IRISES—Japanese 
ARVISTA Gardens 
JAPANESE IRISES — Special 
For only $2.00 we will send you 6 Japanese irises, our own selection, all 
different, named and labeled, postpaid; or 3 for $1.00 postpaid. 
JAPANESE IRISES 
The Japanese Irises are perhaps the most showy of all, and are most valuable 
in the garden because they bloom after others have finished flowering. The broad fiat 
flowers, some of them 10 inches across, in their beautiful clear colors and pastel shades, 
add distinct character to any garden planting. Their principal requirement is an acid 
fertilizer such as ammonium sulphate, and an abundance of water about the roots a 
month before and a month after blooming. They like full sun. 
AIFUKURIN—A very beautiful single white, suffused and edged violet.$1.00 
CATHERINE PARRY—Dble. Blue overlaid rosy-red.50 
COLUMBIA—Dble. Blue with pure white veins and yellow center. Striking.50 
ELEANOR PARRY—An unusual double claret-red flushed white and blue.40 
GOLD BOUND—The most popular double white Jap. Flowers white as snow 
wfith a firm and waxy texture.35 
HELEN WELLS—Sgl. Amethyst violet with purple standards. Large. 30".50 
KHA KHAN—Sgl. Large white suffused blue.75 
KOMACHI—A double violet-purple variety of great beauty.50 
KOMBARIN—A double, fine, large, pure white that is early and outstanding.50 
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MAHOGANY—A large, double flow r er of rich mahogany-red. Very late. One 
of the handsomest of Japanese irises.1.35 
MARGARET S. HENDICKSON—Triple. Soft bluish violet with white center 
flushed bluish. Wavy petals.75 
PAINTED LADY—Midseason. Fine white with dainty pink flush.50 
PRES. HARDING—This fine white has been off the market for several years. 
Double, deep blue, lined deeper. 1.00 
PURPLE AND GOLD—A very popular, double Japanese of brilliant purple 
and gold coloring.35 
RED RIDINGHOOD—Sgl. Amaranth suffused white. Best low priced red.50 
WISTER’S FAVORITE—Sgl. Real sky blue with deeper markings and rounded 
petals. Very fine. 1.50 
HYBRIDIZED IRIS SEED 
Perhaps the greatest thrill that can come to the amateur or the profes¬ 
sional gardener is the thrill of beholding the first fine flow’er from hybrid¬ 
ized seed — a new variety that never before saw the light of day and, per- 
. chance, one so different and distinct that it may make horticultural history. 
Every year we pollenize by hand many of the very finest of the new Irises, 
and it is seed from this work that we plant ourselves. A limited amount 
will be offered for sale. 
25 seeds, 50c; 50 seeds, $1.00. 
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