AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



much attention. /. pseudacorus, the Yellow 

 Iris of Europe, is also found here sparingly, and 

 withstands the winter. It also is not very attrac- 

 tive. I have had no trouble in inducing /. laevi- 

 gata, or Kampferi, the Japanese Iris^ to grow 

 here, and /. Germanica, the German Iris, or 

 common Fleur-de-lis, is equally hardy. If you 

 would raise this plant from seed, the seed must 

 be sown as soon as it is ripe. 



Gypsophilla paniculata is perfectly hardy, and 

 with its long slender branches covered with 

 delicate leaves and bearing innumerable minute 

 white blossoms, it is a valuable addition to the 

 vase of Shirley Poppies. It blooms from July 

 1 2th to August 20th. A lady once spying it 

 exclaimed, " Oh, Mr. Dexter, what is that beau- 

 tiful plant ? Is it not called ' Matrimony ' ? " 



" No, my lady," I was forced to respond, " but 

 doubtless it is close kin to it, as it is called Baby's 

 Breath." 



It has a long root stalk and must be trans- 

 planted when quite small. The seeds are some- 

 what troublesome to gather, but it will not prove 

 a serious task to obtain all that you will need to 

 supply possible losses. 



Once when we were putting out this plant one 

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