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their foliage disappearing at this time, leaving bare spots 
in the flower garden. To avoid this, annuals, or green- 
house plants raised from cuttings, are provided. These 
are sown or planted in time to follow the bulbs, thus giving 
a succession of flowers for the summer and fall. In addi- 
tion to the bulbs there are many other kinds of herbaceous 
perennials here. 
Bed no. 11, located at the foot of the east terrace, is 
devoted to roses. This collection was established in the 
spring of 1913. ‘The bed is about 250 feet long and 8 feet 
wide. ‘There are over 400 bushes, representing about 140 
kinds, including hybrid perpetuals, hybrid teas, teas, baby 
ramblers, moss-roses and others. ‘The two rear rows con- 
tain hybrid perpetuals, and a few other kinds, the two front 
rows comprising hybrid teas and teas. 
The iris garden at the southwest corner of the grounds 
was established in the spring of 1916. In front of a back- 
ground of conifers and deciduous shrubs is a border 10 feet 
wide. The rear portion of this border, with an occasional 
approach to the front in places, is given over to irises, which 
may be had in flower, by proper selection of kinds, from 
early spring to the early part of July. The first to bloom 
are some of the dwarf forms, such as Iris pumila and I. 
cristata. ‘Then come those of the rhizomatous type, with 
creeping rootstocks, such as Iris germanica, I. pallida, I. 
Sambucina, and many others. These are followed by the 
Siberian irises, and these in turn by the Japanese irises, 
of which there are many beautiful color forms. If irises 
alone are used, a garden of this kind is devoid of flowers 
after the middle of July, and there are but few irises which 
appear early in the spring. To avoid this difficulty it is 
best to plant with the irises spring flowering bulbs, which 
will give an abundance of color at that time of the year, 
following these, as they go out of flower, with annuals, 
which will carry the flowering period through the summer 
and into the fall. The persistent foliage of the irises, 
often of a gray green, offers a suitable background for 
many annuals. 
