the tall (five foot) Chinese Delavayi whose rich 

 blue flowers are in a splendid contrast. There is a 

 small handsome group particularly adaptable for 

 beautifying the borders of pools, fountains, or 

 places where the soil is moist but not wet. These 

 when assembled with the graceful Umbrella Palm 

 and such feathery ferns as Asplenium Thely- 

 ptreoides,AspleniumFelix'Foeminaa.ndAsplemum 

 A ugusti folium which grow two and three feet 

 tall, and the lovable, lacey maidenhair Adiantum 

 pedatum the Aspidiums Acrostichoides and Spin- 

 ulosum which are di^in(ftly graceful. The Mon- 

 spur is a superb tall (four foot) dominant iris 

 with gli^ening flowers of many shades of blue and 

 great strong spears. Aurea has golden-yellow flow- 

 ers. Monnieri also has bright golden-yellow bloom 

 while Ochrolenca, the giant, holds aloft on his 

 five foot stems ivory-white and gold flowers that 

 are very, very beautiful. Mrs. Tait is charming 

 with her tender porcelain-blue flowers, especially so 

 when side by side with Aurea. During June and 

 July these irises are exquisite and when their 

 flowering time has passed they remain a delight, 

 because their erecft and fine foliage continues fine 

 until freezing time. 



^ To grow irises — to grow them successfully — we . 

 must consider the variety or the family of which 

 they are members. Like other flowers they have 

 their eccentricities, for whilst mo^t of them like 

 lime, and the German irises adore it, the Japanese 

 varieties ju^t hate it. So it is necessary to study and 

 to assemble all the different groups where they will 



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