THE BOOK OF 

 THE IRIS 



R. IRWIN LYNCH 



v 



ASSOCIATE OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY J VEITCH MEDALLIST ; 

 ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY; CORRESPOND- 

 ING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 AND OF THE IMPERIAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF RUSSIA ; 

 CURATOR, UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENS, CAMBRIDGE 



WITH A CHAPTER ON THE CULTIVATION 

 OF THE ONCOCYCLUS SECTION ESPECI- 

 ALLY WRITTEN FOR THIS WORK BY 

 THE LATE REV. HENRY EWBANK, M.A., 

 FORMERLY VICAR OF ST JOHN'S, RYDE, 

 ISLE OF WIGHT 



JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD 

 LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMIV 



