April, 1909 AMERICAN HOME 
severe frost make too much ice. The new channel runs pic- 
turesquely, shaping the beds in which the iris is planted. 
The iris enjoys swampy places, boggy pools and water mar- 
gins; its thirsty roots enjoy the marsh with its water soaked 
clay; yet some of the most robust plants are to be found on 
the hill or the roadside where it is dry and sandy. The iris is 
not a grumbler, is easily satisfied with its surroundings, mak 
ing the best of life. Yet, with all its royalty, it retains the 
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better spirit of democracy by waiving class distinction. Per- 
haps in this it is somewhat unlike its rival, the orchid, in 
that the one will take what it can get and be thankful, while 
the other demands much and is often exacting in the 
extreme. 
The iris most admired in this collection, and deservedly 
so, is the Blue Jay, with its six white petals deeply overlaid 
with azure blue, enriched with white lines, and having at 
the base a blotch of bright yellow. The Vesta, with its 
three large petals of reddish purple distinctly veined with 
dark purple. The Victor, with its six porcelain-like petals 
veined with blue, and the 
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Another view showing at the edge of the pond the terrace and its sloping wal 
frame or foil to the iris. 
This makes an in 
| of fieldstones, the arbor, and the rhododendrons planted as a 
teresting change of texture 
