SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP, 



IRIS, small bulbous. Lat Iris xiphium. Fr. Ira 

 bulbeuse. A bulbous plant from Portugal, which 

 blows in June j its flowers are blue, violet, yelknv, 

 or white. It likes a light but rich soil, and requires to 

 be moved and its roots separated every three years.- 

 IRIS, yellow. Lat. Iris pseudoacorus. Fr. Iris des marais. 

 Common in England at the sides of marshy places, 

 growing at the edge of the water, and blowing in June ; 

 I never observed these but where the land was stiff 

 clay. Very handsome plant, rising two feet or more in 

 height, and proper for the sides of ponds, or rivulets, in 

 gardens or pleasure-grounds. Move them in August or 



September. IRIS, Persian. Lat. Iris Persica. Fr. In* 



de Perse. A little bulbous plant of great delicacy j 

 grows seven or eight inches high, and blows a pretty, 

 regularly-formed, and singularly sweet-scented flower, in 

 March and April. If in the open ground, protect it a little 

 during severe frosts by a covering of litter; but its chief 

 use is as a potted plant to bring into the house. Plant 

 the bulbs in the month of October, in pots filled with a 

 mixture of one half sand and one half fine mould - f or 

 put some in water-glasses, and treat them as directed for 



hyacinths. IRIS, Chalcedonian. Lat. Iris susiana. Fr. 



Iris de suze. From the Levant. That large and hand- 

 some plant so common in our gardens, flowering so 

 abundantly in June, and having varieties of deep blue, 

 pale blue, and white tinged with blue. It grows to about 

 the same height as the marsh iris, mentioned above, is 

 tuberous-rooted, should have good garden soil to grow 

 in, and should be removed every three years. It is, like 

 most of the others, quite hardy, and makes an elegant 

 fihow in the gardens while in flower. This last is the 



