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netted veins of deep purple, with a beard 

 of scattered dark purple hairs on the claw 

 in front of which is a deep black blotch 

 or ' signal.' The roundish standards are 

 much lighter in colour than the falls. 

 The white groundwork is covered with 

 thin purple forking veins and numerous 

 purple spots, while the broad horizontal 

 styles are almost blackish-purple. 



Culture die. as above for ' Onoocyclus 

 Irises,' p. 918. This will doubtless suc- 

 ceed under the same conditions as /. Sari. 



I. spuria. — An elegant beardless Iris 

 1-2 ft. high, native of Europe, Asia, 

 Algeria &c. with erect or spreading sword- 

 shaped leaves about 1 ft. long. Flowers 

 in June and July, large, in nearly sessile 

 clusters, and of a bright lilac colour, the 

 falls having a bright yellow keel running 

 dovni the claw which is faintly streaked 

 with purple on a white ground. The 

 variety Monspur is really a hybrid be- 

 tween this species and I. Monnieri, the 

 first syllable of each parent forming the 

 name. It is a beautiful form. The 

 variety Notha is larger than the type, 

 and is said to be found wild in the salt 

 marshes of Siberia. There are other 

 forms, but they all thrive and produce 

 plenty of blossom in ordinary good garden 

 soil. 



Culture dc. as above for ' Beardless 

 Irises,' p. 917. 



I. squalens. — A very old garden plant, 

 native of Europe and Asia, with tufts of 

 glaucous sword-like leaves and clusters of 

 faintly Elder-scented large flowers borne 

 in May and June, on branched stems 2-3 

 ft. high. The obovate wedge-shaped falls 

 are bright lilac-purple, with a conspicuous 

 yellow beard, while the erect and rather 

 crisped standards are dullish lilac and 

 yellow or brownish-yellow. 



There are a large number of garden 

 forms of this species with a vast range of 

 colour among shades of lavender, blue, 

 violet, bronze-yellow, mauve, primrose, 

 golden-yellow, crimson &c. as in the 

 germanica, neglecta, anApalUda sections, 

 which they somewhat resemble. 



Culture <ic. as above for 'Bearded 

 Irises, p. 917. They may all be grown 

 easily and increased in the same way as 

 I. germanica. 



I. stenophylla (I. Heldreiclvi). — 

 A beautiful bulbous Iris, native of the 

 Cilician Taurus. It grows 8-5 in. high 

 and has tufts of grass-lilce channelled 



leaves which are only 2-3 in. high when 

 the flowers appear in February and March. 

 The blooms are 3-4 in. across and are of a 

 soft mauvy purple colour, the falls having 

 a large triangular blotch of black velvety 

 purple in front of the raised yellow crest, 

 on each side of which are purplish spots 

 or blotches. 



Culture (to. as above for ' Bulbous 

 Irises,' p. 917. 



I. susiana (Mourning Iris). — A 

 remarkably handsome and at the same 

 time singular Oneocyclus Iris, native of 

 the Levant and Asia Minor. It is 12-18 

 in. high, with pale or yellowish-green, 

 stem - clasping, sword - like leaves about 

 1 in. broad. The large flowers are borne 

 singly on the stems in AprO, and having 

 a dark silver-grey appearance, produced 

 by numerous veins and dots of blackish- 

 brown or purple with a flush of purple or 

 lUac on a creamy- white ground ; the falls 

 have a broad cushion of brovimish-black 

 hairs near the base. Muhlendorfiana 

 is a dwarf form with yellow flowers. 



Culture and Propagation. — It likes 

 warm light soils and requires treatment 

 similar to other Oneocyclus Irises, see 

 p. 918. 



I. Suwarowi (/. lineata). — A curious 

 Iris, native of Turkestan, with narrow 

 sword-shaped leaves, and greenish flowers 

 veined with bluish-green ; both falls and 

 standards are eUiptic lance-shaped ending 

 in a sharp point, the falls being furnished 

 with a blue beard from the base to centre. 



Cidtvre Sc. as above for ' Bulbous 

 Irises,' p. 917. 



I. Swerti. — A handsome Iris of 

 unknown origin with glaucous sword- 

 shaped leaves, and clusters of very 

 fragrant flowers produced in May and 

 June on stems 1-1^ ft. high. Colour 

 pure white slightly veined with Ulac, and 

 edged with purple, the obovate cuneate 

 falls being decorated with a yellow beards 

 while the much - crisped pure white 

 standards are keeled and edged with 

 purple. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species flourishes in ordinary good garden 

 soil and may be increased by division. 



I. tectorum (I. tomiolopha). — A rare 

 and beautiful beardless Iris about 1 ft. 

 high, native of Japan, with thin pale green 

 sword -like leaves about 1 ft. long. 

 Flowers in May and June, 1^-2 in. deep^ 



