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varieties and rank them in a similar fashion to the present ranking 
of the bearded irises. 
4. Seedlings —Growing Japanese irises from seed is quite 
common and some of the resulting plants possess qualities of 
unusual merit. One can obtain from a collection of seed a very 
wide range in variation in the individual plants from the stand- 
point of color, size of flower and other characteristics. Plants 
raised from seedlings which are really superior should be com- 
ee with accepted standard varieties. 
. Culture-—There are a number of difficulties encountered in 
ae growing of Japanese iris and the general report is that it is 
difficult to keep and propagate ‘a collection. Dealers are con- 
stantly announcing a shortage of their material. Plans have 
been made to find out some things about culture, including such 
problems as transplanting, soil conditions, fertilizing, disease and 
its control. 
While the main emphasis will be placed upon the study of 
varieties of Japanese iris, the plans for the trial garden include 
similar studies of the other groups of beardless or Apogons, 
particularly the Siberian and Spurian groups. 
uring the past year considerable progress has been made 
along several lines. 
Previous to the fall of 1924 a collection of about eighty varieties 
of Japanese irises had been assembled through the cooperation 
of the American Iris Society and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
During the past year very extensive additions have been made 
to our collection. Some of the plants were received in the fall 
of 1924 but most of them were obtained in 1925. The sources 
were as follows: 
etka Alexanders. cca E. Bridgewater, Mass... .15 varieties 
Bobbink & Atkins........... Rutherford, N. J........ 64 7 
John Lewis Childs, Inc........ Flowerfield, L. I.........82 ee 
The Elm City Nursery Co..... New Haven, Conn....... 10 # 
Lovett's Nursery:.<.<... 0... .2 siuittle Silver, Nog... 3. 229 a3 
Moons’ Nurseries............ Morrisville, Pa.......... 15 ay 
Sunnybrook Iris Garden...... Eatontown, N. J.. AeLO is 
Wallace & Company......... Bnglandtwivxieos caine 13 as 
Weed’s Landscape Nursery....Beaverton, Ore.. Nie “ 
The collection from John Lewis Childs, Inc., includes practically 
all of the varieties originated as seedlings by that firm and 
