THE mi 



I I DO not know who called the iris the 



I I poor man's orchid but whoever he 

 was he evidently was not aware of 



the fact that there are irises as 



— —I costly as orchids. There are certain 



varieties costing from twenty to thirty dollars for 

 a single " crown," and others so rare as to be 

 almost unobtainable at any price. But then we 

 need not long for these unattainable iris wonders, 



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