HARDY HERBACEOUS PLAKTS, ETC. 233 



colors and markings, ranging from pure white through ail 

 the shades of pink, dark red, and purple to almost black, 

 with many peculiar combinations and mixtures of colors. 



FIG. 133. JAPANESE IRIS (Iris Eampheri}. 



It succeeds best in a rather moist, rich soil. Many other 

 species of iris are very beautiful and desirable, among the 

 best of which is the 



GERMAN IRIS (Iris Germanica). The foliage of this 

 species is more glaucous than that of the Japanese, and the 

 flowers possess many shades of yellow and orange in addi- 

 tion to the varying colors of the latter, though the colors 

 are not so brilliant or well defined. It grows upon lighc 

 soil quite as readily as upon a heavy one. 



ORIENTAL POPPY (Papava orientalis), Fig. 134. The 

 flowers of this species are of the most brilliant scarlet color, 



