no Tall Bearded Iris 



handsome shades, both Hght and dark, of blue, 



lavender and purple, and numerous approaches to 



pink and to red. 

 I. plicata* (pleated). — Standards and falls have a 



beautiful colored frill-like margin on a white ground. 

 I. squalens* (davihedi). — Standards of clouded shades 



of copper, bronze and fawn; falls darker, of some 



shade of purple or brown-crimson. 

 I. variegata (variegated). — Standards of various shades 



of yellow; falls usually brownish. 



Among the principal of the less extensive species, 

 a dozen or so in number, are the following: 

 I. albicans (whitish). — Standards and falls pure paper 



white; early and free blooming. 

 I. cengialti (from Mt. Cengialti). — Standards fine 



blue-purple, slightly lighter than the falls; falls 



uniform blue-purple. 

 I. cypriana (of Cyprus). — Standards paler shade of 



lilac than the falls; falls pale blue-lilac overlaid 



with a reddish shade. Flowers very large on very 



tall stems. 

 I. flavescens* {jq\\ow{5\i). — Standards andfalls delicate 



shades of soft yellow; early and free blooming. 

 I. lurida* (clouded). — Mahogany-red. 

 I. mesopotamica (from Mesopotamia). — Standards 



pale blue-purple, of a lighter shade than the falls; 



falls light blue-purple overlaid with a reddish 



shade in the central portion. Distinguished from 



cypriana by its broad foliage. 



*See foot note, p. 109. 



