ENCYCLOPA'DIA OF GARDENING. 
gate by cuttings of young shoots inserted in pots or pans of light sandy 
soil in temp. of 65° to 75°, Feb., March, April, Sept. or Oct. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: I. Herbstii, leaves maroon and crimson, 1 ft., Brazil; 
Herbstii aureo-reticulata, leaves, green, gold, and red; Lindenii, leaves blood red, 
1 ft. 
{ris (Flag; Orrice Root; Fleur de Luce).—Ord. Iridacee. Hardy 
evergreen rhizomatous and bulbous-rooted perennials, Sections: Tall 
ria Dwarf Bearded, Beardless, Cushion, Japanese & Bulbous- 
rooted. 
CULTURE OF TALL BEARDED SECTION: Ordinary, not over- 
moist soil. Position, sunny or partially shaded borders, or massed 
wild or woodland garden, or on the margins of water. Plant in Oct. 
or March, keeping rhizomes near surface. Top-dress with decayed 
manure in autumn. Lift & replant every fourth year. 
_ CULTURE OF DWARF BEARDED SECTION: Ordinary rich soil. 
Position, sunny, well-drained borders. Plant and treat as advised for 
foregoing section. 
CULTURE OF BEARDLESS SECTION: Moist soil and margins of 
ponds or streams for I. versicolor, and varieties, pseudo-acorus, Plant, 
Oct. or March. Ordinary rich soil and sunny borders or rockeries for 
aurea, graminea, missouriensis, monspur, orientalis, sibirica, spuria, 
unguicularis. Plant in Oct. or March. 
CULTURE OF JAPANESE SECTION: Rich loamy soil on the mar- 
gins of ponds, or in a half-cask filled with loam and sunk in garden in 
sunny spot. Plant in Oct. or March. Apply liquid manure in growing 
season. 
CULTURE OF CUSHION SECTION: Grow in sandy soil on elevated 
bed, rockery, or border. Plant in June. Protect by a cold frame 
or hand-light in winter. 
CULTURE OF BULBOUS-ROOTED SECTION: Plant choice kinds 
in a compost of equal parts sandy loam, leaf-mould, and well-decayed 
cow manure. Place bulbs 3in, deep & 3 in. apart. Plant in Aug. or 
Sept. Spanish & English kinds to be planted in ordinary soil in sunny 
beds or borders in Sept. or Oct., placing bulbs 3 in. deep and 6 in. 
apart. Lift and replant every third year. 
POT CULTURE OF BULBOUS SPECIES: Compost, equal } arts 
loam, leaf-mould, & silver sand. Place in cold frame till growth 
begins, when remove to cold greenhouse or leave in frame to flower. 
Pot in Oct., placing five bulbs in a 5 in. pot. Give water only when 
growth has begun. Withhold water after leaves begin to decay. 
Must not be placed in artificial heat. Propagate all the species by 
seeds in sandy soil in cold frame; division of rhizomes in autumn or 
spring; offsets in autumn. 
TALL BEARDED IRISES: I. Bartoni, creamy white, purple and orange, June, 
18 in., Afghanistan; Biloti, purple, white and yellow, June, 3 ft., Asia Minor; 
bracteata, purple and white, June, 2 ft., Oregon; Cengialti, violet and orange, 
May, 1 ft., Cengialto; florentina (Florentine Iris), white, lavender, and yellow, 
violet scented, May, 3 ft., 8. Europe; gormanica (Flag Iris), purple and lilac, 
fragrant, May, 3 ft., 8. Europe; Grant Duffii, sulphur yellow, May, 2 ft., Holy 
Land; neglecta, lilac, purple, white and yellow, May, 2 ft.; pallida, lilac, purple 
and white, May, fragrant, 3 ft., Mediterranean Region; squalens, lilac, purple, and 
yellow, May, 3 ft., Kurope; variegata, claret and yellow, May, 18 in., E, Europe. 
In trade lists a large number of lovely forms will be found described. 
DWARF BEARDED IRISES: I. biflora, violet purple, April, 1 ft., 8. Europe; 
Chameiris, violet, April, 4 to 6 in., S. Europe; pumila, lilao purple, April, 4 in., 
S. Europe; pumila cerulea, sky blue; pumila, primrose, brown and yellow; and 
albida (Orimean Iris), greyish white. Many varieties of this section will also be 
found in trade lists. 
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