Orchid Flowered Japanese Iris 
Kemp’s Gardens 
Kemp's Orchid Flowered Japanese Iris^ 
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CONSTANCE —(No. 19.) Cerulean blue feathering, overlapping 
pale forget-me-not background, with orange buff markings 
at base of petals. Standards medium size, splashed purple 
on light King’s Blue background. Pistils, greenish white, 
tipped bluish purple. Flower medium to large. 3 petals. 
Very fine and a prime favorite with those who are fond of 
parti-colored flowers. Midseason. Height 32 inches. 
CORNELIA —(No. 13). White, prominently veined purplish 
blue, with cadmium orange blotch at base of petals, edged 
dull purple. Standards or inferior petals, 3 inches long, 1 
inch wide, Paris blue, lower half. Upper half white, heavily 
veined Paris blue. Pistils, white tinted lavender, with lighter 
tinted lips. An extremely fine variety that should find much 
favor with all Iris lovers. 3 petals, size of flower 7 inches, 
height of stalk 50 inches. 
DAY DREAM —(No. 1). In this variety we have an unusually 
beautiful and attractive flower. The color is a soft pinkish 
lilac, lightly veined pale violet blue with heavier shading of 
the same color surrounding cadmium yellow blotch at base 
of petals. Short inferior petals of pale violet blue, and 
pale pink pistils, tipped bright blue. 3 petals diameter 6-*7 
inches. Height of flower stalk 30 inches. Stock very limited. 
GRENADIER —-(No. 16). White, overlaid with bright lavender 
sheen. The lavender being more prominent at base of petals, 
surrounding cadmium orange blotch. The standards or in¬ 
ferior petals are medium long, upright and are of a pleasing 
hue of lavender edged blue. Pistils clear white. A wonder¬ 
fully beautiful variety. 3 petals, size of bloom 7-8 inches. 
Height of stalk 50 inches. 
HARMONY —(No. 3). A finely ruffled variety of great beauty, 
and distinct from any other Japan Iris I have ever seen. 
The flowers are single and medium size, with the exquisite 
color of oxide blue veined and edged lilac pink. Prominent 
orange blotch at base of petals. Inferior petals bright ber- 
lin blue. Pistils pale lilac pink. Size of flower 4% inches, 
height 42 inches. 
Price, $1.00 each, $10.00 per dozen 
LAWRENCE —(No. 5). Hortense blue, lightening to Ontario 
violet, as the flower becomes fully blown. Standards are 
large, prominent, and of a solid, deep full bluish violet. 
Pistils greenish white, tipped light bluish violet. Rich Primu- 
line yellow blotch extending from base to one-third way up 
petals in featherlike formation. Flowers 8 inches in diam¬ 
eter, with broad rounding petals. A very striking and alto¬ 
gether beautiful variety. Height 42 inches. 
Price, 69c each, $6.00 per dozen 
MARTHA KEMP —(No. 8). Deep lilac pink ground, brushed 
Venetian blue. Standards or inferior petals are medium long, 
stand upright, and are almost solid, deep bluish violet. Orange 
blotch at base of petals. Pistils greenish white tipped bluish 
violet. A very conspicuous and beautiful variety. Single. 
Size of flower 7 inches, height 48 inches. 
MARVELLA —(No. 20). Phlox purple, splashed phlox pink. 
Orange buff blotch at base of petals. Pistils greenish white, 
tipped lavender pink. Flower large to very large, with three 
broad, rounded petals. Height 32 inches. Midseason. A 
marvelously beautiful variety. 
Price, $1.00 each, $10.00 per dozen 
NORMANDY —(No. 7.) White, with faint hair lines or veins, 
radiating from light cadmium, yellow blotch at base of pet¬ 
als. Standards or inferior petals are very conspicuous in 
their contrast of bluish violet color, tipped and edged white. 
Single. Size of flower 6-7 inches, height 46 inches. 
OCEANA —(No. 12). Deep violet blue, with bright cadmium 
yellow blotch at base of petals. Pistils striped lavender and 
purple, lips dull violet. Very handsome and showy. 6 petals 
beautifully ruffled and fluted. Size of flower 6 inches, height 
of stalk 55 inches. 
RICHMOND —(No. 23, 1933). The ground color of this mar¬ 
velously beautiful variety is difficult to define, as it does not 
exactly match any of the color plates in Ridgeway’s Color 
Chart. Its rich lustrous color closely approaches Royal Pur¬ 
ple, and Dark Violet coming about half way between these 
two colors. Some of the flowers are lightly mottled and 
splashed with light pink, prominent orange color at base of 
petals. Richmond is by far the richest colored Japanese Iris 
I have ever seen. 
Price, $1.50 each), $15.00 per dozen 
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