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Choice and Rare Irises, Peonies and Other Plants and Shrubs at Iriscrest

the garden of

Franklin B. Mead

Fort Wayne, Indiana

A Corner in the Garden at Iriscrest

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Dusk

Morrison

Montserrat

Perry

Abenda Amy Brandon Thomas Anoba Banbo Belladonna Benoni Benrimo

Bernard Galloway

Black Prince

Cassandra

Clara Curtis

Dejah

Deucalion

Dido

Donna Nook Duchess of York

Duke of York Eden Phillpotts Feronia

Franklin Beynon George Yeld Gladys Roberts Grand Bouquet Harpalion Hekador Helvetia Her Majesty Hon. Mrs. Thos.

Kingscote Janthea J. C. Weld Kulan Tith Lady Chas. Allom

Lady Hillingdom Lady Jellicoe Lady Sackville Lord Lambourne Marjorie Tinley Mary Gibson Mrs. Chas. Pearson Mrs. E. T. Vieusseux Mrs. F. Stern Mrs. H. F. Bowles Mrs. Hetty Matson Mrs. S. Ryder Mrs. W. Culbertson Melpomene Mentor Mestor Monoa

Presby

Harriet Presby

Sass

Mid-West Sass No. 1 Sass No. 21

Scott

Steepway

Shull

Maori Princess	Morning Splendour	Nimbus
	Sturtevant
Afterglow	Dream	Magnate
Alice Osgood	Empire	Mareschal
Ann Leslie	Ensigh	Merlin
Arabesque	Glen Roads	Milky Way
Athens	Glow	Mother of Pearl
Avalon	Glowing Embers	Myth
Baronet	Gold Imperial	Nancy Orne
Bluet	Gray Morn	Palaurea
B. Y. Morrison	Jennett Dean	Pink Goliath
Delight	Koya	Primrose
Demure Denmark	Mme. Cheri	Queen Caterina

Muzeris

Olympus

Palemon

Pegasus

Perry’s Favorite Private William A. Logan

Robert W. Wallace Ruby Perry Sirdir

Somercoates Telemus Troades W. C. Terry Wm.. Marshall Zilia

Virginia Moore

Query

Rajput

Reverie

Shekinah

Sherbert

Sindjkhat

Taj Mahal

Tyrian

Valkyrie

Whiffenpoof

Wild Rose

Yellow Moon

Verdier

Eduard Michel	La Neige	Parc de Nueilly	Petit Vitry
	Vilmorin
Alcazar	Cherubim	Magnifica	Opera
Ambassadeur	Cluny	Medrano	Oriflamme
Ambigu	Dejazet	Miriam	Parisiana
Archeveque	Eldorado	Mrs. Walter Brew-	Raffet
Ballerine	Grevin	ster	Tamerlan
Caprice	Isoline	Moliere	Trianon
Chasseur	Loute	Monsignor	Turco
Chatelet			Zouave
	Williamson
Lent A. Williamson	Mary Williamson	Maud Tribolet	Numerous seedlings
			under number
		Yeld
Asia	Geraldine	Neptune	Sea Nymphe
Aurora	Halo	Prospero	Sunshine
Dawn	Lord of June	Sarpedon
	Miscellaneous
Albatross	Dauphin	Kathleen	Princess of Wales
Albert Victor	Dr. Bernice	Kharput	Prince Victor
Amas	Dolphin	King Christian	Prosper Laugier
Arnols	Dorothea	Kochii	Purple King
Assuerez	Empress	La Tendresse	Queen Alexandra
Atroviolacea	Empress of India	Leonidas	Queen of May
Aurea	Fairy	Loie Fuller	Riccardii (Spec.)
Australis	Firmament	Lutea	Rikochii
Bartoni (Spec.)	Flavescens	Lutescens var.	Royal
Benacens’s	Florentine	Statellae	Rubella
Black Midget	Florentine, Queen	Madame Pacquitte	Sambucina
Bluestone	Emm.a	Magnifica	Schneekuppe
Caperne Hybrids	Fontarabie	Mandraliscae	Sherwin Wright
Caerulea	Fro	Mauvine	Socrates
Carthusian	Gagus	Mesopotamica	Standard
Ciengialti	Glee	(Spec.)	Standard Bearer
Clio	Glory of Hillgom	Miss E. Eardley	Thora
Como	Gracchus	Mist	Thorbeck
Cordelia	Gracilis	Mithras	Trojana (Spec.)
Crimson King	Grammea	Mrs. G. Reuthe	Trojana Superba
Cristata Alba	Helge	Mrs. Neubrunner	Tuscany
Cyanea	Innocenza	Muscadine	Viola
Cypriana (Spec.)	Jaquesiana	Oporto	Violacea Grandiflora
Dalmarius	Junonia (Spec.)	Othello	White Knight
Darius	John Foster	Pallida Dalmatica	White Queen
			Zua

Beardless

Albertii

Chrysographes

Delavayi

Ensata

Forestii

Alata

Bucharica

Danfordiae

Hart Nibbig

Hoogiana

Korolkowi

Andromache

Charon

Emperor

Monnieri Unguicularis

Monspur Unguicularis alba

Ochroleuca (a) Unguicularis mar-

Ochroleuca (b) ginata

Shelford Giant

Bulbous

Heldreichi Pavonia

Histrioides Major Persica

Orchioides Reticulata

Dutch Iris

Pieter de Hoogh Van Everdingen

Onco-Cyclus

Susiana

Regelia

Korolkowi Korolkowi

Atropurpurea Violacea

Korolkowi Leichtlini

Leichliniana

Regelio-Cyclus

Dido Hecete

Isis

Osiris

Japanese Iris

In variety

Siberica

Perry’s Blue Snow Queen

Unguicularis

speciosa

Versicolor

Kermesina

Sindjarensis

Tingitana

Vaga syn. stolonifera

Psyche

PAEONIA

Archie Brand Chestine Gowdy

Aurore Estafette Jeannot Laura Dessert

Adamson

Agnes Mary Kelway Anna Pavlowa Baroness Schroeder

Alsace Lorraine Enchantresse

Elwood Pleas

Grandiflora

Brand

Elizabeth Barrett Longfellow

Browning Lora Dexheimer

Frances Willard Luetta Pfeiffer

Dessert

Mad. Jules Dessert M. Martin Cahuzac Petite Rene'e Raoul Dessert

Rosa Bonheur Souv. de Louis Bigot Suzanne Dessert Suzette

Franklin

Ball o’ Cotton

Hollis

Standard Bearer

Kelway

James Kelway Lady Alexandra

Kelway’s David Duff

Kelway’s Glorious Lady Beresford

Kelway’s Spion Kop Lord Cavan

Lemoine

La Fee Le Cygne

La France Mad. Emile Lemoine

Millet

Baron Joseph Hulot Jeanne Gaudichau

Minot

Mrs. C. S. Minot

Pleas

Jubilee Multiflora

Richardson

Milton Hill Walter Faxon

Martha Bullock Mary Brand Richard Carvel

Therese

Tourangelle

Moonbeam Splendida Summer Day

Primevere Sara Bernhardt Solonge

Opal

Aureolin

Cornelia Shaylor Eunice Shaylor

Nymphea

Ama-No-Sode Crown on Crown (Syn. Yamatos- angai)

Dawn (Wallace) Flashlight (Hollis)

Clairette (Dessert) Clio (Peterson) Deborah Sayles (Shaylor)

E. St. Hill (Kelway) Etincelante (Dessert)

Gen’l. Wolf (Kelway)

Arietina Excelsior Arietina Northern Glory

Avant Garde

Alfred de Musset Asa Gray Crousse Avalanche Claire Dubois Couronne d’ Or Due de Wellington Duchess of Nemours Edulis Superba

Riviere

Phillipe Rivoire

Saunders

Grace Loomis Sylvia

Secor

Nina Secor

Shaylor

Mary Woodbury Mrs. Edward Hard-

Shaylor ing

Thurlow

President Wilson Thomas C. Thurlow

Japanese

Fuyajo

Hana-No-Sota (Syn. Cathedral) Isani Gidui King of England (Kelway)

Mikado (Barr) Pocahontas (Pleas) Queen Alexandra (Kelway)

Tokio

Tomatbako

Single

Kelway’s Gorgeous King Albert (Kelway)

Lady Godiva (Kelway) LaFiancee’ (Dessert)

Le Jour (Shaylor) Madeleine Gautier (Dessert)

Mafeking (Kelway) Marguerite Dessert (Dessert)

Maurice Maeterlinck (Kelway)

Minnehaha (Pleas) Nellie (Kelway) Nymphe (Dessert) Ophia (Barr)

Species and Hybrids

Broteri Mlokesiewiczi

Corsica Officinalis L’ Ori-

Emodii flamme

Le Printemps

Miscellaneous

Earlier Edulis Superba

Eugene Verdier Eugenie Verdier Felix Crousse Festiva Maxima Gismonda Karl Rosenfield

Grandiflora Nivea Plena

La Rosiere La Tulipe Mme. Ducel Mad. Emile Galle Mme. Geissler Marie Crousse

Rose Shaylor Shaylor’s Dream

White Lady (Kelway) White Swan (Pleas) Yeso

Pride of Langport (Kelway) Princess Duleep Singh (Kelway) Rosy Dawn (Barr) Sir Visto (Barr) Stanley (Kelway) Vera (Gumm) Venise (Dessert)

Officinalis Otto Froebel

Tennifolia Rosea Wittmanniana

Marie Jacquin Marie Lemoine Modele de Perfec- tion

Modeste Guerin Monsieur Barral Mons. Jules Elie Philomele

Colchicum

Colchicum autumn- ale album plenum Colchicum autumn- ale atro-purpureum

Colchicum byzan- tinum

Colchicum gigan- teum

Colchicum specio- sum

Colchicum specio- sum album

Crocus Species

Colchicum specio- sum var. illyricum Colchicum specio- sum Ruby Queen

Asturicus

Caspius

Hadriaticus

Longiflorus

(Odorus)

Longiflorus Meliten- sis

Aerius

Biflorus

Biflorus puslllus Chrysanthus fusco- tinctus

Aureus

Korolkowi

Autumn Flowering

Longiflorus

Wilhelmi

Marathonisius

Medius

Nudiflorus

Ochroleucus

Salzmanni erecto- phyllus

Sativus

Sativus Cartwright- iamus

Sativus Cartwright- ianus albus

Winter Flowering

Etruscus Imperati superbus

Etruscus superbus Laevigatus

Fleischeri Laevigatus Fonten-

Imperati ayi

Early Spring Flowering

Minimus Tommasinianus

Olivieri Vernus L’ Unique

Speciosus Speciousus albus Speciosus Artabir Tournefortii Zonatus

Sieberi Susianus Vitellinus Vitellinus var. graveolens

Vernus obovatus Versicolor

Narcissus

Narcissi, in variety including such varieties as Bernardino, Bedouin, Circlet, Cleopatra, Croesus, Czarina, Great Warley, Her Grace, Lord Kitchener, Masterpiece, Mermaid, Olympia, Pedestal, Peter Barr, Prince Fushimi, Queen of the North and many others.

Tulips

A comprehensive collection of the best Darwin, Breeder and Cottage Tulips. Varieties of Tulip species will be added in the fall of 1924.

Delphiniums, Dahlias and Gladioli

Delphiniums in variety; many of the newest and best varieties of Dahlias as well as Gladioli, including Primulinus Hybrids.

Hemerocallus and Lilium

In Variety

Shrubs

Berberis

Aggregata Aggregata Prattii Box Barberry Brevipaniculata	Geraldii Prattii Heteropoda Hookeri Compacta	Orthrobotrys Sargentiana Stapfiana	Stenophylla Vernae Verruculosa Wilsoni
	Cotoneaster
Adpressa Amoena Bullata Divaricata Dielsiana elegans Foveolata	Franchetii Frigida Harroviana Horizontalis Horizontalis fructu	Horizontalis perpur- illa Horizontalis varie- gata Hupehensis	Reflexa Salicifolia var. Floccosa Serotina Simonsii Zabelii
	Deutzia
Crenata Magnifica Crenata Mirabiles Discolor conspicua	Discolor elegantis- sima Discolor Major	Discolor Excel- lens Vilmorinae	Schneideriana laxiflora Wilsonii
	Forsythia
Fortune!	Intermedia	Viridissima
	Lonicera
Bella Albida Fragrantissima Korolkowii Flori- bunda	Maackii Maackii var. podocarpa	Morrowii Nitida Standishii	Syringantha Tartarica Thibetica
	Malus
loensis Bechtelii Floribunda	Niedzwetzkyana Parkmanii	Sargentii Scheideckeri	Zumi
	Philadelphus
Albatre Argentine Atlas Bicolor	Boule d' Argent Brachybotrys Favorite Girondelle	Glacier Manteau d^ Hermione Mer de Glace	Mont Blanc Norma Nuage rose Virginal

Amanogawa

Mume

Prunus

Padus Serrulata var.

Serrulata var. Sargents

J. H. Veitch Tomentosum

Hugonis

Affinis var.

Geraldiana Chinensis Alba Chinensis Rubra

Carlesii

Betulifolium

Moyesii

Rosa

Spinosissima

Syringa

Japonica Persica Alba

Josikaea Persica Lanciata

Julianae Villosa Emodi

Hybrida Lutece Wilsonii

Also Lemoine Hybrids in great variety

Viburnum

Fragrans Rhytidophyllum

Miscellaneous

Acer Palmatum atropurpureum Actinedia Caryopteris Mastacanthus Caryopteris Mongolensis Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles Cerces Canadensis

Cornus Florida rubra

Cornus Mas Eucryphia Pinnati- folia

Exochorda Alberti Macrantha Hamemellis Gotoana Hamemellis Japonica

Hamemellis Mollis Leucothoe Catesbaei Mahonia Aquifolium Neillia Sinensis Pieris Floribunda Pyracantha coccinea Lelandii

Pyracantha Crenu- lata Kausuensis Pyracantha Crenu- lata Yunnanensis

Subhirtella pen- dulens Triloba

Xanthina

Wolfii

Yunnanensis

Zweginzowii

Superba

Sargentii

Sieboldii

Pyracantha Gibbsii Pyrus Betulaefolia Spiraea Thunbergii Stauntonia Coriacea Stephanandra Flexuosa

Tamarix Pentandra Xanthoxylum schinifolium

TTE THAT hath two loaves of bread, ^ let him sell one of them and buy Narcissus, for bread is food for the body but Narcissus is food for the soul.

— The Koran