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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbbb 15, 1910. 



SPANISH IBIS. 



I have read the several articles pub- 

 lished recently in The Review, regard- 

 ing Spanish iris, but I am still a little 

 undecided on one or two points. I have 

 several thousand in flats outdoors, open 

 to the weather, with no covering. Can 

 they stand this until time to bring 

 them in? We have weather here in 

 Ohio as low as 8 to 15 degrees below 

 zero. When is the time to bring them 

 in? We have some houses with roses 

 planted in them, lying dormant all win- 

 ter, but on bright days the temperature 

 runs well up. Would it do to put the 

 flats in these houses later in the season, 

 or will the bulbs stand hard freezing? 

 I have also been advised to plant some 

 bulbs in beds in our lettuce houses and 

 cover with straw. Would this do? 



L. E. C. 



While Spanish irises in the open 

 ground are perfectly hardy, even when 

 the temperature runs down as low as 

 10 to 15 degrees below zero, it would 

 be inadvisable to expose them to any 

 such cold while in flats. The better 

 plan would be to stand them on a bed 

 of cinders in a coldframe, or on a cellar 

 floor, where there is a fairly good light. 

 These irises start to grow soon after 

 being placed in the soil. About Christ- 

 mas is a suitable time to house the first 

 batch, in a temperature of 45 to 50 de- 

 grees — no higher than the latter figure 

 under any consideration. It will take 

 two months for the earliest batch to 

 flower, but later batches will take less 

 time — five to six weeks, on an average. 



The rose houses referred to would an- 

 swer well for storing the plants, if they 

 had a good coating of perfectly dry 

 leaves or hay, to keep out frost. The 

 temperature of a lettuce house will an- 

 swer well for irises. If you run these 

 houses during winter, there will be need 

 to cover the beds containing them with 

 straw. Unlike hyacinths, tulips or nar- 

 cissi, which need to be sprouted an inch 

 or two in the dark before starting, 

 Spanish iris should be kept in the light 

 all the time. C. W. 



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