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Fades nut with the seasnn 

 When stimmer da\-s depart. 



Stanton: Summer of the Heart. 



\\ here the house is a frame one on a vcr}' low 

 foundation, these Irises are better than most flowering- 

 shrubs, for in summer their leaves are long enough 

 to hide the foundation but not long enough to keep 

 the woodwork damp during a long eontinued rainy 

 season, and during the winter nearh' e\-erA" shrub is 

 leafless. The flowers of these varieties are reddish 

 purple. If white flowers are preferreei use Florentina, 

 but its foliage does not last cjuite as long as that of 

 the varieties first named. 



There are Irises for ever\' purse. The old varieties 

 usualh- sell at fifteen to twentA'-five cents a single root; 



Fig. XLVII. ^Purple King, early AIarch, igiy, Northern Illinois (Staler 

 Place, SterliriKj. All this Foliage then green 



