IRIS 
Iris and NLY one picture of Irises in a book of garden pictures seems 
Tulip a mistake, as they are among the loveliest and most effec- 
tive of flowers, grouped either by themselves or with other 
plants. But in “Garden Colour” I tried to suggest a few of the uses 
to which they may be put, and gave illustrations of Irzs reticulata, 
the early Purple Flag, Jris germanica, sibirica, and haempfert. 
The various Irises, as they flower, give opportunities for suc- 
cessive colour-groups. For early effect the varieties of Iris 
pumila must not be forgotten. Between the early Flags and 
Iris germanica open the white Jris florentina and the rich dark 
purple Kochi and Purple King ; these are the best for grouping 
with Darwin Tulips. The sketch shows them with clumps of 
the Tulips Loveliness and Margaret in two shades of pink. 
Many possible combinations of colour arise in one’s mind; with 
the white Iris it becomes only a matter of individual fancy. 
The violet cups of Moralis and the paler shades of Erguste 
or Coridion \ook well near it, but with the purple Irises the 
choice has to be more carefully made as there are certain pink- 
mauve Tulips, such as 4scanio, which clash very much with this 
tone, and even the best of the mauve and purple Tulips are apt 
to be killed by the brighter tones of the purple Iris. I should 
recommend for combining with these Irises such pale mauves as 
Nora Ware, or the Rev. H. Ewbank, or whites just flushed with 
mauve, such as Painted Lady, Kate Greenaway, La Candeur, 
etc., which are helped in effect by a neighbouring strong colour. 
If a greater diversity of colouring is needed, the exquisite sulphur 
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