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GARDEN GUIDE 



There is a notion that Irises are all water loving; this is not true. 

 Two Irises only can be planted in the water; these are the common Blue 

 Flag (Iris versicolor), our little wild Iris, and the yellow European 

 Iris (Iris pseudacorus) . These two Irises may well be used in water 

 gardens, but they will succeed perfectly in ordinary garden soil. The 

 wild Iris is hardly as beautiful as some of the others that might be 

 grown, but the yellow European Iris has luxuriant foliage and large, 

 clear yellow flowers, and deserves wider popularity. 



The wonderful Japanese Iris (I. laevigata, or I. Kaempferi), colonized. 



While enjoying a moist, open situation this Iris does well in a variety 



of soils and positions 



The Japanese Iris (I. Kaempferi) and the Siberian Iris (I. sibirica) 

 thrive very nicely at the edges of pools; they will not grow with their 

 crowns submerged, however. The flower of the Japanese Iris difl'ers 

 from the others in being flat, the standards not being upright. There 

 are several forms of the flower; some have six petals and others, because 

 the standards are much abbreviated, are called three-petaled Iris. 

 The flowers are very large. They enjoy good fertility and a constant 

 stirring of the soil, which should never bake over the roots. The 



