THE WYCH ELM 
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Other kinds making part of 
Named Varieties, the same series may be brief- 
ly described as follows : — 
Artemis, of very strong growth and awarded 
afirst-class certificate by the R,H.S.,with large 
flowers of rich purple and deep violet, with 
darker blotches ; Aspasia, standards of reddish 
violet-purple, falls mahogany-red netted with 
dark brown ; Antigone, a fine flower of silvery- 
grey heavily veined with lilac, granted an award 
of merit at Westminster ; 
Calypso, standards rosy-lilac 
on a white ground, falls sil- 
very-white with reddish - 
violet veins ; Eurydice, a 
charming flower of deep rosy- 
lilac, falls netted with deep 
lilac on a paler ground ; 
Eurynome, in shades of red- 
dish-purple and silver-grey ; 
Hebe, a very free-flowering 
variety with well rounded 
flowers, veined deep violet- 
blue on silver-grey ; Hecate, 
standards rosy-brown, falls 
densely veined in brownish- 
grey andfinely shaded ; Hera, 
of strong growth, colours 
rich ruby-red with bronze 
and purple sheen ; Hesperia, 
standards suff^used with soft 
rose, falls deeply veined with 
brown on grey ; Lis, also 
granted an award of merit, 
large flowers of rich ruby- 
red, with grey and purple 
tracings ; Medusa, bluish- 
white flowers darkly veined 
and shaded ; Sirona, small but 
choice, vvith dark mauve- 
purple standards, and short wide falls bearing 
black blotches on a pale ground ; Thetis>^ a 
strange blending of violet, reddish-brown, 
and yellow; and Urania, standards veined with 
reddish-lilac on a paler ground, and falls with 
deep purple on grey, further marked with 
dark blotches. As cut flowers these Iris are 
not without value, opening well in water, and 
retaining their freshness for ten days or more. 
C. G. VAN TUBERGEN, Junior. 
Haarlem. 
THE GREATER TREES OF THE 
NORTHERN FOREST.— No. 31. 
THE WYCH ELM (Ulmus mo7i- 
In this we have a tree of our own land 
and oneof the utmost dignity and beauty, 
better seen with us than in any other 
country, though it occurs also in the 
CH Elms at Oak Lodci;, Kensington. 
northern parts of Europe and Asia. It 
is so abundant in Scotland and the north- 
country as to have earned the name of 
Scotch Elm, and though less common 
south of the Tweed, fine trees exist in 
many parts of the country and are re- 
markable for their stature and pictur- 
esque form. The stiff outline and taper- 
ing column of the Field Elm gives 
