frilled pure white, delicately bordered with pale 

 blue; Alfred Fidler white and soft lavender; Du- 

 chess d'Orleans white tipped with violet-blue, and 

 Florence Barr soft rose-lilac. There is a new pure 

 white one that I really feel should be in every 

 garden. Its name is White Knight, a knight indeed, 

 magnificent, deliciously scented and as white as 

 snow. Albicans, though not new, also is as snow- 

 white and just as handsome, and he too is worthy 

 of a permanent position in our gardens. 

 ^ A di^incftive ivory-white is Snow Queen Orien- 

 talis, with petals the substance of a gardenia. And 

 how finely blue is Blue King Orien talis, ju^ as 

 blue as a blue gentian! 



^ The frilly irises are quite as fascinating as any 

 orchid. For example there is Mme. Chereau 

 whom we all know and admire, she is so silvery, so 

 frilly and so daintily tinted with blue. When you 

 see her abloom you will agree with me that no 

 orchid is lovelier. And Delicatissima so like Mme. 

 Chereau in white and blue; and Bridesmaid, Ag- 

 nes, Mme. Thibault, Beauty, Fairy, Bariensis, 

 Sylphide, Mrs. G. Reuthe, Hebe, Sappho and Ma 

 Mie are all of the " frilly," delicately tinted and 

 suffused family. 



^ An ideal iris planting that I will always remem- 

 ber is one that enjoys protection from the dreaded 

 East winds. This protection is a brick wall com- 

 pletely covered with purple wistaria, ( Jackmanni) 

 its beautiful foliage and purple flowers, forming a 

 perfect background, and accentuating all the 

 beauty of the golden iris massed below it. I can 



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