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Later, another British poet wrote: 



Choosing for odour, 



The violet were mine men call her modest, 

 Because she hides, and when in company 

 Lacks manners and the assertive style of worth 

 While this narcissus here scorns modesty, 

 Will stand up what she is, tho' something prim: 

 Her scent a saturation of one tone, 

 Like her plain symmetry, leaves naught to fancy 

 Whereas this Iris she outvieth man's 

 Excellent artistry; elaboration 

 Confounded with simplicity, till none 

 Can tell which sprang of which. Could I but find 

 A scented Iris, I should be content: 

 Yet men would call me proud: Iris is pride. 



Bridges: Demeter. 



COLOR. In variety of colors the Iris is hardly 

 equalled and is not surpassed by any other hardy 

 plant, and it rivals even the orchids. In addition 

 to white the colors range through shades of all the 

 colors of the rainbow which 



* every hue unfolds, 



In fair proportion running from the Red 

 To where the Violet fades into the sky. 



Thompson: The Seasons. 



Some of the varieties are of solid color; in some, 

 the standards and falls being of the same, and in 



