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TIP-TOP SPECIAL 
One of each of these five unusual irises - $1.00. 
HEXAGONA = A species which is native on the Atlantic sea-coast of the 
U.S. It has large royal purple flowers, with a peculiar apple- 
green beard, which nestles among the foliage; and the first sight 
of it, at the end of June, after all tall varieties have ceased 
blooming, is a real thrill - 25¢. 
KERMESINA ~ A rare Japanese species, discovered by the great English 
horiiculturist, Amos Perry. It grows and looks like a Siberian 
iris, Flowers are a brilliant claret-red - 25¢. 
MAY ALLISON ~- This is the only tall bearded iris which consistently 
bears double flowers, It is a sport of an old French variety named 
Céeieste. Color is agure blue with tracings of white, and the beard 
is white. My stock came direct from the originator, Mrs. Allison, 
an amateur gardener of Raleigh, N.C. - 25¢. 
TECTORUM « Also known as the Japanese roof iris because in Japan the 
farmers plant It along the edges, of thatched roofs. Dne Javee 
lilas-blue flowers have crests instead of a beard, and are borne on 
perpendicular stems 10 to lt inches in height. Blooms late in June. 
Very dainty - 25¢. 
WILLIAM MOHR - One of the most sensational hybrids ever produced. 
Mr. Mohr, after whom it is named, was the first American to succeed 
in crossing a tall bearded iris (Parisiana) with Gatesii, a native 
of Asia Minor and Persia, It has the typical huge flower of an on- 
cocyclus species, combined with the hardiness of its pod-parent, 
Parisiana., Color, is lilae, very thickiy, covered. and netted wite 
dark, almost black, veins, and beatifully ruffled - 25¢. 
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FOR THE CONNOISSEUR 
DELPHINIUM = PINKSENSATION - This is not a pale lavender, but a true 
larkspur pink in a perennial delphinium. It blooms continuously 
from early spring until fall, even after light frosts have nipped 
the tallest spikes, This variety has extra-ordinary carrying power, 
and its brilliant .color penetrates and harmonizes 4 wide arsal.- PINK 
SENSATION was an outstanding novelty at the New York World's Fair, 
and the demand for it is so great that nurseries are unaole to fill 
all orders. It will be a long: time before it becomes common as it 
rarely produces seed. My plants are two years old. - #14005” 
HEME ROCALLISES (Day Lillies) in named varieties. 
PAPAVER ORISNTAIE (Oricntal Poppies) in named varieties. 
PEONIES in named varieties. 
PERENNIAL PLANTS in named varieties. 
DAHLIAS in named varieties. 

