few days, giving a 
softer effect, the same plant showing soft and 
vivid colored flowers at the same time, making a 
most attractive picture. 1.50 each; 3 for 3.00 
Yurushi-No-Iro —(Color of cloth only to be worn by 
Preletarian) 36 in. Double. One of the earliest, 
as well as one of the largest and handsomest of all 
Japanese Iris. Color rich, uniform red, with an in¬ 
tense velvety black-purple bar at the centre of each 
petal . 1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
Zama-No-Mori (Grove of Zama) 36 in. Huge flow¬ 
ers, measuring nine inches across. White, faintly 
soft lavender, the flush of color covering a definite 
central area surrounding the yellow throat and be¬ 
ing absent from the border, the color gradually 
fading out altogether in a few days to pure white. 
A magnificent variety. 1.00 each; 3 for 2.00 
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"GOLD MEDAL" COLLECTION OF JAPANESE IRIS 
12 Beauties, My Selection, from the foregoing group of RARE, NEW 
AND UNUSUAL JAPANESE IRIS, each different, properly labelled, 
for . $7.50 
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