IRISES 
BULBOUS IRISES 
B ULBOUS irises of tke Dutch and Spanish groups have become very popular. Tbeir flowers, graceful as orchids, 
are valuable as cut flowers and also lend themselves admirably to display plantings in the flower garden. By 
reason of their wide color range in pastel shades, beautiful color pictures can be created. 
DUTCH IRISES (IRIS HOLLANDICA) 
A strain bearing large flowers of graceful, refined form and flowering about two weeks earlier than the Spanish types. 
A. BLOEMAARD. Very large flower, early. Standards 
dark purplish blue; falls lighter blue. Very attractive. 
$ 1.05 for 10; $8 per 100. 
ABRAHAM STORCK. A very large iris and the best 
blue we know; tall and vigorous grower. Standards steel- 
blue, falls very dark blue. $1.05 for 10; $8 per 100. See 
illustration, page 67. 
DIRK DALENS. Very attractive flower with large pale 
blue standards and darker blue falls with a very narrow 
orange stripe through center. $1.15 for 10; $9 per 100. 
GOLDEN BRONZE. A very beautiful iris. Standards 
dark violet, edged bronze; falls attractive golden bronze. 
Strong and vigorous grower. $1.30 for 10; $10.50 per 100. 
See illustration, page 64. 
GOLDEN GLORY. Very strong and vigorous tall grower 
with standards a golden yellow and slightly deeper falls. 
$1 for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
HOBBEMA. A very beautiful iris which has created very 
favorable comments at Flower Shows, where it was 
awarded highest honors. Standards are white tinted laven¬ 
der, with pale yellow falls. $1 for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
JACOB DE WIT. A very early iris of remarkable sub¬ 
stance. Both standards and fails are of a uniform dark 
blue. A very fine variety. $.90 for 10; $6.50 per 100. 
J. A. MATH AM. A beautiful novelty introduced very 
recently of a pale, cornflower-blue self-color. Strong and 
vigorous grower. $1 for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
JAN WEENIX. Extra-strong and vigorous grower, one 
of the tallest of the Dutch irises. Standards and falls of 
a soft lavender-blue self-color. $1.30 for 10; $10.50 per 
100 . 
LEONARDO DA VINCI. A very beautiful and refined 
flower. Standards, lemon-yellow; falls deeper yellow. $ I 
for 10; $7.50 per 100. 
S. DE VLIEGER. Very large and beautiful flower, very 
broad and strong light violet-blue standards; falls soft sky- 
blue with narrow orange stripe through center. $.90 for 
10; $6.50 per 100. 
THERESE VAN DUYLL SCHWARTZE. A very refined 
flower. Standards pale cornflower-blue; falls pure white 
with narrow orange stripe. $1 for 10; $7.50 per 100. See 
illustration, page 64. 
WHITE EXCELSIOR. Very early. Of very good form 
and substance, both standards and falls of the purest 
white. $ 1.05 for 10; $8 per 100. 
W. VERSCHUUR. An excellent variety. Standards 
violet, tinged bronze; falls bronze. A very strong and vig¬ 
orous grower. $1.15 for 10; $9 per 100. 
W. ZUIDERVELD. Very large flower of fine proportions 
and substance of a uniform light bluish violet. $1.15 for 
10; $9 per 100. See illustration, page 67. 
YELLOW QUEEN. A very fine flower of uniform golden 
yellow. Very tall and early. $.95 for 10; $6.75 per 100. 
SPANISH IRISES (IRIS HISPANICA) 
Spanish irises are bearing somewhat smaller flowers than those of the Dutch group. 
They are especially valuable on account of their later flowering. 
The varieties offered here are in our opinion the finest in this collection. 
CAJANUS. Very fine canary-yellow with orange-yellow 
blotches on the falls. $.85 for 10; $6 per 100. 
GOLDEN LION. A very beautiful iris. Tall and vig¬ 
orous grower; standards a refined lemon-yellow with 
golden-yellow falls. $4.25 for 10; $40 per 100. 
KING OF THE BLUES. Very fine deep blue. A very 
strong and vigorous grower. $.80 for 10; $5.50 per 100. 
KING OF THE WHITES. Flowers are of the purest white 
with small orange blotch on the falls. $.80 for 10; $5.50 
per 100. 
PRINCE HENRY. Large flowers of a beautiful bronze. 
$.85 for 10; $6 per 100. 
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