of 
prove to be excellent garden varieties. For the most part, how- 
ever, they are interesting in showing the wide variation in the de- 
scendants of crosses between J. filva and J. foliosa. 
Additional watercolor drawings of several species and varieties 
were made by Miss Louise B. Mansfield; these greatly increase 
the value of our growing collection of colored drawings. Most 
of the distinctive types of varieties of Ivis Kaempferi are now 
represented. Additional ones, however, will be needed in order 
to show the differences between the minor groups of these iris. 
Many plants of [ris Kaempferi were sent in exchange to several 
people. Based on the requests received, a new interest has been 
developed in the Japanese iris, and nurserymen and others are de- 
sirous of having authentic material. By means of these ex- 
changes we have been able to add mainly to our collection of 
bearded iris, although some beardless types have also been secured. 
The additions to the collection of beardless iris include the fol- 
lowing species .and varieties received on the basis of exchange: 
Dr. S. Stillman Berry, Redlands, Cal., 1; Mr. Clement Heaton, 
Wiest NvackeeNe weal Wir. LF. Eloyt, Bast Aurora, N.Y 535 
Prof. H. Harold Hume, Agricultural Experiment Station, Gaines- 
ville; Flay 252 Miz, @lint MeDade, Chattanooga, Tenn. 1; Mrs: 
Thomas Nesmith, Lowell, Mass., 7; Poughkeepsie Nursery Co., 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 3; Dr. J. K. Small, New York Botanical 
Garden, N. Y., 23; Southern California Iris Gardens, Pasadena, 
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al., 
By purchase, 7 species and varieties were obtained from the 
Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan; 27 varieties 
from the Horikiri-yen, Horikiri, Tokyo, Japan; and 36 varieties 
from the Kotaka-yen, Horikiri, Tokyo, Japan. We also obtained 
species and varieties, mostly bulbous and Oncocyclus type, from 
C. G. Van Tubergen, Ltd., of Haarlem, Holland, and Fr. Vester 
& Co. of Palestine. 
We are greatly indebted to the Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., 
for the care of various wild types collected in Japan. In various 
localities, plants of different species of iris were collected and 
forwarded to this Company, where they were planted and cared 
for until February of the following year, when they were shipped 
tous. It was quite feasible to dig up plants in the vigorous grow- 
