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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



Iris pallida Daliiiatica is one of the tinest of all. Its very- 

 large flowers are delightfully fragrant. 



(Courtesjr of Medians' Garden Bulletin.) 



In size, irises range from the little Iris cristata of our 

 southern pine barrens which is less than six inches high when 

 full grown, to the great Iris Orientalis of Syria which attains 

 a height of as many feet. A large number of the species are 

 evergreen, or nearly so, and give a tinge of green to the garden 

 even in winter. Iris foetidissiuia is especially noted in this 

 connection and has, in addition, the distinction of being the 



