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Tall Bearded Iris 



Img. XL\"I. — The Irises ix 1''ig. XI. Ill, ix August, 1921 



W here grows.' ^^ here grows it not.' If \-aiii our toil 

 We ouglit to blame the culture, not the soil. 



Pope: Essay on Man. 



Though usualh' planted in the garden, the Iris is 

 most admirabl)' adapted to the foreground of the 

 border, with shrubs for a background. (See under 

 Ilo-d' to Plant in Chapter VI.) 



If I were planting a garden ga^' 

 I wriuld \\a.\c Stocks and the Flower-de-luce 

 Bordered b}' banks cif A\ itch-hazel gre\', 

 Sentinelled by a purple Spruce. 



Jnne II. Spicer: In Praise of Pleasaioit Blossoms. 



WHEX TO PLAXT.— The Iris can be succcssfully 

 transplanted any time when the ground is not frozen 

 deep. If planted in the spring, and especiall\' late in 

 the spring, it seldom blooms the same season, and if 

 it does the blooms are not as fine as those it will pro- 

 duce the following season. 



