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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS 



IBIS 



I. Danfordise (J. Bornmiilleri). — A 

 charming little bulbous Iris about 3 in. 

 high, with 4-sided horny-pointed leaves. 

 Flowers in Tebruary, sometimes earlier, 

 bright golden-yellow spotted with brown ; 

 falls oblong, spoon-shaped ; standards re- 

 duced to a mere bristle. 



Culture dc. as above for I. hakericma 

 and ' Bulbous Irises ' generally, p. 917. 

 Grows well in dry corners of the rookery. 



I. douglasiana. — A slender CaJifomian 

 species 6-12 in. high with tufts of thick 

 stiffish strongly ribbed linear leaves. 

 Flowers in June, soft yellow, 1^-2 in. deep ; 

 falls obovate, spoon-shaped, handsomely 

 veined with bright lilac-purple ; standards 

 shorter, erect. 



Culture dc. as above for the 'Beardless 

 Irises,' p. 917. 



I. Duthiei. — A native of N. India 

 (Kumaon) with knotty and gnarled rhi- 

 zomes and tufts of yellowish-green leaves 

 about 2 ft. long and i in. broad. The 

 solitary sessile flowers appear in May 

 when the leaves are only 2-3 in. long, the 

 full growth of the leaves not being finished 

 tiU about the end of June. The nearly 

 horizontal lance-shaped falls are reddish- 

 lilac above, with darker veins and blotches, 

 and a white beard tipped with yellow at 

 the base ; greenish-yellow beneath, with the 

 veins and blotches showing through. The 

 oblong ovate standards are about IJ in. 

 long, pale reddish-lilac with darker veins, 

 while the styles with triangular orenate 

 crests are of a similar colour. 



Culture dc. as above for ' Bearded 

 Irises,' p. 917. 



I. Eulefeldi. — A native of Eastern 

 Turkestan, about 1 ft. high, with remark- 

 ably glaucous, sickle-shaped leaves 1 ft. 

 or more long. Flowers in May and J\me, 

 2 on a stem, reddish-purple ; falls purple 

 with a long white and bluish-purple beard ; 

 standards purple and reddish-purple, with 

 a yellowish claw. 



Culture Ac. as above for 'Bearded 

 Irises,' p. 917. 



I. filifolia {Xiphion filifolium). — A 

 native of S. Spain and N. Africa, resem- 

 bling /. Xiphium in bulb and foliage, 

 and having slender roundish stems, 12-18 

 in. high, with 6 or more filiform leaves, 

 over a foot long, the outer ones mottled 

 with purple. Flowers about the end of 

 June, bright deep purple, spotted with 

 black, and having a patch of orange on 



the blade of the large oblong, fiddle- 

 shaped fall. 



Culture dc. as above for the ' Bulbous 

 Irises,' p. 917. May be grown in ordinary 

 garden soU in warm sheltered spots. 



I. flavescens. — A native of E. Europe 

 and W. Asia, 2-3 ft. high, with the habit 

 and foliage of /. germanica. Flowers in 

 May, lemon-yeUow, about 2 in. deep ; feUs 

 obovate wedge-shaped, about 1| in. broad, 

 bearded with orange-yellow and veined at 

 the base with purple-brown ; standards 

 erect, obovate. 



Culture dc. as above for the ' Bearded 

 Irises,' p. 917. Increased by division and 

 seeds. 



I. florentina {Florentine Iris). — A 

 splendid and weU known S. European 

 species, with thick, fleshy, creeping root- 

 stocks, tufts of glaucous sword-like leaves, 

 and flattish flower stems, 2-3 ft. high. 

 Flowers in May and June, 3-6 in. deep, 

 whitish, tinged with pale lavender, and 

 having a bright yellow beard on the falls. 

 The flowers exhale a sweet odour Uke that 

 of Violets, and in the variety cMicans are 

 almost pure white. 



Culture dc. as above for the ' Bearded 

 Irises,' p. 917, and /. germanica. 



I. foetidissima [Fetid Gladwin ; 

 Boast Beef Plant). — A beautiful British 

 species, with somewhat flattened flower- 

 stems, 2-3 ft. high, and firm, deep green, 

 sword-shaped leaves. Flowers from May 

 to July, usually purple, or bluish-Ulac, 

 2-3 in. deep. There is a variety with 

 pretty variegated foliage, striped with 

 ivory-white lines, which looks particularly 

 handsome in spring. 



Culture dc. as above for the ' Beardless 

 Irises,' p. 917. The Gladwin flourishes 

 in moist and partially shaded places in 

 ordinary garden soil, and in the autumn 

 is rendered remarkable by its bursted 

 pods of orange-scarlet seeds. 



I. fosteriana. — A pretty bulbous Iris, 

 about 1 ft. high, nativeof Afghanistan, with 

 slender elongated bulbs, having fleshy 

 roots and linear leaves, not unlike those 

 of the Spanish Iris (I. Xiphium), but 

 much striped on the outside. Flowers 

 in March, about 2 in. across, with yellow 

 falls and styles, but reddish - purple 

 standards. 



Culture dc. as above for ' Bulbous 

 Irises,' p. 917. This species is very diffi- 

 cult to grow; according to Sir M. Foster 



