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You may not be able to visit the famous Japanese Iris Gardens of Katoka-Yen, but you may 
now have the finest Japanese Iris in the world growing right in your own garden. A planting of 
these magnificent Iris will literally "blockade traffic" during flowering season, for no one will 
pass them by without stopping to admire them. 
The Japanese Iris are adaptable to many locations. While they thrive along the edge of 
a brook or pond, where their roots can find their way down to the water level, they exceed 
one's fondest expectations under ordinary garden conditions. In Japan, where visiting the Iris 
gardens is a national function, they are usually planted in sunken gardens, which are flooded 
with water up to and throughout the flowering season. They are viewed from bridges, or 
walks, elevated above the gardens, so that the effect, looking down upon them, is that of a 
lake covered with gorgeous Iris in bloom. After they have finished flowering, the water is 
drained off. They also grow them in pots, for indoor decoration with marvelous effect. A very 
pretty effect is created by digging up established clumps from the garden just before flower¬ 
ing season, placing them in tubs or buckets in a pool, with the earth an inch or two under the 
water; leaving them there until they have finished flowering and then replanting them. But, of 
course, the most practical use for them to most gardeners, is to plant them in bold masses in 
the garden, allowing them to establish themselves and remain undisturbed. 
These Japanese Iris flower at a time when no other Iris are in bloom and extend the flowering season long after the Bearded Iris, Siberian Iris and the 
numerous Species and Hybrids of Beardless Iris have finished flowering. Right in the middle of summer, when practically no other flowers are in bloom, 
they hold the centre of the stage with their extravagant display of beauty. As cut flowers they are superb and fit to grace the tables of Royalty. 
Many of the Japanese names are difficult for us to pronounce, but when interpreted they have a poetic significance, or an important religious or 
symbolic meaning to the Japanese mind. I am in each case retaining the original Japanese names on the Japanese importations, with interpretations in 
many cases. 
The culture ar,d care of these Japanese Iris is quite simple. Full directions will be included with all plants sent out. 
AI-FUKURIN —(Meaning "A Blue Border") 36 in. A mag¬ 
nificent single, with nicely ruffled edges. Snow-white, with a 
bright blue border. See color illustration. $1.00 each; 3 
for $2.00. 
AKA-FUKURIN — (Meaning 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. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.00. 
AMPHITRITE —40 in. Early Double. A French introduction. 
Manganese-violet, with an attractive white area surround¬ 
ing 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" re¬ 
ferring 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. 
AOI-KURUMI —(Meaning "Hollyhock-wheel") 38 in. A 
most exquisite color and a flower of perfect form. Pleroma 
violet by Ridgway's color chart, with brilliant orange 
throat markings. $2.00. 
ASPASIE —36 in. General effect light blue of an unusual 
tone, Lobelia-violet by the color chart, with deeper si I k- 
tnread-like veins and an electric-blue flush at the throat. 
A very lovely co lor. $2.00. 
BOBBY SIPE —48 in. Early, Double. An American introduc¬ 
tion. A beautiful, evenly spaced network of brilliant violet 
veins over a white ground. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.00. 
CELESTINE —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 throughout. 
$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 ef¬ 
fective. Huge flowers. $1.00. each; 3 for $2.00. 
FUKAMURASAKI —Double. Richest velvety royal-purple, 
exceedingly dark. Lemon yellow 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 illustration. $2.50. 
GLORY —36 in. A magnificent dark spotted Single vari¬ 
ety, with white and blue-purple heavily splashed over the 
falls and with standards of solid blue-purple. 
$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 background 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 illustration. $2.00 each; 3 for $5.00. 
HINODE-SAKURA — (Meaning "Cherry-blossoms 
at Sunrise") 42 in. The Japanese names are often 
most appropriate, as in this case. This is one of 
the most lovely of all Japanese Iris. It was diffi¬ 
cult for the artist, the engraver and the printer 
to catch the exact color tones, which are some¬ 
what brighter and clearer than in the illustra¬ 
tion. The flowers are huge, several times larger 
than the illustration. The main color is rosaline- 
pink by the color charts. I have been propagat¬ 
ing this I his for many years and this is the first 
time I have been able to offer it at a moderate price. 
$1.00 each; 3 for $2.00. 
HINODE-ZURU — (Crane at sunrise) 48 in. Vivid ma¬ 
genta-purple, with white just faintly showing through, like 
a piece of fine rich cloth, in effect, the color being solid, 
excepting for the "clothy" effect of the white showing 
through. Large Single flowers. $2.00 each; 3 for $5.00. 
HIRADO —40 in. Huge Single flowers, nine inches across. 
Intense, rich, black-purple self. Very fine. $1.50 each; 3 for 
$3.00. 
ISPAHAN —36 in. Very fine large Single flowers of clear 
claret-red, with a blue flush at the throat and white styles. 
$1.50 each; 3 for $3.00. 
Koki-No-Iro 
