CONTENTS 



PART I 



CHAfTER PAGE 



I. STRUCTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FLOWER . i 



II. THE IRIS GARDEN : SELECTIONS OF THE MOST ORNA- 

 MENTAL ...... 4 



III. THE CULTIVATION OF ONCOCYCLUS IRISES. By the late 



Rev. H. Ewbank, M.A. . . . . 13 



IV. THE CULTIVATION 



A. Of Californian Irises .... 28 



B. Of the Japanese Flag Iris, /. laevigata . . 30 



C. Of Oncocyclus Irises, showing the views of the 



chief living authorities . . . , 33 



D. General Remarks on Cultivation . * 39 



V. HYBRIDS AND HYBRIDISING .... 41 



VI. DISEASES AND INSECTS . . . /. . 50 



PART II 



Classification and Description, "with Notes on Cultivation under each Species. 



VII. APOGON . . . ... 58 



VIII. PARDANTHOPSIS .... .87 



IX. EVANSIA . . . . ; .'v . 89 



X. PSEUDEVANSIA . . . * ... . 95 



XI. ONCOCYCLUS ...... 99 



