margined with mauve, nearly as tall as Dalmatica, June. 

 very free flowerer. Iris Ger- 



Cordelia 



Louis Van Houtte 



Miss Maggie 



manica and 

 All having lavender standards and falls Sibirica 

 of various shades of purple. 



Virginie 



Flavescens-- cream and yellow. 



Madam Chereau white veined and edged with mauve. 



Darkie yellow and red mahogany. 



Le Vesuvel , , , , 



. , ,. moth very dark. 

 Arnoldi J 



Many of the mixed bronze, yellow, and purple Irises are 

 fine in colour; to see them at their best they must be 

 grown away from the neighbourhood of mauve, and near 

 white or cream flowers. Some of the queer almost pink kinds 

 are fine against copper Beeches, being shown up by the dark 

 background. Clumps of Iris look well almost anywhere, but 

 the most delightful way to grow them is in a garden of their 

 own with grass paths and many beds filled with the best sorts. 



Iris Germanica is followed by Iris Sibirica, much the 

 finest form being orientals. In a damp sunny spot it grows 

 four or five feet high, with luxuriant grassy foliage and brilliant 

 violet flowers on slender stalks ; the distinguishing feature is the 

 deep red sheath which holds the bud. The sketch was done at 

 the Royal Horticultural Garden at Wisley, where they formed 

 a^magnificent mass of colour near the ponds. Spirtea Aruncus 

 grew on the slope above and there were a few plants of fine Day 

 Lilies. After sibirica come the Spanish Iris and ochroleuca. 

 These are making a very effective group in a nursery garden 

 close by, clumps of white Spanish Iris thrown out by a very 



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