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AZUREUS—Daintiest of baby Hyacinths, a 
true Hyacinth nevertheless, with flaring 
bells of most intense azure, bluer and 
brighter than sky blue. The earliest of Hya- 
NAZUREUS. cinths, blooming often in February, surely 
in early March. Hardy and persistent. Highly 
distinctive. 
$30.00 per 1000 
PLUME HYACINTH — Charming plumes bowing gracefully 
with their own weight. The usual bell-shaped florets have 
their petals finely shredded, curled and 
crisped until the whole spike becomes a 
delightful lilac-lavender plume. It is hardy 
and permanent, the showing of plumes be- 
coming larger and finer each year. Botani- 
cally it is not a Hyacinth at all, but instead 
an aberrant giant Muscari. A rare, unique 
and highly decorative flowering bulb that 
HYACINTHUS 
PLUMOSUS always causes a super-quota of garden 
exclamation. 
$45.00 per 1000 
IRIS 
IRIS SUSIANA is the magnificent mourning Iris of Western 
Asia. The light greyish texture is finely veined a deeper 
purplish grey producing an indescribable 
effect. It is a temperamental subject, re- 
quiring constant study. When happy it 
outdoes everything else in charm and 
beauty. Lift shortly after blooming, keep 
dry, pot up in lime-rich soil in late fall. 
April-May flowering. Some gardeners 
used to be successful growing it in cold- 
frames. Now very scarce, 
$30.00 per 100 
IRIS RETICULATA . 
Extraordinarily easy to grow and to force. It responds 
to cold-house treatment, cold-frames, or to being forced \ 
at a temperature even up to 60 degrees F. It grows 
under glass to about ten inches in height. The flower 
is a very rich, almost dazzling violetblue, with a lip 
on which is borne a bright golden segment, surrounded 
by a black and white area, which gives it almost a 
tigerskin-like appearance. It has a sweet Violet scent. 
$33.00 per 1000 
Iris reticulata is a bulb not nearly sufficiently exploited 
as a profit maker by the florist and bulb retailer. 
August-December Delivery 
For other interesting Iris see pages 3 and 4 
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