128 PAMILTIAR GARDEN FLOWERS, 
immense dark flowers, superbly streaked, veined, and 
spotted. This is scarce at present, and may be ad- 
vantageously grown in pots as a frame plant. It is, 
however, hardy enough for a dry, warm nook in the rock 
garden. ris Monnieri is a grand plant, with fragrant 
yellow flowers. It requires a rich, deep, moist soil, and 
a warm situation. Jris paldida is distinct and fine; the 
flowers are pale blue, with pale yellow beard ; it will thrive 
in almost any soil and situation, and may be classed with 
the German irises. Tris psenducorus is the common 
English water-flag, a truly noble species, which adorns 
with its golden banners many a broad river and sluggish 
meadow stream. It is worth a place in the woodland border, 
and the variegated-leaved variety is a good garden plant. 
Iris reticulata is an exquisite gem, with narrow, rush-like 
leaves, and flowers plentifully produced, the colours rich 
violet-purple, strongly stamped in the centre with deep 
rich gold. The extreme elegance and fragrance of the 
flowers, and the tendency of the plant to suffer from 
damp, render it desirable to treat this as a pot-plant, 
