ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA 
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EVANSIA (Crested) 
Evansias thrive best in slightly acid soil in a partial or total shady location. They 
will attain perfection under a large tree or on the north side of a building, and may 
be used to advantage in company with ferns and begonias. 
The varieties Japonica, Watti, Nada, and Fairyland are tender varieties and cannot 
be grown in the colder climates. Nada is ideally suited for pot culture anywhere and is 
worth growing for its beautiful foliage. 
Once a year, after the plants have finished blooming, cut the flower stems, clean out 
the dead leaves and apply a top dressing of leaf mold. Keep the ground moist at all times. 
CRISTATA .25 
Dainty, soft, amethyst-blue with a touch of gold, beautifully fringed and crested. 
It will soon carpet the ground where it is planted. Fragrant. 4 in. 
FAIRYLAND (Stevens 1936) . 5.00 
A cross between Japanese Wattii and Uwoau form of Japonica. Color very pale 
lavender with splotches and dots of deeper lavender and brown with a yellow crest; 
more compact in growth than its parents. A fit companion for the larger growing Nada. 
GRACILIPES .50 
A tiny Japanese crested iris of dainty pinkish-lilac color. Ideal for a shady nook in 
the rock garden. 6 in. 
JAPONICA .50 
Most orchid-like iris grown. A uniform shade of lavender with an orange crest. All 
parts of the flower delightfully frilled. Ideal for the rock garden or under trees in the 
shade. 24 in. 
JAPONICA, VARIEGATED FOLIAGE . 50 
Dwarfer than the type. The leaves are half white and half green. 
MILESII .75 
Claret-purple flowers on tall, wiry, branching stems. Latest of the crested iris to 
bloom. From the Himalyan Mts. 36 in. 
NADA (Giridlian 1936)— . 3.50 
(Pronounced Nay-da) is the result of crossing two species of Evansia type, Japonica 
and Watti, and combines the good qualities of both species. 
The plant consists of a fan of leaves resembling a palm leaf on top of a 12-inch 
stem. The fan is two feet across, and the individual leaf is about 1 3/4 inches at its 
widest part and 20 inches long, bright green on one side and blue green on the other. 
The flower stalk rises two feet high from the center of the fan of leaves, and is 
branched and rebranched carrying as many as 40 terminal buds, each bud in turn pro¬ 
ducing five flowers in succession. 
The flowers are white with chrome-yellow crests and showing a touch of light laven¬ 
der around the crests. The style branches are light lavender, and are lacerated in a 
beautiful manner. The standards and falls are waved and frilled. The individual flowers 
are about 214 inches across. 
The flowers lend themselves ideally for flower arrangements and last a long time 
when cut, as nearly all the buds develop. 
The plant is very prolific, propagating itself by means of short stolens and forming 
a good sized clump in one season. 
TECTORUM ..25 
The roof iris of Japan. Deep lilac-blue with an ivory crest. Will stand more sun 
than the rest of the species in this class. 12 in. 
WATTII .75 
An amazing iris from the southern slopes of the Himalya Mts. with a habit some¬ 
what recalling a dwarf bamboo. Flowers white with an orange crest, borne on panicles 
over a long season. An ideal subject for a shady comer, in association with ferns and 
begonias. 
