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NOTES ON IRISES. 
IRIS UNGUICULARIS. 
IRI I 
most бас ghtful апа valuable of hardy winter- 
it is compar atively seldom 
Those alone can 
е gone out in 
g in almost s xposed 
е ud door develop, or else the 
de 4 ie pi 
t ey , 
ioe а. s and snails, 
it the buds before the 
k them. 
mber of years 
g e divided 
3 were no dwindle 
. remained undisturbed for ten күбө ‘leas 
У sandy soil 
, за. f stylosa, is no 
i but al iarl 
| appropiate, for. it ете the ‘curious ie 
i h the irrow style-branches rise 
tach E Ba: er column for nearly an 
а fete ы. Spreading outwards. is is 
а ure which, if I re ber rig oe: 
в а а elsewhere among Irises, and the тн 
Unique in that the anthers and t 
: firmiy to this col P to th 
P " olumn а e 
| E за thorgh they аге not acttally 
ET 
ee several local forms of this Tris! = 
Ing р Seer the common Algeria 
der flowers. There is at hawt 
ү». are of a d a * deeper pu le colour, and have a 
3 
RIS (see fig. n is one of the 
stronger, sweeter scent, more like that of fresh TREES AND SHRUBS. 
honey. Dw: arf forms of this variety are found ; 
on some of the G e is.ands, e.g., Cephalonia, ARBUTUS 5, АТ pease re PARK, 
while in Southern Asia Minor there are form DFOR 
vi ry narrow 207 pu and slender, BELIEVING the ак measurements to be 
narrow petalle wers of no great beauty. unusual for a tree of Arbutv nedo, I give 
Curiously enough, ges К tai the Eastern them for the interest n eaders 
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Fic. 19.—IRIS UNGUICULARIS (SYN. STYLOSA). 
end of the Black Sea, which has been introduc Gardeners’ Chronicle in general, while they may. 
under the name of I. lazica, has broader Mie be of particular value to those recording remark- 
of less leathery texture than that of the Algerian able Bremen of tree-growth. 
plants. The flowers red of a deeper blue-purple, t one foot frost the ground level the: 
but for олет reason the plant declines to ncs sles оне 5а 10 feet 6 inches, but imme 
` here. - R. Dykes, Charterhouse, Godalming. diately above “thle point the tree branches 
