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from the midrib, and in a few — as, Mme. Chercau 

 (Fig. XXXMII) — to such an extent that the edges 

 ahiiost meet. 



The names by which the American Iris Society 

 designates the carriage of the falls of different ^-arieties, 

 are shown in Fig.XXXlX. 



A'arieties having their 

 standards quite open and 

 their falls closeh' ap- 

 proaching the horizontal 

 (as. Queen of May) are 

 sometimes described as 

 "orchid-like" or having 

 an orchid effect; but these 

 as descripti^'e terms are 

 apt to be misleading — 

 except their charm the 

 Iris and the Orchid rarely 

 have much in common. 

 (See page 84.) 



On the upper part of 

 the base of each of the 

 falls, along the midrib, 

 there is a collection of 

 closeh' set hairs or down, 

 ^\'hich is called the 

 "beard" (Fig. XX, 13, 

 page 1 30) ; hence the name 

 "Bearded Iris". (See Kic. xxx — Ckoupof Pexelopl 



Fig. XXIX. — I^kxllope 



*Courtesy of Mrs, \'ibe K. Spicer, Kenilwortli, II 



