. Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of reliable seeds, plants, bulbs &c . Okeocome Candollei. Iris Kaempferi. (Japanese iris.) These magniflcent Iris are among the most beautiful of our summer flowering plants, and are destined to become more popular every season. They commence blooming about the middle of June, and continue in flower for five or six weeks. Many of these flowers measure from ten to twelve inches in diameter, and rival the orchids in their rich colorings and markings. We offer twenty distinct varieties which were selected while in flower from over seventy-flve of the b
. Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of reliable seeds, plants, bulbs &c . Okeocome Candollei. Iris Kaempferi. (Japanese iris.) These magniflcent Iris are among the most beautiful of our summer flowering plants, and are destined to become more popular every season. They commence blooming about the middle of June, and continue in flower for five or six weeks. Many of these flowers measure from ten to twelve inches in diameter, and rival the orchids in their rich colorings and markings. We offer twenty distinct varieties which were selected while in flower from over seventy-flve of the best Japanese introductions. (For names and descriptions, see page 144 of our Retail Cata- logue.) 15 cts. each ; $ per dozen ; $ per 100. Set of 20 varieties for $ Choice mixed varieties, $ per dozen ; $ per 100. I<inaria Macedonica. Not a novelty, but one of the good old herbaceous plants that has been lost sight of for some time. It is a strong growing plant, growing about 2 feet high, bearing endless spikes of golden-yellow flowers with an orange lip, some- what resembling a Snap-Dragon. It ;s perfectly hardy and succeeds in almost any position. 25 cents each. Oreocome Candollei. The most beautiful decorative hardy perennial plant that has yet come to our notice. "When we saw this plant growing in the open border the past summer, we were at once struck with the elegant graceful beauty of its foliage, which in well established plants grows from 24 to 30 inches long, is of a bright fresh green color, and resembles the fronds of that beautiful Mexican tree-fern Cibotium Schiedei. The flower stems should be removed as fast as they appear, which develops the foliage to its full beauty. The plant possesses a grace and elegance fouud in no other hardy plants. 50 cents each. Phlox Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native varieties that is, however, but rarely met with, and which has been introduced into Europe the past few years as a novelty, and a plan
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