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Wouverniaii (yellow), Chrysolora (light yellow), Louisa (French grey and 

 white), Snowball (white), Thunderbolt (chestnut-purple and brown). 



The English Irises bloom nearly a fortnight after the Spanish, and 

 differ greatly from them in form and scheme of colouring, having a less 

 wide range of shade and being larger and of very refined outline. They 



Fig. 202.— Group of Spanish Irises. 



produce a handsome effect in flower-beds, and should be freely used for 

 grouping in herbaceous borders. A few of the best varieties are : ' Mont 

 Blanc ' (white), ' Eosa Bonheur ' (white flaked crimson and violet), 

 'Simon ' (pale lavender, slightly feathered purple), ' Lord Roberts ' (violet- 

 blue slightly spotted purple), 'Lord Palmerston ' (crimson-purple), 



