Gardening for Amateurs 



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purplish-black. In May and June come the 

 Peacock Iris (Iris pavonia), white, shaded 

 blue, with darker blotches, 1 foot high ; 

 Boissieri, purple, golden-yellow blotch, 9 

 inches ; juncea, golden-yellow, 15 inches ; 



and Tingitana, dark blue and yellow, 18 

 inches to 2 feet. 



For general garden decoration and cutting 

 the best bulbous Irises are the Spanish and 

 English varieties. They succeed in ordinary 



Spanish Irises. 



