. Golden Yellow German Iris Siierwin-Wricht (Offered on paqe 21) Ten Choice New Iris Germanica Ambassadeur. One of the finest. The stout stems bear flowers of largest size, magnificent lorm and unique coloring. Standards deep lavender suffused with bronze, falls maroon with purplish cast. Archeveque. Standards a rich shade of reddish purple, falls dark velvety purple, very free-flowering. Ballerine. A superb variety growing 4 feet high, the broad foliage being surmounted with masses of glorious flowers of wonderful tone of porcelain blue with broad rounded wavy margins, falls slightly deeper i
. Golden Yellow German Iris Siierwin-Wricht (Offered on paqe 21) Ten Choice New Iris Germanica Ambassadeur. One of the finest. The stout stems bear flowers of largest size, magnificent lorm and unique coloring. Standards deep lavender suffused with bronze, falls maroon with purplish cast. Archeveque. Standards a rich shade of reddish purple, falls dark velvety purple, very free-flowering. Ballerine. A superb variety growing 4 feet high, the broad foliage being surmounted with masses of glorious flowers of wonderful tone of porcelain blue with broad rounded wavy margins, falls slightly deeper in color; dc- liciously scented. Cluny. A lovely very large flower, standards wistaria- â blue, falls bluish violet with deeper shadings, very free. Magniflca. All that its name implies, flowers of im- mense size on stiff branching stems 4 feet high. Falls :' a superb dark reddish purple, standards light violet blue. Moliere. Standards light blue, overlaid brown, falls y purplish maroon merging lighter at the edges, enormous size, of exquisite form and good substance. Monsignor. Richly colored and very free. Standards pale violet purple, falls overlaid and reticulated with deep purple, of great size and good substance. 1\ feet. Opera. Very distinct fine shaped flowers, standards coppery lirown, dashed with purple, falls wine red, the base bronzy maroon pciuilled with gold. 2 feet. Queen Caterina. This superb variety is one of the handsomest of all Iris; a giant in size of flowers as well as in habit of growth; attaining a height of fully four feet. The stems are long and much branched, bearing as many as six to eight flowers at one time. The color is an exquisite shade of pure lavender-blue; the color being uniform in both standards and falls. Raffet. Standards intense violet-blue, falls dark violet reticu- lated with white and violet in the upper portion. 2 feet. Price. Any of the above 10 Choice New Varieties, 50 cts. each; per doz.; $ per 100. Collection of one ea
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