THE BULB BOOK 



IKIS 



portion. The plant grows U to 2 ft. 

 high, and tlowers in April. 



Fio. 202.— L-is Ilaynci. {\.) 



I. Heldreichi (/, stenophylla).— 

 A beautiful bulbous Iris, native of the 

 Cilician Taurus. It grows 3 to 5 ins. 

 high, and has tufts of grass-like 

 channelled leaves which are only 

 2 to 3 ins. high when the flowers 

 appear in Fcbruarj^ and March. The 

 blooms are 3 to 4 ins. across, soft 

 inauvy purple, the falls having a 

 large triangular blotch of black 

 velvety purple in front of the raised 

 yellow crest, on each side of which 

 are purplish spots or blotches. Gard. 

 Chron. 1900, xxviii. 170, f. 55; Bot. 

 MiVl. t. 7743.) 



I. Helenae. — A lovely Iris, native of 

 Egypt and Palestine, closely related 

 to /. iberica and /. Maria^, with large 

 flowers having bright lilac standards 

 and purple falls veined with black, 

 and having a velvety-black blotch at 

 the base. 



I. hexagona. — A native of the 



South United States, 3 to 4 ft high, 

 with sword-shaped leaves 2 to 3 ft. 

 long and over an inch wide. Flowers 

 in April and May, pale or deep lilac, 

 with spoon - shaped standards and 

 obovate clawed falls. Closely related 

 to this species is the Japanese /. 

 albopurpurea, which has white flowers 

 spotted Avith purple. {But. May. t. 

 6787.) 



I. Heylandiana.— A rare Cushion 

 Iris from Mesopotamia. It is near 

 /. .SV( ri, but the leaves are somewhat 

 narrower. Both falls and standards 

 are marked with brown - violet or 

 black-purple veins, on a dingj' white 

 ground. The beard on the fall is 

 Avhite, more or less tinged with 

 yellow. 



I. Hookeri (/. tripetala).— A 

 Canadian Iris, with narrow sword- 

 shaped leaves 1 to H ft. long, and 

 bright lilac flowers over 2 ins. long, 

 the falls having a roundish blade. 

 This species is like /. versicolor, but 

 has small wedge-shaped pointed 

 standards. {Bot. Mag. t. 2886.) 



I. Hookeriana. — A Bengalese Iris 

 with rather fleshy rhizomes and 

 yellowish-green leaves about a foot 

 long. Falls obovate lance-shaped, 

 densely "bearded, with white hairs 

 tipped Avith orange and bluish-purple 

 with darker blotches. The narrow 

 obovate standards are bluish-purple. 

 {But. Ma<i. t. 7246.) 



I. hybrida(/. a?«a-«<0-— Under this 

 name comes a large number of garden 

 Irises, derived probably by hybridis- 

 ing and cross-breedmg /. (jermanica, 

 I. varietjata, I. squalens, and other 

 species. The sword-like leaves are 

 a foot or more long. The large 

 flowers appear in June, and usually 

 have whitish, pale lilac, violet, yellow, 

 l)rown, and generally pale coloured 

 standards, and deeper coloured falls 

 (lilac, puri^le, etc.), with a bright 

 yellow beard on a white ground, and 



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