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The Garden Magazine, August, 1922 



R. S. Slurtevant, Photo. 



TALL BEARDED IRIS IN MASSED PLANTING 

 Varieties Mrs. H. Darwin, Trojana, and Dawn as grown at Wellesley Farms, Mass. 



Farr's seedlings and — shall I admit it? — Avalon and Do- 

 minion. 



I append a list of varieties both fine in themselves and 

 especially effective in masses: 



Low (18-24 in.) 



Adonis (S. pale yellow, F. black maroon). Albatross (pale 

 lavender, the falls veined and tipped darker). Caprice (deep 

 claret red self). Gracchus (S. clear yellow, F. red-maroon 

 reticulated on white). Her Majesty (old rose, veined darker). 

 Prestige (pale bright yellow, violet veined on haft). Tom-tit 

 (deep violet blue). Victorine (the white standards often 

 splashed with the velvety violet of the falls). 



Medium (2-3 ft.) 



Anne Leslie (S. flushed with the dahlia carmine of the falls). 

 Circe (deep bronzed violet, haft veined on white). Cordon 

 Bleu (deep blue-toned violet). Dawn (palest sulphur yellow, 

 bronze veined at throat). E. L. Crandal (white, the segments 

 heavily bordered with blue at the base). Loreley (light yellow 

 often splashed with the blue-purple of the falls). Mithras (a 



deeper yellow, the falls velvety maroon). Perfection (lavender- 

 blue bicolor, the falls velvety) Princess Victoria Luise (S. 

 pale yellow, F. a crude pink-purple). Quaker Lady (Blended 

 lavender with yellow shadings, charming). Sherwin-Wright 

 (deep metallic yellow). Windham (soft lavender-pink, the falls 

 veined deeper). 



Tall (3 ft. and over) 



Albert Victor (lavender self). Dr. Bernice (rich yellowed cop- 

 per tones, falls velvety). Dream (pink lavender self). Edou- 

 ard Michel (claret toned, a taller Caprice). Innocenza 

 (creamy white). Jacquiniana (red-bronzed and velvety, type 

 of Dr. Bernice). Juniata (deep lavender, darker than Albert 

 Victor, very tall). Ma Mie (pure white delicately frilled with 

 dark blue at centre). Nine Wells (light and deep violet purple, 

 large and strong). Pallida dalmatica (cool blue-toned [light 

 lavender, very fine). Pocahontas (white heavily bordered 

 violet). Princess Royal (dark rich mauve). Rhein Nixe 

 (5. white, F. deep lavender bordered with white). Shekinah 

 (pale yellow deepening through the centre). Sindjkhat (dull 

 blended lavender bicolor of unusual substance). Viola (type 

 of Princess Royal, deep lavender self). 



