June 17, 1896.] 



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The other novelty was the double form of the Welsh Poppy, 

 with flowers about the size and form of the double-flowered 

 Kerria Japonica and of a rich orange-yellow, originated 

 with and shown by Messrs. Backhouse, of York. After it 

 has been got out of its nursery stage it will prove a first- 

 rate showy hardy flower. 



William Goldrint 



Plant Notes. 



Spanish Irises. — The great masses of hybrid German 

 Irises which have lately filled the garden with color are 

 now missed, but an easy consolation may be found in the 

 Spanish Irises, which so closely succeed them. There are a 

 brilliancy and a clearness of color about these bulbous 



Iris Lorteti. — This has been the latest of the Oncocyclus 

 section in flower this season. This Palestine Iris is by 

 some considered the most beautiful flower of the family, 

 and is certainly charming, both in form and coloring. It 

 may be briefly, if crudely, described as a pink I. Susiana, 

 though there are said to be forms with violet markings. As 

 it is now flowering with Mr. Gerard, the flowers resemble 

 good forms of I. Susiana, both in size and form. The large 

 standards are white, with many pink lines. The falls are 

 dotted with pink and have a deep rose signal. The styles 

 are tinted a shining golden brown. This species, though 

 recently introduced, is now obtainable at a moderate price 

 and should be grown by all fanciers of choice plants. If 

 the rhizomes are kept in dry soil until late in the autumn 



Fig. 35- — Pergola at Amalfi, Italy. — Sep page 241 



Irises which have always made them favorites. In fact, 

 they are so well known by gardeners that it would seem 

 superfluous to say anything about them were it not for the 

 fact that even the most common flowers seem to be un- 

 known to many gardens. Briefly, it may be said that these 

 Irises have narrow claws and standards and possess a wide 

 range of coloring in whites, yellows, blues, browns and 

 their combinations. The bulbs, which are inexpensive, 

 should be ordered with the Dutch bulbs, preferably in 

 named kinds. They are perfectly hardy and need no pro- 

 tection in this latitude. They show foliage above ground 

 during the winter when the season is at all open. The 

 special care required is to keep them moist while growing, 

 as otherwise they are likely not to flower. 



and planted out after the ground becomes cold there should 

 be no care required in their cultivation beyond keeping the 

 soil moist during the growing season, which soon ends. It 

 is better to plant them in the open garden rather than in a 

 sheltered place, where the supply of moisture early in the 

 year may prove insufficient. 



Rosa Watsonii. — The leaflets of this Rose are either 

 three or five on each leaf, long and narrow, none of them 

 being much more than two lines in breadth. The most 

 peculiar feature of the plant is the coloring of the leaf. 

 The ground color is greenish yellow, the veins being 

 marked with deep green, forming hieroglyphic-looking 

 characters along the margins, and these markings are 

 more pronounced when the plain is grown indoors. It 



