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Title: Dreer's garden calendar : 1897
Identifier: dreersgardencale1897henr (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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142 SELECT HARDY PLANTS.
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JAPANESE IRIS. (Iris Kffimpferi. These magnificent Iris are among the most beautiful of our summer flowering plants and are destined to become great favorites. They commence flowering early in July and continue in bloom for five or six weeks. Many of these flowers measure from ten to twelve inches in diameter and almost rival the orchids in their rich colorings and markings. The collection of 24 varieties here listed were selected for us by the most respon- sible house in Japan, and we are assured that the collection embraces the cream of the hundreds of varieties cultivated by the Japanese. The names given by the Japanese are fanciful; we give where possible the English translations. While the Iris succeeds in almost any soil and under any conditions, they delight in a rich, deep, wet position, and should be abundantly supplied with manure and water. Qekka-no-nami (Waves on Moon Light). Fine large white, with six large petals. Gei-sho=i. Light maroon, with six large petals. Hana=aoi (Holy-Hock). Rich shaded purple, six large petals. Iso-no-nami. White ground with beautiful blue variega- tion, large flowers, with six large petals. Kumoma-no-sora (Shy Amidst the Cloud). Fine large pure white, with six large petals. Kuma-funjin (Excited Bear). Very double violet; distinct. Kimi-no-megumi. White shaded purple, three petals. Kakujakuro. Large clear blue, with six petals. Mana-dsuru (Crane). Six large white petals, with a small blue petal in centre; distinct. Meiran. White with maroon variegation, three large petals. Oniga-shima. Six large deep violet petals. Oyodo. Light violet, three petals. Oshokun. Rich violet, six large petals. Shishi-ikari. Deep maroon, with six large petals. Sano-watashi. Very large pure white, six petals. Senjo-no-hora. Pure white, beautifully variegated with maroon, three large petals. Shiga-no=ura=nami. Rich purple shaded blue, six petals. Shuchiukwa. White shaded with purple, six large petals. TsurugUno-mai. I^arge velvety maroon, six petals. Taiheiraku (Peace). Maroon shaded crimson, six petals. Tsuru-no-kegoromo (Crane's Feather). Fine large double white. Yedo-kagami. Six large light maroon petals. Yomo-no=umi (Boundless Sea). White tinged with purple, with small violet petal in centre. Wakamurasaki. Six large petals light purple, with white spots. Price: 25 cts. each ; 82.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. The set of 24 varieties for $4.50. We can also furnish a choice lot of mixed varieties—15 cts. each ; SI.50 per doz. IRIS GERMANICA. These are neat, robust, hardy herbaceous early blooming plants, with large ornamental flowers of rich and elegantly blended colore exquisitely striped with dark violet, purple or bronzed lines, upon a lighter ground. They thrive best in low situations, and can be planted in marshy places or interspersed with low-growing sedges on the margins of fish-ponds. Comte de St. Clair. White, shaded violet. Raphael. Nankin yellow, lower petals purple, white veins. Florentine. White. Spectabilis. White, pencilled with blue. Hericartiana. Pale blue. Virgile. Bronzy red, lower petals lilac. Monorabilis. Orange, lower petals brown. Virginal. White petals, veined with purple. Pajole. Purplish lilac, lower petals dark. Walneri. Lilac, lower petals dark blue. Price : 15 cts. each ; 81.50 per doz. Set of 10 varieties $1.25. Iris Orientalis. Fine ornamental foliage and rich violet I Iris Pseudo Acorus Variegata. Flowers golden yellow; blue flowers. 25 cts. each; 82.50 per doz. foliage striped with white. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz.

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