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with purple; Cananj Bird, yellow; 

 Laura, pale yellow and deep purple : 

 Lun-etia, porcelain, striped purple ; 

 Ot/u/l", yellow and violet ; Sappho, 

 golden-yellow and bright blue ; etc. 



by its bluish glaucous green leaves 

 and sulphur-yellow llowers veined 

 with lilac. 



FiC. 200.— 7m jermantco. (|.) 



I. firracUipes. — ^A somewhat tender 

 Japanese species 6 to 12 ins. high, 

 with a slender branching root-stock, 

 narrow pointed leaves 6 to 12 ins. 

 long, and with purple or lilac flowers 

 about 2 ins. across, with yellow crests 

 {Bot. Man. t. 792G). 



I. frraminea. — A pretty beardless 

 Iris from Central and Southern 

 Europe, with tufts of linear grassy 

 leaves 12 to 18 ins. long. Flowers 

 slightly fragrant, produced in May 

 and June, bright lilac - purple in 

 colour, U to 2 ins. deep, the roundish 

 falls being veined with bluish-])uritle 

 on .1 white ground. (Jiot. Ma'j. t. 



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I. Grant Duffl.--A pretty species, 

 native of the Holy Land, recognised 



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Fig. •2i)\.—lris Grant Duffi. (!.) 



I. GuldenstcEdtiana (/. halophila ; 

 I. stt-niKji/nt). — A beardless Siberian 

 Iris with stout Hower-stems about 

 2 ft. high, and firm, .sharp-pointed, 

 sword-like leaves. Flowers in June, 

 2 ins. deep ; falls white with an 

 orange base ; standards pure white 

 with a yellow keel and margin. 

 There is an almost pure Avhite variety, 

 alha, and a blue one called ramlca. 



I. Haynei.— A native of Palestine, 

 closely related to /. Sari. It has 

 weak linear leaves 6 to 9 ins. long 

 and about ^ in. broad. The huge 

 flowers are soft lavender-purple 

 beautifully veined and dotted with 

 deep purple. The falls are deeper 

 in colour than the standards, having 

 a blackish blotch and numerous 

 blackish-purple hairs on the basal 



