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name " Black Prince," for which an award of merit was 

 made to Mr Perry by the Royal Horticultural Society. 



The form " Gracchus " is described as having six falls 

 and six standards, but monstrosities of this kind can 

 never be recommended. 



There is a very handsome and fragrant I. troyana, 

 from Western Asia Minor, which is closely allied to I. 

 germanica. Messrs Barr & Sons offer a new variety 

 called magtlifica. /. trojana of Kerner belongs to the 

 Apogon section. 



98. I. kashmiriana, Baker in Card. Chron., 1877, 

 ii. 744. Rhizome stout ; leaves ensiform, slightly 

 glaucous, I J ft. long, above an inch broad ; stem 3 ft. 

 long, bearing several clusters ; spathes two or three 

 flowered, 3 in. long ; valves scariose at the tip at flower- 

 ing time ; pedicels short; perianth-tube cylindrical, above 

 an inch long ; limb 3 in. long, pure white ; standards and 

 falls each I J to I J in. broad; beard ij in. long, white, 

 tipped with yellow ; falls obovate-cuneate ; style branches 

 1 1 in. long ; crests large, ovate. The flowers are sweet-, 

 scented, produced late in May. A native of Kashmir. 



99. I. neglecta, Horn, Bot. Mag., t. 2435. The 

 rhizome is stout ; leaves ensiform, slightly glaucous, 

 purple at the base, 12 to 15 in. long, I to 1^ in. broad. 

 The stems are ij to 2 ft. long, three or four headed; 

 spathes two or three flowered, valves oblong, I to I J in. 

 long, green on the lower part at the flowering time, 

 much tinged with purple ; pedicel very short. The 

 perianth-tube is greenish, under an inch long ; limb 2 in. 

 long or more; falls obovate-cuneate, I to 1^ in. broad, 

 in the type bright lilac towards the tip ; the haft much 

 striped with lilac on a white ground; beard bright 

 yellow ; the standards as long and as broad, bright light 

 lilac ; style branches an inch long ; crests deltoid. Is 

 known only in cultivation, and is apparently a hybrid 

 between variegata and sambucina. Flowers in June. The 



