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until carly August there was continuous bloom on a large number 
of varieties. Violet Beauty was in blossom as late as August 14th, 
Nausicaa, August 20th, and Iphigenie on August 21st. 
The varieties obtained from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie. in the 
winter of 1926 were in excellent condition. The plants were 
strong and sent up several flower stalks with flowers of good size. 
Extensive notes were taken on these as well as on the other varie- 
ties, and comparisons and correct identifications obtained. 
In the fall of 1927 a large number of the varieties were divided 
and transplanted. The plants came through the winter in good 
condition and most of them produced at least one flowering stalk 
during the season. However, the height of the flower stalks and 
the size of the flowers were below normal. In the cases where 
small established clumps were moved without further division, 
the plants generally produced several flower stalks with flowers 
of the usual size. Even plants which were divided to a single 
rhizome and transplanted in early November came through the 
winter in good shape and blossomed. 
Several valuable additions to the Japanese Iris collection were 
Dr. Harris Kennedy brought to us seventeen unnamed 
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plants from his Japanese Iris garden in Readville, Mass. 
Wayside Gardens and the Weller Nurseries Co. sent us varieties 
from their collections. A very important addition was obtained 
from Mr. Roy Hart, East Walden, New York, whose plants 
originally came from Japan, having been obtained from the Sakata 
Nursery Co. in tor5. Unfortunately, the varieties were not true 
to their names; however, we spent some time studying his plants 
and by comparing the original descriptions, were able to cor- 
rectly identify several of them. His collection proved to be one 
of the best sources for a wide range of varieties originally intro- 
duced from Japan. 
The older clumps were divided and transplanted to new beds. 
A large number of seedlings have been grown, some from known 
varieties and others from crosses between two varieties. Many 
of these should bloom during the coming season. 
During the past year a good deal of time has been spent in 
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tracing out the early history of the Japanese Iris. 
Most 
seven hundred varieties have been given Japanese names. 
