IRIS 



THE BULB BOOK 



ircis 



with dark reddish purple-brown on a 

 pale yellow ground, and bearded at 

 the base with dark purple or blackish 

 hairs; standards veined with blue 

 on a creamy- white ground. 



FIG. 196. Ms Bismarckiana. (L) 



I. Boissieri. A dwarf bulbous Iris 

 about 1 ft. high, native of the Gerez 

 Mountains in Spain, with linear 

 leaves. Flowers in June, 2 to 3 ins. 

 across, Avith fiddle-shaped spreading 

 falls of rich red-purple, and a distinct 

 golden-yellow bearded ridge; stand- 

 ards purple above, reddish below ; 

 styles reddish - purple with darker 

 veins. (Bot. Mag. t. 7097.) 



I. Boiieana. A native of Asia 

 Minor, with tufts of limp and 

 strangely curled leaves, and clear 

 yellow flowers with or without bright 

 violet blotches on the tips of the 

 inner segments. 



I. bosniaca. A Bosnian Iris 1 to 

 li ft. high, having clear yellow flowers 

 (Gard. 1898, 441). 



I. bracteata. A distinct Iris from 

 Oregon. It has solitary rigid leaves 

 1 to 2 ft. long and about i in. broad. 

 The large almost pure yellow flowers 

 have falls veined with bluish-purple. 

 As a rule, the body colour changes to 

 white and the veins to deep rose with 

 age. 



I. bucharica. A pretty Iris in the 

 way of /. orchioides, but having 



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Fio. 197. Iris lucharica. 



broader leaves. The white and yellow 

 flowers appear in April on stems about 

 1 to 1^ ft. high. Native of Bokhara. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1902, xxxi. 385, f. 135 ; 

 Mora and Sylva, December 1905.) 



I. Caroliniana. This is closely 

 related to /. versicolor, from which 

 it differs by its erect, glaucous, much 

 shorter leaves. 



I. caucasica. A bulbous Iris, native 

 of the Caucasus to Persia, about 6 ins. 

 high, with four to six lance-shaped 

 sickle-like leaves. Flowers in Febru- 

 ary and March, 2 to 3 ins. across, pale 

 yellow. The variety major is larger, 



