E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1895hunt Year: 1895 HARDY JAPANESE IRIS KAEMPFERI.' The cut gives only a faint idea of the beauty of form and wonderful coloring of this grand species. The flowers are from four to six inches in diameter. The plants are entirely hardy and need no covering in winter, and are sure to bloom. Robust growing, flowering in midsummer, varying in shades of white, maroon, deep blue, yellow, carmine and violet, beautifully veined and mottled, they add grace and beauty ko every garden where they are planted, and are most desirable for summer bouquets and vases of flo
E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1895hunt Year: 1895 HARDY JAPANESE IRIS KAEMPFERI.' The cut gives only a faint idea of the beauty of form and wonderful coloring of this grand species. The flowers are from four to six inches in diameter. The plants are entirely hardy and need no covering in winter, and are sure to bloom. Robust growing, flowering in midsummer, varying in shades of white, maroon, deep blue, yellow, carmine and violet, beautifully veined and mottled, they add grace and beauty ko every garden where they are planted, and are most desirable for summer bouquets and vases of flowers, some of the varieties rival- ling Orchids in beauty of marking. Mixed, each, 25c; doz, GERMAN IRIS. This is one of the grandest classes of Iris. Plants form dense clumps, which send up many flower stalks, each one bearing several large beautiful flowers of various colors. No garden should be without them. They bloom early and are very sweet. All Colors, mixed, each, 15c.; per doz., TIGRIDIAS. This is a grand summer-flowering bulb, and should 'be planted in open ground in May. Commences to bloom eariy in July, and produces an abundance of .gorgeous flowers until October. Late in autumn bulbs should be lifted, dried and stored in cellar like Gladiolus. It is one of the easiest plants in the world -to cultivate. Grancliflora. Alba. Its flowers are large, of a dead pearly white color, marked at the base of each division with large spots of reddish-brown or chestnut color on a yellowish ground, forming a fine contrast with the white of the petals. Each, Sc.: per doz., 75c. Concliiflora. Fine yellow spotted with crim- son. Each, 5c.; per doz., 40c. Orandiflora. Very large, bright crimson, centre variegated with yellow. Each, 5c; per doz., 40c. HYACINTHIS CANDICANS. A fine bulbous plant, which grows from 3 to 4 feet high in the form of a giant Hyacinth; white bell-shaped flowers of good size are produced on,long graceful stems. A splendid flower for use in churches
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