IRISES FROM SEED 
The species Irises' offer a wealth of interesting beau¬ 
ty for varied uses, and they grow with fair readiness 
from autumn sown seeds. Seeds of the Iris species 
listed here, should germinate following spring from fall 
sowings, and mostly they will flower a year later, but 
Iris dichotoma will bloom first season. 
IRiIS BREVIPES—Very large flattened flowers only 
six inches above the ground, these of brilliant indigo 
blue, with yellow markings. Iris brevipes is an exceed¬ 
ingly rare and highly desirable species of the “Delta” 
section, fully winter-hardy here. 8 seeds for 20c; 25 for 
50c; 60 for $1.00. 
IRIS ARENARIA—A prtty little dwarf Iris of early 
spring, blooming in April. The buds are richly colored, 
bronze to mahogany, but open to flattened blossoms of 
vivid yellow. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 40c. 
IRIS TENAX—A graceful low Iris that is long in 
bloom. Flowers are of pleasing form, rather undulate 
and unfacing, and of colorings amazingly variable, from 
white, through lavender and mauve rose, to claret or 
pnrple velvet. Some of the pastel tones come very close 
to being pure pink. Transplant seedlings while small. 
Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 35c. 
IRIS DICHOTOMA—August or Vesper Iris. Here, it is 
in charming and profuse bloom from mid-July to early 
September. High-held sprays of pretty blossoms, usu¬ 
ally lavender with mahogany markings, but more than 
20 color variations have been recorded. Quick and easy. 
Pkt. 15c; Ys oz. 30c; ^ oz. 50c. 
IRIS OCHROLEUCA GIGANTEA—The great Gold-band¬ 
ed Iris, a spectacular beauty. Giant flowers, snowy to 
ivory, with big golden splash on each fall. Pkt. 15c; 
% oz. 35c. 
OFFER 6F9—One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
IRIS AVALON BLEND—Seeds of more than 90 species 
and strains in mixture. % oz. 25c; ^ oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.25. 
HARDY PITCHER-PLANTS 
Two of the interesting and beautiful hardy Pitcher- 
plants or Sarracenias seem to be fully winter hardy in 
the North; Sarracenia flava, with tall green pitchers 
and bright lemon “flowers,” and Sarracenia purpurea, 
wide violet-veined pitchers and maroon purple “flowers”. 
See page 57 of general catalog for fuller descriptions. 
Seeds of them sown in late autumn in pans or tubs 
filled with a mixture of sand and peat moss or fine 
sphagnum moss, will germinate strongly early the next 
spring. We place the tubs on the north of a building, 
heaping snow over them as soon as it falls, or, failing 
that, we mulch lightly with straw to prevent winter 
drying. Seeds of either species supplied at 20c the pkt., 
1/16 oz. for 75c. 
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