JAPANESE (Kaempferi) IRIS 
When well grown these are the most spectacular of all and are often referred to as the queen 
of all iris. The plants we send our customers are vigorous clumps with heavy root systems and 
are not to be compared with divisions with few roots taken from old clumps. It actually costs 
us about 25c postage to ship a single plant of this quality across the country. Many dealers 
do not prepay shipments of Japanese iris because of the heavy expense. In addition to assuming 
this cost we claim that our plants are the finest obtainable anywhere at any price. We are 
confident a trial order will substantiate this claim. 
CULTURE: Like most azaleas and rhododendrons these iris will not tolerate lime in any form. 
For best results heavily enriched soil and abundant moisture are necessary. After blooming 
they require no more moisture than other perennials. An ideal location is along the banks of a 
stream or pond. They are successfully grown in most parts of the country and do especially 
well in the Atlantic and Pacific states and the southern borders of the Great Lakes. Plant so 
that the crowns are about 2 inches below the ground surface. Do not expect typica! flowers until 
the second year as they take more time to become established than bearded iris. In dry climates 
we cannot stress too strongly the importance of constant moisture during their growing season. 
In fact, if your water supply is unlimited select a location where you can flood the plants often 
and you will be rewarded with larger flowers. Any well rotted manure is the best fertilizer. If 
your soil is alkaline, the addition of aluminum sulphate, peat moss or oak leaf mold will 
produce the correct soil condition. If the leaves turn yellow, lime very likely is present and 
LIME is FATAL to these iris. 
SHIPMENT: Spring or Fall. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
AIRSHIP. Very large single difficult to de- 
scribe. Light lavender blue tinted pink. $1.25 
AKA-FUKURIN (Red Border). A beautiful sin- 
gle with large semi-drooping falls of pure 
white Striated and speckled rose on the bor- 
ders. $1.50 
BANGKOK. Very early. Powder blue single 
with large gold spears. $1.00 
BEYA. Medium sized flowers of greyish lav- 
ender completely dotted and splashed blue and 
purple. First to bloom in this color class. $1.00 
BLUE GIANT. Gigantic drooping falls of blue 

suffused red purple. Orchid pink standards. 
A beautiful single of truly amazing size, at- 
taining 11 inches in diameter. $1.00 JAPANESE IRIS AIRSHIP 
CATHERINE PARRY. Large double medium 
blue blooms, ruffled and tufted. $1.00 ELBRUS. Fine blue several degrees deeper 
‘ than Dimooneathe and not quite as large. 
DATEDOGU KOTAKA (Extravagant Display). Double. $1.00 
We have seen nothing else like this bizarre EMISHOTEI orniligg: Godn of sFortune enn 
BE ee fonts Pits tleese oa outstanding double veined variety. Center of 
yond ed w ne ee Sue Ragin flower is bright blue shading to light purple 
Eee zicoms remind. you o La 2.00 at the margins. Entire flower is sharply veined 
barber pole. $2. bluish purple. Prominent gold spears and vivid 
DELIGHT. A charming variegated variety of purple styles. A few for fall shipment only. 
pleasing form and large size. Bluish lavender Lighter than Wara-hotei and without the 
veined white. $1.00 tufted center. $2.00 
DIMOONEATHE. One of the beautifully tufted FASCINATION. Lovely mauve pink lightly 
varieties with 4 to 6 accessory petaloids or veined white. Double. $1.25 
styles. Large flat flowers of pure light blue. GANYMEDE. The deepest orchid pink in our 
$1.50 list. Flat double flowers. $1.25 
DORIS CHILDS. Very striking variety. Pearl GOKO. One of the prettiest marbled varieties. 
white ground, brightly veined rosy plum. Ground color is pinkish lavender splashed and 
Single. $1.00 veined red purple. Wonderful substance. Semi- 
ECLAIR. Double white delicately veined bl slpaths ae 
Shan ae RN aia eae Yaw cite $1 00 GOSECHI-NO-MAI (Dome of Gosechi). An- 
i other veined variety something like Emi-hotei 
ELEANOR PARRY. Rosy purple with bluish but the general color effect is grayish lavender 
tints. Double, large, flat blooms. Early. $1.00 in place of blue. $1.00 
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