Chapter XI 



Use of Plant and Flower 



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HE USEFULNESS of the Iris extends 

 all 

 flower. 



J to all its parts — rhizome, foliage and 

 1 flow( 



PLANTING IN GENERAL.— Its usefulness is 

 not confined to the home grounds. By reason of its 

 hardiness, fewness of its requirements, and its suffering 

 but little from dust, smoke or soot, the varieties which 

 retain their foliage throughout the season (which are 

 noted under Foliage, page 125, M^hat to Plant, page 

 170), are ideal plants for factory and depot grounds 

 and public parks; and such of these varieties as bear 

 white flowers are unexcelled for cemetery decoration. 

 For the same reasons, and also from the fact that they 

 bloom early in the season, before the schools close, 

 all varieties are especially valuable for embellishing 

 school grounds. 



Road-side planting is coming into favor, and for 

 this purpose there are few better plants than the Iris. 

 Though of ample increase it would never become 

 troublesome. The standard varieties — all of them 

 beautifuWare so cheap that every land-owner can 

 afford generous planting along his highway frontage. 

 The flowers are so large that they could be clearly 

 seen even from the swiftly moving autos; an abund- 



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