SEPTEMBER: FOURTH WEEK 247 



with violet veining, King of Iris, yellow and brown, extra 

 fine; the Siberian iris (/. Sibirica) including several good 

 sorts, orientalis being the earliest, and one of the best, and 

 Snow Queen, a new ivory white, a good companion to it; 

 the Japanese iris, concluding the season's bloom, with a few 

 stray blooms up to the end of July, the grandest of all, with 

 the widest range of color and combinations, but the varieties 

 are not as generally known by name because their Japanese 

 nomenclature means little to American gardeners, and the 

 unregulated re-naming of varieties which has taken place 

 has resulted in much confusion, so that the most satisfac- 

 tory way is to order from descriptions, or, where it is pos- 

 sible, personal inspection. 



The " Spanish" and "English" irises are quite distinct 

 from the above, and usually listed as " bulbs." 



