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bd 73 FALL 1912 Dreers Imperial Japanese Iris

HESE magnificent Iris are among the most beautiful of our hardy Si early-summer flowering plants and are destined to become as popular as the hardy Phlox and Paeonies. They are valuable not only as decorative flowering subjects for the garden, but are also very useful as cut flowers.

While generally a deep, wet position is recommended for them, we have had far more satisfactory results where we have grown them in deeply cultivated well- drained ground, which has been well enriched with animal manure and where an abundance of water has been applied during their growing season and particularly during their flowering period.

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Our stock of Japanese Iris is very extensive in a splendid assortment of home- grown varieties and can be relied upon for being true to name and description. We supply these in strong liberal divisions of a most satisfactory planting size.

We begin shipping during the latter part of September and we shall be pleased to book your order for delivery at any time after this date.

| HENRY A. DREER INC 714 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa.

Please refer to circular number 127 in ordering

DOUBLE FLOWERING OR SIX-PETALED JAPANESE IRIS

No. No. 3 Kosui-No-Iro. Light violet with white veins. 57 Hodai. Silvery-gray, suffused and densely veined with violet- 4 Yomo-No-Umi. A fine free-flowering early double white. purple. 5 Koki-No-Iro. Rich royal-purple with white veinings. 58 Mana-Dsuru. A fine, late-flowering white. 8 Taiheiraku. Ten petals, crimson-purple with yellow centre. 65 Ho-O-Jo. Rich velvety-purple with crimson sheen. 20 Kuma-Funjin. Silvery-white, with a broad border of 68 Fuji-Mine. White, veined with deep purple. magenta-lilac veined with white. 69 Waku-Hotei. Pure white, veined throughout with purple; 22 Sano-Watashi. White, with canary-yellow centre. fine late flowering variety. 24 Gosetsu-Mai. White, veined and traced throughout with 71 Geishoi. Eight to ten petals; bright crimson-purple with aniline-blue. white veinings; full double flower. 26 Uchiu. Bright purple with crimson sheen. 72 Uji-No-Hotaru. Bright violet-purple, shaded blue. 44 Yoshimo. Verylarge flower;creamy-white, delicately veined 91 Kan-Ran. White; densely veined with rich violet-purple. with violet. 95 Raiden. White ground, densely dotted and blotched violet. 47 Renjo-No-Toma. Petals peculiarly fluted, light violet with 105 Nagano. Rich violet-purple, shaded with blue. white halo and light veinings. 108 Shimosa. White ground, minutely and densely spotted

49 Wakamurasaki. Crimson-purple with dull lilac shadings throughout with bright violet-purple. at base of petals.

Price, any of the above named varieties, $1.25 per dozen; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000

Unnamed mixed varieties, 85 cents per dozen; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000

SINGLE FLOWERING OR THREE-PETALED JAPANESE IRIS

No. No. 1 Iso-No-Nami. Silvery-white, veined with violet. 73 Shirataki. Silvery-white, border of petals suffused with 2 Tora-Odori. White, faintly traced with violet. light Parma-yiolet. 6 Date-Dogu. Rich violet-purple with metallic sheen. 76 Mine-No-Yuki. White, veined and dotted throughout with 11 Hano-No-Nishiki. Bright violet-purple, veined with white. violet-purple. 12 Shippo. Light lilac; densely veined with purple. 77 Yayaura. White, occasionally marbled with light violet. 15 Gekka-No-Nami. A very early pure white. $80 Bunbudo. Bright violet-purple with darker veinings. 18 Meiran. White, densely marbled and veined with light- $2 Ari-Ake. Violet-purple, marbled with white. violet. 96 Tebotan. White ground, with prominent violet-blue veinings. 253 Yedo-Kagami. Magenta-lilac, veined with white. 97 Shiro-Fungen. Light ground, suffused throughout with 43 Shi-Un-Ryo. Greyish-white, deeply and densely veined bluish-violet. and suffused with violet. 98 Osakazuki. Light violet mauve with lilac shadings. 62 Misutmoshito. Violet-purple, marbled with white. 99 Komanyo. Bright violet, shaded with blue, numerous 67 Kigan-No-Misao. A late flowering pure white. white veins and markings. 7O Kimi-No-Megumi. White, densely veined with purple; 100 Yomo-Zakuru. Light ground color, densely veined and late-flowering variety. suffused reddish-purple.

Price, any of the above named varieties, $1.25 per dozen; $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000

Unnamed mixed varieties, 85 cents per dozen; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000

GERMAN IRIS

Choice standard varieties which will be supplied in strong divisions

Cherion. Standards lilac-mauve; falls violet-mauve. Mme. Chereau. Standards and falls pure white; daintily edged

Edith. Standards light-plumbago-blue; falls purple. with light blue.

Gazelle. White frilled rich mauve. Plicata. Standards and falls bright violet-purple.

Honorabilis. Standards golden yellow; falls rich mahogany Shakespeare. Standards straw-yellow, veined with burnt umber; brown. falls deep carmine-violet.

Johan de Witt. Standards bluish-violet; falls deep violet-purple, Spectabilis. Standards and falls rich violet-purple; the earliest veined with white. in flower.

La Tendresse. Ageratum blue throughout. Pumila hybrida Cyanea. Early; dwarf growing species; rich

Lord Salisbury. Standards amber-white; falls dark violet-purple. royal purple with darker shadings.

Price, any of the above named varieties (strong natural divisions,) $4.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000

Mixed sorts $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000