1857, William Prince Catalog

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The Prince Catalog below listed 41 Iris species, and 61 named varieties. For more information view transcript below and follow the links.

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Transcript:

IRIS, or FLEUR DE LIS.

12 varieties for $2 50; 25 for $4 50; and 50 for $8.

NAME. DESCRIPTION.

Acuta…………………… Cerulean and white, variegated.

Albida…………………. White, shaded yellow.

Bengii, 50 cents………. Yellow and purplish crimson, splendid.

Chinensis fimbriata…………………. Chinese fringed.

Cristata…………………….. Crested.

Cuprea……………………. Red flowering.

Dichotoma, vel Notha……………………. Dauric pale blue and yellow.

Flavescens……………………………… Large straw-colored.

Florentina…………………………… White Florentine, or Orris.

Germanica cerulean…………………. Large blue German.

Germanica purpurea………………… Large purple German.

Haematophylla………………………… Deepest blue, purplish leaves.

Ochroleuca, or Gueldenstadtii………………..Large sulphur yellow.

Pallida……………………………………... Large pale violet.

Pavonia………………………………… Peacock-spotted.

Persica, 50 cents per dozen………………………….. Persian.

Prismatica…………………………… " Prismatic.

Pseudacorus………………………... English yellow, blooms twice.

Pseudacorus tardifiora……………………………. Late do do

Pseudacorus fol. Varieg…………………….. Striped-leaved yellow.

Pumila cerulean………………………… Dwarf blue Austrian.

Pumila flava…………………….. Dwarf yellow do

Sambucina……………………… Bicolor, elder-scented.

Sibirica cerulean…………….. Siberian pale blue.

Sibirica atrocerulea…………….. Siberian deep blue.

Sibirica alba……………………… Siberian white.

Sibirica plena………………… Siberian double flowering.

Squalens……………………… Brown and blue flowered.

Stenogyna……………………… Tall, very pale blue, peculiar.

Stylosa………………………. Bright blue and white.

Sulphurea………………… Sulphur colored.

Susiana Chalcedonian,…………………. dark mottled, splendid.

Swertii……………………….. Swert's Iberian, striped, beautiful.

Tridentata……………… Carolina three, petalled.

Verna……………. Dwarf Vernal.

Versicolor………………… Various colored.

Versicolor alba, $1…………………….. White, new.

Virginica……………………………. Virginian blue.

Xiphoides, 25 varieties, 18 cents……………... .English.

Xiphium, 30 varieties, 12 cents. ………………... .Spanish.

Xiphium pleno, 50 cents…………………… Spanish double.

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