
f RIENDS of mine, who know how many years of my 
life have been devoted to the culture of the splendid 
Bearded Iris, are shocked when I declare that if I 
had to choose a single Iris group out of all the 
world’s species, it would be the incomparable Japanese Iris. 
I regard these mammoth, almost incredibly lovely flowers 
as indispensable to any beautiful garden. It took the patient, 
persistent Japanese horticulturists more than a thousand 
years to develop these varieties from their wild species; and 
the great Iris gardens of Japan have been handed down 
from father to son, like baronial domains, for centuries, 
while the work of Iris improvement has progressed without 
interruption. 
Each year I import new varieties from Japan’s master 
Iris growers, and my present collection is without doubt 
the largest and finest in the United States. They are pro- 
digious bloomers, and they make marvelous garden pictures 
at a season when other showy flowers are scarce. 
See Pages 40 and 41 of my General Catalogue 
for list of Japanese Iris 

IRISES That Bloom 
In August 
IRIS DICHOTOMA 
The rare and lovely Chinese Iris Dichotoma, native of 
Northern China and Manchuria, has but lately been 
naturalized in American gardens; but it flowers lavishly in 
luxuriant clumps, 30 to 36 inches in height, The thin, 
graceful stems are much branched, more so than other Irises, 
and a single plant will often yield more than a hundred 
blooms in a season when fully established. 
It is one of the rarest and most interesting Irises we have 
in America, though it is extremely hardy and of the easiest 
culture, needing no special care. The exquisite flowers 
open at 3 P.M.—more accurate than some time pieces—and 
last but one day; but there is a new crop each succeeding 
day for several weeks, They fill the interval between the 
gorgeous Japanese Iris and the rare new autumn-blooming 
Bearded Iris. 
3 ror *1:% 
IRIS 
DICHOTOMA 
Sent to you direct from my nursery 
in New Jersey 
Cultural Directions Included 


GORGEOUS 
SUMMER-BLOOMING 
JAPANESE IRIS 
COLLECTION 
This splendid assortment will be selected 
by me personally, and each variety will be 
carefully labeled. The color range will be 
complete; no two varieties alike; with giant 
singles and doubles, mottled, striped, and 
blended effects, soft pastels and gaudy pri- 
mary hues, the collection will be fascinating 
and delightful. Some of the flowers will be as 
large as dinner plates. None of the popular 
favorites will be omitted. 
1 2 Georgeous JAPANESE IRIS 
All Different and Distinct 
Each Plant Labeled 
Sent to you direct from 3 

my nursery in st NISHIKI- 
New Jersey YAMA 
JAPANESE 
IRIS 
(One-eighth 
Actual Size) 

Cultural Directions Included 


This new pace of cheery A 

- Irises ‘that Bloom in the Autumn. 
‘ mn-blooming Bearded tris, unknown ‘andl ecantly, is 
one of the latest sensational triumphs of the hybridizing magicians. It has two blooming 

seasons: in the spring, with other early flowering varieties, then again in the mellow 
LC autumn, from September to the comil 
: Irises will make 
but little care and attention. 



in our American Winter, 
Northern States, but out of doors in 
South. Actually 
e frost, here in our 
Virginia and farther 
it appears to require 
latitude, to form buds and open its 
flowers, and it has endured sub-zero 
weather in my own garden without 
injury. See Catalogue Page 33. 

jy of the frost. These beautiful fall blooming 
anity aod 7 are p eromely hardy, needing 
00 
W IRISES That Fini Ih Winter 
Oddly enough, the rare and interesting Iris Stylosa which blooms 
is native to Algeria, Asia Minor, and 
Northern Syria. With curious independence it refuses to conform 
to a change in seasonal schedules, and our bleak season of ice and 
snow does not alter its determination. It will not flower in summer- 
time, but sends forth its lovely blue blossoms in the winter months, 
beginning in December—in cold frames or sheltered nooks in the 
Winter Flowering Iri 
Collection 
A IRIS Sh 
Ae ‘ 
“a STYLOSA 
Sent From Baysid 
