FKBKl AKV 28. 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



1087 



Autumn Flower Show at Suttgart, Germany, Showing Formality of Arrangement. 



little or no neck, the leafage is two feet 

 long and high, broad, and. in sonic meas- 

 ure, handsome also. The flowers rival 

 those of any hardy t rinum in magnifi- 

 cence, being pure white, six inches across 

 the perianth, expanding fully, and aver 

 age twenty in eacli umbel. The in 

 florescence is about a foot across, and 

 not more than thirty inches higii. being 

 but slightly raised above the foliage. Jt 

 makes a delightful pot plant for tlie cool 

 greenhouse, thrives apace in the warm 

 border quite unprotected, and gives no 

 trouble at any time. I have grown the 

 plant for eight years, and in some quan- 

 tity, ami can recommend it for its re- 

 finement, compact habit, and sweet fra- 

 grance. It flowers regularly about Au- 

 gust, and every bulb throws a strong 

 scape. C. latifolium has long been noteil 

 as the best of the large flow •■ red crinums 

 for the temperate houst>, and its variety 

 Yemense is equally as good a jdant for 

 the garden proper in everything save size. 



STAGING EXHIBITIONS. 



The German Arrangement. 



Tlie accompanying illustration fm;n 

 ri photograph of the autumn flower show 

 given in Stuttgart. (uTinany, Xoveuiber 

 10 to 15, 190G. is extremely interesting 

 when compared witli illiistr.-itions of our 

 American exhibitions. Unfortunately i 

 have no information covering the ar- 

 rangement and. tlieret'ore, we are com- 

 pelled to call \ipon our imagination as 

 to the object :nid scope nf the und<'r- 

 I. •iking. 



lixideiitly compel it ion of exliibits 



the main incentive of our exhil)itions — 

 is eliminated and an effort to lay before 

 the flower-loving public a grand, formal 

 tior.ii di.splay is apparent. Kxtienie for 

 Miality is e\er present and each vase or 

 liox<'d jdant has its counterpart placed 

 with inatli(Mnatical pri>cisioM in :i bal 

 a need scale. 



The whole flower space. ,s.')XL'<ii) feet. 

 is laid out into a formal garden, the 

 beds in balanced pairs and evidently bor- 

 ilered by narrow wooden strips. K.ich 

 plant or group is neatly and iricouspic 

 uously lal)eled and at the rear. wher<' 

 there appears to be ;i rustic bri<lge lead- 

 ing to a mysterious ".«<omewliere, " the 

 directing signs are enclosed in iiistic 

 frames. 



The wliole arrangement shows a |ire 

 meditated study of formal elVects by a 

 master mind and. as seen from an end 

 balcony, nnist have been .-in interesting 

 sight. \V. < '. l'(i.\N. 



GERMAN IRISES. 



[.\n <>\tr.ni't from :\u ;1(Ml•c^■J tiy .T. Wii-iilw :iiil 

 M.'Uiiiiim. delivered licfoic ilic' .\|:is^:oliiiscii^ 

 H^rticultiiriil Society. .Iniiii^iry 12. I'.HiT.J 



The iris, or as jxijiularly known the 

 fleur de lis, raiidiow (lower or poorman 's 

 orchid, etc., has more than 17t) described 

 pure species, of which about JOO have 

 l)een cultivated at times by American 

 horticulturists while .somewhat more than 

 KU) species are grown by Knglish iris 

 fanciers, among which, liowever, a por- 

 tion fail to combine sntlicient <list iiictinn. 

 beauty or ea.se of culture to w:irrant their 

 extended use. While, however, pethaps 

 les.s than a hundred species aro to i)e 

 icrommendeil for cultivation in Aiueri 



can or particularly New Knglaiid gar- 

 ilens, this is but a fraction of the nund)or 

 of varieties which by .^election or cross 

 fertilization have been |iroduced and con- 

 triliute most advantageously to garden 

 ornameiitatiou. 



The siiiface rhizoincd foinis :ire niore 

 popularly ivnown as (ierman iiises, though 

 the true Iris (ierinanica is but one of 

 many species. The ilwarf forms are 

 greatly neglected, being but seldom seen 

 in American gardens, yet possessing great 

 merit in their range of bloom and the 

 earline.s,v of (lowering period. Iris j»u- 

 milla is better known than the other 

 species and growing about nine inches 

 high bears in April showy (lowers of deep 

 purple in profusion. As an etlging plant 

 it has muih merit and there are various 

 selected varieties ranging from pearly 

 white, through clear blues to the deeper 

 lolored t\pir;il form. Iris pumilla is 

 • •eitaiidy worthy of tai' greater use than 

 has liccn tln' case in llio past. I. verna, 



anoih.T (jw.-ut .'^1 ies from the rarolinas 



i^ iijunlly d\\;iif, <|uite prolific in bloom 

 with puiple •-li.-ides and lilooms about the 

 -airir tiini-. Tlii>; docs iiol show tho im- 

 proxemenl and (iM',| t'l.iuis, however, that 

 i,-< true with tlir last •<pecios. The g^ni 

 .among dwarf in--is, howt^\er. i.^ tlie 

 (■rested his i-risiiit;i. only growing .iliont 

 six incdie.s high with light green tVdiage. 

 It forms a carpit of \(;r(lurc and be.irs 

 freely of light hlue flowers beaulitidly 

 blotched with golden \idlow, I know w 

 t'ortti o|" dw;iif' iris willi as great ada|. la- 

 bility of nsr-s a- this ejtlicr for natui.ili/ 

 ing or t'or \ai'ic(| ;^,||,|,.|i nsago. 



I'or perfei-t li:irdiliond, frcedon n\' 

 bloom niid I'aiii^e nt' ■■. |,ir wo cun vvitU 



