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not alone because of its not being hardy, but if left in 
the ground after its leaves have died down in the spring, 
jt is lable to make an autumn growth, which is fatal to 
its flowering the following spring. It should be grown 
either in a frame or in a cool greenhouse. It is remark- 
ably beautiful in the house, as a pot plant. The only 
care necessary is to let it grow, when it starts, and give 
it perfect rest after flowering. 
Tuberous-Rooted Iris.—The most prominent in 
this class is J. germanica, or German Iris, and it is one 
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of the most valuable of the early or medium early flower- 
ing sorts for the herbaceous border. The flowers are 
large and showy, and produced so freely that the plants, 
in May, are a mass of blue, bright yellow, purple of all 
shades, white, and all the shades of color that the vari- 
ous combinations will produce. When care and system 
have been employed in planting, a mass of German Iris 
is a gorgeous sight. This species is perfectly hardy, bnt 
will be greatly benefited by a light mulching of leaves 
