
A BOWL OF ENGLISH IRIS 
English Iris 
If you have never grown this beautiful Iris, 
try a few bulbs; you will be delighted. They 
thrive in any ordinary garden soil, multiply 
very rapidly, and are unexcelled for cut flow- 
ers. They bloom in late June and early July. 
Need some protection in severe climates. 
Piant about 4 inches deep, during September. 
Ot all the bulbous Iris, these are our favorites. 
A bouquet of these lovely flowers will be found 
as strikingly beautiful in color as many of the 
sumptuous orchids. Make lovely corsages. 
FASCINATION. Delicate orchid color. Doz. $1. 
KING OF BLUES. Deep velvety blue, some- 
Doz. $1.00. 
times flecked darker. 




MIXED. A mixture of various colors, in- 
cluding lovely orchids, light blue, dark 
blue, medium blue, purple. ete., all beauti- 
ful beyond description. Doz. 75c. 
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For a number of years we have been selecting 
different colors in our seedling English iris, 
and now we have enough stock of separate 
colors to give our customers some outstand- 
ing colors and combinations, These have not 
been named, so we can list them by color 
only, but they are all very fine and worth a 
trial in any garden. 
Following varieties of English iris all $1.00 doz. 
FRECKLES. White speckled with violet. 
ORCHID. Lovely color, beautiful for corsages. 
LIGHT BLUE. Clear light sky blue. Lovely. 
MEDIUM BLUE. Porcelain blue, tall. 
DARK BLUE. Very deep, velvety blue, like 
rich velvet; darker than King of the Blues. 
TRI-COLOR. Orchid standards and light blue 
falls with white spot, Outstanding, and as 
nice as any orchid. 
PURPLE. Bright velvety purple-wine, richly 
colored. Small white or yellow stripe in falls. 
