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Maori King. For fun plant a collection, for garden 

 effect strong clumps of clear colors. 



Spanish iris (I. Xiphium) give the biggest show 

 for the least money in the shortest time. These 

 are true bulbs about the size of a thimble and 

 should be planted in October or November three 

 or four inches deep and at least six inches apart 

 in raised beds of well dug soil, either adobe or 

 sandy. Water should not be allowed to lie on 

 them or they will suffer. The sparse foliage is 

 made in autumn, the butterfly-like flowers in their 

 bright clear colors appear in April and May and, 

 as each stem has two flowers, they last about three 

 weeks. Bulbs may either be lifted after the foliage 

 has died down and replanted in autumn or left 

 in the same place for another year. After that 

 time I find they become too crowded to be either 

 strong or effective. No watering is required after 

 flowering. Named varieties sell at about one 

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The gray "mourning" iris (/. Susiana) is easy to 

 grow and makes a fine display 



the pound. Good ones to select from are : white — 

 King of the Whites or British Queen; cream — 

 La Tendresse or Princess Ida; yellow — Chry- 

 solora (pale), Cajanus (tall and darker), Golden 

 King or Leander (orange); bronze and purple 

 — Thunderbolt; blue — King of the Blues or 

 Blue Beauty; pale blue and white — Donna 

 Maria or Raphael. All have a yellow blotch or 

 signal on each fall. Massed planting, with enough 

 of each variety to give a strong note of color, is 

 most effective in the garden. 



English iris (I. Xiphioides) are neither as cheap, 

 as effective, as robust nor as long-lived as the 

 Spanish, but they come later and are larger and 

 broader in the falls. Culture as for Spanish 

 except that they require more watering in late 

 spring. Choose clear self colors, for the flaked 

 ones look spotty. 



Japanese iris (I. Kampferi). This glorious 

 section, owing to its preference for dryness in 

 winter and moisture in summer, cannot be said 

 to be especially adapted to Californian conditions, 

 yet I have found that if planted about eighteen 

 inches apart during early fall in a rather rich and 

 heavy soil and mulched with six inches of manure 

 put in about March, they retain the moisture a 

 long while and only a soaking every couple of weeks 

 is required to give grand results. Water occa- 

 sionally even after they have bloomed and so keep 

 their narrow sword-like foliage green and ensure 

 a strong growth as well. Names are terribly 

 mixed so I only advise the selection of clear pure 

 colors and that some of the so-called single or three 

 petalled flowers be included for the beauty of their 

 shape. 



Siberian iris thrive under exactly the same 

 conditions as the Japanese so it is worth while 

 trying a few of these — say Sibirica, Orientalis 

 (dark blue) and Snow Queen. In foliage and 

 general make up they rather resemble a small 

 single Japanese iris but bloom a month sooner. 



California. Sydney B. Mitchell. 



