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YARD AND GAEDEN 



pencilings. The best sorts are the pure white, 

 growing about two feet high, and the variety 

 orientalis, twenty inches high, the latter bear- 

 ing in profusion rich blue flowers of charming 

 form. It has the valuable quality of reproduc- 

 ing itself rapidly, and from a few plants 



Siberian Iris 

 (Iris Sibirica) 



English Iris 

 (Iris xipMoides) 



enough can be obtained in two or three seasons 

 to plant a considerable area. 



All of the irises with surface rhizomes thrive 

 in ordinary garden soils, requiring division 

 and replanting as their clumps increase in size. 

 This should be done as soon as the foliage 

 shows signs of ripening, and should be accom- 



