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ance of the especially fragrant varieties would scent the 

 air as does the later blooming clover; long stretches 

 of the nearly evergreen varieties would be a most 

 welcome sight to the winter-traveler. May the time 

 be not far distant when plans for beautifying Lincoln 

 Highv/ay, and other like important lines of travel, 

 will include planting the Iris. 



All things of beauty are not theirs alone 

 Who hold the fee; but unto him no less 

 Who can enjoy, than unto them who own, 

 Are sweetest uses given to possess. 

 For Heaven is bountiful; and suffers none 

 To make monopoly of ought that's fair. 



Saxe: The Beautiful. 



WINDOW GARDENING.— The Iris is sometimes 

 used as an indoor plant, and the early blooming varie- 

 ties with comparatively short and upright foliage — as, 

 Kochi, (Fig. XXXV, page 139), Kharput, (Fig. 

 XXXIV, page 139), are the best for that purpose. 



Treated as follows, plants have produced in ordinary 

 living rooms (not too warm) as many and as fine 

 flowers in February and March as they ordinarily 

 do in the garden in May and June: From the last of 

 August to October, after growth for the season has 

 practically ceased, lift clusters of last year's rhizomes 

 with well developed present year's branches attached, 



