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Tall Bearded Iris 



FIG. XLVI. THE IRISES IN FIG. XLIII, IN AUGUST, 1921 



Where grows? Where grows it not? If vain our toil 

 We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. 



Pope: Essay on Man. 



Though usually planted in the garden, the Iris is 

 most admirably adapted to the foreground of the 

 border, with shrubs for a background. (See under 

 How to Plant in Chapter VI.) 



If I were planting a garden gay 

 I would have Stocks and the Flower-de-luce 

 Bordered by banks of Witch-hazel grey, 

 Sentinelled by a purple Spruce. 



Anne H. Spicer: In Praise of Pleasaunt Blossoms. 



WHEN TO PLANT. The Iris can be successfully 

 transplanted any time when the ground is not frozen 

 deep. If planted in the spring, and especially late in 

 the spring, it seldom blooms the same season, and if 

 it does the blooms are not as fine as those it will pro- 

 duce the following season. 



