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Ti-ie Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Connecticut. 
^German Iris (Iris Germanica) (Fleur-de-Lis.) 
German Iris. 
These splendid garden plants have been favorites for years 
and are so hardy and easily grown and produce such a boi ° 
tiful display of beautiful flowers that they can be considered 
one of the most important of our garden plants. They are 
of easiest culture, requiring no special treatment, and will 
main for years, even enduring neglect, and produce regularly 
each year their fine display of blooms. 
VARIETIES. 
AURIOLE. Late, medium dwarf, very similar to Sans' Souci 
in form and color, beautifully penciled deep velvety n'u-rnle 
BLUE-BIRD. Medium to tall and quite early, full incurved 
of a clear deep blue color. ’ 
BRIDESMAID. Medium to tall, mid-season; very full and 
incurved, light rosy blue, changing to deeper blue on the 
margins, which are exquisitely penciled. - 
CANDICANS. Mid-season and medium size of growth; very 
little incurved and of the clearest pale blue; freely veined 
with splashes of pure white. Very distinct. 
CELESTE. Mid-season to late; clear pale blue; shaded dark¬ 
er, large fine form. 
DR. TLIEMENT. Mid-season to late, medium to low; rosy-red- 
base white, changing to deep rosy-red veined deeper red’ 
EDITH COOK. Medium to low grower, mid-season to late,' 
of strong vigorous habit; of the clearest deep - .yellow 
freely splashed rosy purple. 
ERNEST BERNOT. Early to mid-season, medium to tall, 
very free bloomer; delicate orange exquisitely, suffused 
rosy purple. 
GARFIELD. Tall, medium to late, light blue, changing to 
rosy lilac on margins; light beard. 
JACKMANII. Tall and late, robust, of splendid habit; old 
gold, changing to a rich yellow buff beautifully suffused 
and shaded with deep rosy tints. 
LA VALETTE. Tall late, good full form, very full, incurved; 
general color, clear pale blue suffused with rosy tints. 
MAD. CITEREAU. Late and tall, of beautiful and unique 
form; pale blue and penciled with darker blue on margin. 
MAD. MODESTE. Medium to late. Incurving, pale blue 
splashed and margined purple. 
PALLADA. Very late and tall. Resembles the early Flor¬ 
entine in its full large form. Color rich blue, being suf¬ 
fused with velvety royal purple. ■ 
POND POINT. Tall, very vigorous, very large and hand¬ 
some, clearest deep blue. 
QUEEN OF GYPSIES. Tall and late, rich old geld, deli¬ 
cately suffused and penciled with rosy lilac; with ’beuti- 
ful pencilings of a deeper hue. 
QUEEN OF MAY (Maxomosata). Medium to late, tall, 
perfect form, clearest rose slightly buff at base, shading 
into clear rose-veined with darker rosy-red. 
SAN S SOUCI. Medium to late season, clearest intense yel¬ 
low, incurved, russet veining. 
SILVER KING. Similar if not the same as Florentine 
The earliest of the tall large type, of ideal full form, 
WATNtG'wG/^ unfold ™g is of the softest pale blue, white at maturity. 
WALfthKl. Mid-season and medium grower, clear light blue suffused with royal purple. 
,- nuiseiy u more beautiful than the German Iris during their period of bh 
follows, unless otherwise are offered in three sizes 
be supplied in the sorts marl'ed ^ very heavy Held cliimns can < 
Strong Field ^JrowiPu^ual sfz *T?E h* Frei ^ ht '> . 
Smaller size (mostly field grown)^’’*" recommended ) ■ ■ 
the left. 
Each. Per 10. 
Per 100 
50c. 
$4.00 
S35.00 
25c. 
2.00 
15.00 
15c. 
1.25 
10.00 
