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LIST OF FLOWERS. 



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flower^ in March and April. If in the open ground, protect it a 

 little during severe frosts by a covering of litter ; but its chief use 

 is as a potted plant to bring into the house. Plant the bulbs in 

 the month of October, in pots filled with a mixture of one half 

 sand and one half fine mould ; or put some in water-glasses, and 

 treat them as directed for hyacinths.-- — Iris, dwarf. — Lat. Iris 

 Pumila. This plant comes from high and open situations of 

 Hungary ; is very hardy, and blows in our borders in April. It 

 is a very ornamental plant when in clusters, and is easily propa- 

 gated by parting its roots, which are bulbous. Do this in 



autumn. Not more than three inches high. Parti-coloured 



Iris. — Lat. /. versicolor. Has a perennial root, and will thrive 

 in almost any soil or situation, may be increased by parting the 

 roots in autumn. Its stalk is unusually crooked and elbowed, by 



which it is known. Flowers in June. Iris, Siberian. — Lat. 



Iris Siberica. Known by the superior height of its stem and the 

 narrowness of its leaves. The falhng petals are striped, or tinged 

 with blue, and the upright ones dark purple. Hardy ; thrives in 

 any soil and situation, but particularly in a moist one. Flowers 



in June. Iris, Chalcedonian. — Lat. Iris susiana. From the 



Levant. That large and handsome plant so common in our gardens, 

 flowering so abundantly in June, and having varieties of deep blue, 

 pale blue, and white tinged with blue. It grows to about the same 

 height as the marsh iris, mentioned above, is tuberous-rooted, 

 should have good garden soil to grow in, and should be removed 

 every three years. It is, hke most of the others, quite hardy, and 

 makes an elegant show in the gardens while in flower. This last 

 is the Fleur-de-lis, which figures in the arms of France ; corrupted 

 by us to Floioer-de-luce, which name it bears commonly in some 



counties of England to this day. lms,tall. — Lat. /. ochroleuca. 



This is in colour very like the Iris pseudoacorus, but is taller; it 

 is of a yellow white. Flowers in June, liking moist rich soil, 

 and increasing fast. 



510. LARKSPUR, the dwarf. — Lat. Delphinum. A hardy 

 annual from Switzerland. Sow where it is to blow, either in beds, 

 in tufts, or in rows ; it looks best in the latter way, and, as it 

 grows not higher than from twelve to eighteen inches in height, 

 its brilhant colours of deep and light blue, pink, and white, make 

 a great show in the front of the flower-border. To have a succes- 

 sion throughout the summer, sow every fortnight or three weeks, 



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