20 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



blotched with dull purple has been named Sieheana, after 

 its discoverer, Herr Siehe. 



So far the Juno Irises enumerated are all stemless, 

 though the flowers are raised on perianth tubes of some 

 length ; moreover their flowering season is over by the 

 middle of March. As the season advances, so also do the 

 stems of the Junos increase in height. The persicas are 

 usually followed, and often overtaken, by the Mesopotamia!! 

 /. sindjarensis f which grows about a foot high, and opens in 

 succession five or six rather small flowers in the axils of the 

 leaves, which are arranged on alternate sides of the stem, 

 much in the same way as in the Maize or Indian Corn. 

 The colour of the flowers is usually some shade of blue. 

 In some examples the tint is deep, in others it is very pale, 

 or it may even be a beautiful turquoise colour. There is 

 also a pure white form of this Iris in cultivation. 

 /. sindjarensis is not perhaps a very striking Iris, and it was 

 left to the ingenuity of Mr. J. Hoog, of the firm of C. G. 

 Van Tubergen, of Haarlem, to combine the orange central 

 ridge of /. persica with the stronger constitution and larger 

 flowers of /. sindjarensis. The resulting hybrid known as 

 Sindpers is one of the most beautiful of all bulbous Irises. 

 The exact shade of colour seems to vary from season to 

 season and in different soils, but at its best it is a most 

 brilliant turquoise blue. It is a most desirable Iris, and 

 one that is not difficult to grow or to keep. It is also 

 very floriferous. Another cross, Sindpur, was raised from 

 sindjarensis fertilised by pollen of /. persica purpurea. It 

 is dwarf er than /. sindjarensis and very floriferous, with 

 flowers of a dark purple colour. One form is paler, and has 

 been aptly christened Amethyst. The reverse cross, Pursind, 



