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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



Glorietta, Morpheus, Mrs. H. Darwin, Mrs. G. Darwin, 

 Victorine. 



Neglecta — Standards ranging in colour from lavender 

 to purple. Amabilis, Boccage, Cordelia, Fairy Queen, 



Fig. 559.— Iris pumila. 



Florence Barr, Kitty Kingsbury, Lavater, Miss Maggie, 

 Sultana, Virginie, Willie Burr. 



Pallida — Flowers most/// lavender, or blue, or rose. 

 Albert Victor, Astarte, Celeste, Dalmatica, Princess 

 Beatrice, Khedive, Leonidas, Mandraliscse, Queen of 

 May, Victorine. 



Sqxialens — Standard* mostly of cloudy shades of copper, 

 bronze, and fawn. A. F. Barron, Britannia, Bronze 

 Beauty, Exquisite, Harrison Weir, Lady Jane, Lord 

 Grey, Monsieur Chereau, Mozart, Sir Walter Scott. 



Variegata — Standards yellow; colour of Falls various. 

 Adonis, aurea, Beaconstield, Darius, Ganymede, Gracchus, 

 Humboldti, Louis Meyer, Maori King, Mrs. A. F. Barron, 

 Prince of Orange, Robert Burns. 



Other tall bearded Flag Irises are: — albicans, Biliotti, 

 Ciengialti, flavescens, florentina, lurida, sambucina. 



II. — DWARF BEARDED FLAG IRISES (fig. 559). 



These grow 6 to 12 inches high, and flower 

 during March, April, and May. They succeed 

 in almost any soil and situation, and are valu- 

 able for front groups in mixed borders, as 

 edgings, or to mass on rockeries, also for old 

 walls, &c. 



beiiacensis, from south Tyrol. Flowers bright-violet. 

 biflora purpurea, rich purple. 



,, maculata, soft-blue, marbled -purple. 

 Chamanris, deep-violet, very free -flowering. 



„ alba, S. pure-white, F. sulphur-white. 



„ aurea, bright deep -yellow. 



Chamceiris aurea maculata, S. yellow, F. marbled purple. 



„ italica, purple, fine dwarf species. 



„ lutea grandiflora, fine-yellow. 



„ sidphurea grandiflora, full sulphur -yellow. 

 Fieberi, violet-blue flowers, large, height f foot, handsome. 

 lutescens, pale-yellow, fine. 



„ aurea, deep-yellow, with orange beard. 



„ Statellce, S. white, F. pale-primrose, height 1^ foot. 

 nudicaulis, S. purple, F. crimson-purple. 



„ purpurea, purple, large bold flowers. 

 olbiensis grandiflora, rich violet-purple, extra fine. 



„ sulphurea grandiflora, yellow. 

 Princess Ida, S. clear primrose, F. sulphur-yellow. 

 pumila bicolor, S. white, F. purple, rare. 



„ Count Andrassy, flowers large, blue, darkly veined. 



„ luteo-maculata, S. primrose, F, brown, edged yellow.. 

 virescens major, S. sulphur, F, primrose, stained purple, 

 sweet-scented. 



III. — JAPANESE FLAG IRISES. 



I. laevigata (Kcempferi), the Clematis-like Iris. 

 (See p. 386, fig. 483.) 



The beauty of these newer Japanese Irises 

 surpasses any written description. The large 

 flat flowers measure from 6 to 8 inches in 

 diameter, with a breadth of petal 3 to 4 inches; 

 the prevailing colours are white, red-purple, 

 crimson, rose, lilac, lavender, French gray, pur- 

 ple, violet, and blue, each flower usually repre- 

 senting several shades, while close under the 

 petaloid stigma there is a brilliant yellow or 

 orange blotch or feather, more or less conspic- 

 uous, and almost always surrounded, except in 



Fig. 560.— Iris cristata. 



the whites, by a halo of blue or violet Their 

 season of blooming is from June to August. 



There are many named varieties, some with 

 double flowers, of Japanese origin. 



