with larger flowers and longer leaves. The following varieties English Iris 
of Iris resemble ochro/euca in growth and form of the flower, and 
bloom about the same time—Monspur and Dorothy Foster mauve, 
aurea and Momnnieri yellow. 
Later still open the English Irises, growing in any ordinary 
border, and lasting for years without any division, but doing 
best in a rich, moist soil. The finest I have ever seen were 
growing in clay close above a pool of water. The beauty and 
variety of their colouring are very great, varying from white to 
mauve, deep blue and violet purple, while some are delicately 
flaked with a deeper shade of the same tone. They are most 
beautiful when the pink and blue shades of mauve are grown 
apart and white is mingled with both groups. ‘There is a 
large number of named sorts, and every grower seems to have 
his own names. The following are some I picked out as good 
at the R.H.S. exhibition :— 
The Pearl : : 
Mont Blanc t White. 
Miss Kitty. . White flaked with pale mauve. 
Blue Mauves 
Princess Beatrice 
Van Dyck. { All blue mauve. 
Newton . 
Bleu Aimable . . 
Tee i Deep blue purple. 
Agrippa. ‘ . Dark purple. 
Red Mauves 
Vesta. ‘ . White with pale violet flakes. 
Belle Agathe . . Pink-lilac. 
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