PURPLE IRIS OF KEW SOUTH WALES. 
The Bulbous Iris is of two sorts; the ons 
bigger, and the other lesser, in all their parts: 
the nrst is called Iris Bulbosa Latifoiia, or 
the Broad-Leaved Bulbous Iris or Flower de 
Luce, of which there are many fine varieties; 
and the second is denominated Iris Bulbosa 
Teauifohsi, or the Narrow-Leaved Bulbous 
Iris or Flower de Luce, of which there are 
sulhmore diversities than the former, but most 
of thera less esteemed. 
The Tuberous or Flag-Leaved Iris is- of va- 
rious ^sorts : and these are commonly divided 
into two kinds, the Tall and the Dwarf ; which 
may be again separated, or subdivided, into 
tvv^o other sorts, tlvc Broad-Leaved and the 
Narrow-Leaved. Tlie Tail Tuberous Iris or 
Flower de Luce, is called Iris Major, or 
Latifoiia ; and the Dwarf Tuberous Iris or 
I'lower de Luce, is called Iris Minor, or Cha- 
rnsiris. 
Each of these sorts, as well as of the Bul- 
bous Iris, has many different species or va- 
rieties: and they are of g. great diversity of 
colours j and even spotted and striped, as well 
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