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The Institute, on the other hand, has ample space, good growth 
conditions and as the center of horticultural development on Long 
las an educational institution, it has marked interest 
Island as we 
in such horticultural features. 
Accordingly, in the spring of 1935, the two institutions entered 
into an informal agreement by which there has been set up on the 
grounds of the State Institute the “ Farmingdale Iris Garden,’ 
The iris species and varieties have been furnished by the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden. The Iris Garden, however, is to be maintained 
by the Institute in suitable surroundings, and is to be available for 
study and inspection to all persons and organizations interested. 
The Iris Garden is intended as a display garden for collections 
of representative varieties of bearded and beardless iris. Tt con- 
sists of about one acre, including the beds for the iris and the 
background of shrubs. The garden has an excellent location on 
the Institute grounds, being adjacent to the approach to the build- 
ings of the Institute from the main highway. 
The plans for the landscaping and the general arrangement of 
the iris beds were drawn by Mr. Harvey Gray, Instructor of Land- 
scape Gardening at the Institute. The iris beds, together with the 
paths, occupy an elliptical area approximately 180 feet east and 
west and 132 feet north and south. The main planting area is 
separated into four sections by broad paths running at right angles 
to each other. The beds are 4 feet wide, elliptical in shape and 
arranged concentrically, being separated by paths of the same 
width. The inner bed, surrounding a fairly large lawn, is devoted 
to the Dwarf Bearded, Intermediate Bearded and Pogocyclus iris. 
The next three beds are filled, in order, with the low, medium, and 
high, Tall Bearded iris. The two outer beds contain the Beardless 
species and varieties, more than half of these beds being occupied 
by the Japanese iris. he number of varieties planted in the 
garden 1s as follows: 
PO WREE. ACR Ge. cance 4udanee eae vast kone downy sehen es 16 
Intermediate Bearded oveccancivsdeabbentanca de Hides eqns 31 
TR, NGAUO CU Saga aa pices vy sata Gol 4 and eG eee ease 320 
VAWANESS ee day ww hee ota e ea ree ee bees ee. 245 
UDO CUI gatas use eee ood he oe da cu ee be Be eb centers wer 50 
CAGE ogy eta enh ocean oe eee sande ceatacea sees 45 
{fe}: 2.01 oy" Je! | OT mPa ant ne ee eee a ea 12 
Species—miscellaneous 2.0.0... ccc cece ce cece cece eeeans 34 
