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very striking. Leander is pure yellow and sweetly 

 scented, and there are any number of delightful others 

 running through many shades of cream, bronze, ame- 

 thyst, lavender, blue, and yellow. These are among the 

 few plants which may with safety be bought "mixed" 

 inharmony seems impossible to them. 



The English Iris (I. xiphioides) requires more mois- 

 ture than is usually to be had in our dry American gar- 

 dens, and in my own garden, even with faithful water- 

 ing, it has not been happy. It is very handsome with 

 large spreading flowers in shades of blue, purple, and 

 white which appear with the Spanish Irises in July. 



These with other bulbous Irises should be planted in 

 the autumn, and may be found in the catalogues of 

 "Dutch Bulbs." Another year I hope to add to my 

 collection I. tuberosa y "the Widow," /. persica, and two 

 of the Juno group said to be the least crotchety I. 

 orchioides and caucasica. 



