divisions may be made any time until early 

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^ An interesting iris planting is easily obtained 

 by combining families of the same color. 

 ^ A point to remember is that iris foliage because 

 of its lasting, firm, green beauty should be where 

 such good foliage is needed to hide or screen some 

 less attracftive, or to emphasize that of a different 

 character. For example, the broad, ferny, pretty 

 green foliage of Bleeding-hearts is enhanced by the 

 tall spears of the iris, and both are abloom at the 

 time, so is that of the phlox, peony, canterbury 

 bells, low growing delphiniums, the pink, rose and 

 lilac-rose Astilbes (Meadow-Sweet) , the new pink 

 cactus flowered pyrethrums, the peach pink poppy 

 Marie Studholme and Mrs. Perry, another exqui- 

 site poppy more apricot in tone than Marie Stud- 

 holme. The green spears are striking near the 

 reseda green of the lupin foliage and quite perfect 

 near that of the long-spurred hybrid columbines. 

 ^ There is one variety of iris that when grown with 

 pure white and buff foxgloves and pink fraxinella 

 in the perennial border makes a most harmonious 

 group not only because buff and white, pink and 

 azure-blue are harmonious, but because of the 

 charming diversity of the foliage when brought 

 into juxtaposition. This is George Wallace, a 

 particularly lovely azure-blue. I always grow Sibi- 

 rica Grandis with George Wallace because the 

 Grandis flower stems and spears are a foot taller 

 than those of George Wallace which are three feet 

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