BEAUTIFUL TALL BEARDED FLAG IRISES. 
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BARR’S BEAUTIFUL FLAG IRISES. 
For Flower Beds, Borders, Shrubberies, Edgings, Ponds, and Naturalization. 
The Iris is the “ Orchid ” of the flower garden ; its blossoms are the most rich and 
varied in colour of hardy plants. It should be extensively planted in flower and shrubbery 
borders, woodlands, and wild gardens. As a cut flower the Iris is valuable, competing in 
richness and variety of colour with the choicest and most beautiful of Orchids. When 
established, the plants yield a great quantity of bloom. 
To cut for filling vases and for table bouquets, all the Flag Irises are admirably adapted, and fewflowers excel 
them, in beauty. When necessary to forward the flowers to a distance, gather the buds just before expanding, and, 
like the Gladioli, they will open in water. 
IRIS BARBATA> Commonly called German Iris, The Tall Bearded Flag Iris. 
Our Collection of the Bearded Iris is the most complete in Europe, and those enumerated are selected 
from upwards of 200 varieties. 
The flowers In this Section of Bearded Iris are all large and handsome, more or less beautifully mottled 
in the standards and reticulated in the falls; the beards range from delicate primrose to orange, and the petaloid 
stigmas not unfrequently enhance the general effect by a contrast of colour. There is no flower that so improves 
by examination as the Iris. Its beauty at first sight rivals that of the Orchid, but, on closer examination, we 
have no hesitation in saying there are points of interest in it not to be found in the finest Orchid. In colours 
there are the richest yellows, the most intense purples and delicate blues, the softest mauves and most 
beautiful claret-reds. There are whites, primroses and bronzes of every imaginable shade— language, indeed, 
fails us in picturing all the beauties of this flower. Those who have not used these Irises for surrounding artificial 
lakes and ponds, or cultivated them in flower-borders, shrubberies, woodlands, or old gardens, should do so. 
We have arranged this section of Iris Barbata in natural groups, to facilitate amateurs in making selections. 
Each group has a distinct character. I. germanica flowers in May, and is represented by the blue, purple, 
and white Flag Irises of our gardens; following, in June, come the varieties of I. aphylla, with the standards 
or upright petals having a frill-like coloured margin on a white ground ; I. amcena with white standards ; 
I. neglecta with standards running from lavender to purple ; I. pallida with standards ranging from pale 
lavender to rose-lilac. The standards ofl. squalens run in cloudy shades of bronze, copper-colour, fawn, etc., 
which are so beautiful and uncommon as to command universal admiration ; while I. variegata has the 
standards yellow, or tending to yellow. All are delicately fragrant. 
60 In 60 most superb varieties 30 
26 in 26 ,, ,, 15 o 
12 in 12 ,, ,, 7 6 
60 in 60 very fine varieties 21 o 
26 in 26 ,, ,, 10 6 
12 in 12 „ ,, S 6 
Barr and Son's Selections, 
d. 
Choice mixed vars per 100 , 21*. ; per doz. 
Fine mixed varieties 15*. ,, 
Mxd. from Neglecta & Pallida vars. 
Mxd. Squalens, bronze-coloured vars. 
Mxd. variegata, yellow varieties 
Mxd. Germanica varieties 
£2T A full descriptive list of the following Iris Barbata may be had on application. 
IRIS GERMANICA VARIETIES, May-flowering. (Common Blue Flag, 15/ per 100 ; per doz. 2/6. ) 
each — s. (1. each- s. d. eaeb- 
WhiteFlag p. doz. 7/6 o 9 I Crimson King, p. doz. 10/6 1 o| major per doz. 4/6 
Dark Purple Flag p. doz. s/6 o 6| Kharput (new) 1 6| Purple King „ 4/6 
IRIS APHYLLA VARIETIES, with Standards having an elegant frill-like coloured margin. 
a. d. 
3 6 
2 6 
4 6 
4 6 
5 6 
3 6 
-s. d. 
o 6 
o 6 
Aphylla type 
Bridesmaid .. 
Gazelle o 
Madame Chereau 1 
delicatissima 
Swertii (striata) p. doz. 5/6 
IRIS AMOENA VARIETIES, with white Standards and coloured Falls. 
Comte de St. Clair o 9 I Morpheus o 9 
Due de Nemours o 9I Mrs. H. Darwin (new) 1 6 
IRIS NEGLECTA VARIETIES, with Standards lavender to purple, and Falls violet to purple-crimson. 
reticulata alba 
Unique 
amabilis o 9 
Boccage 1 o 
clarissima o 9 
Cordelia, extra 1 
Du Bois de Milan o 
Fairy Queen o 
Harlequin Milanais 
Lavater 
Miss Maggie 
IRIS PALLIDA VARIETIES, with Standards ranging from grey and pale lavender to rose-lilac, and Falls 
from lavender to claret colour. 
pallida type o 
Albert Victor, extra 1 
dalmatica, extra 1 
delicata o 
Khedive per doz. s/6 o 
Mandraliscoe 1 
of 
Queen of May, Award 
Merit, R. H. S 
Walner per doz. 7/6 
IRIS SQUALENS VARIETIES, Standards cloudy shades of bronze, etc., which are so beautiful and uncom- 
mon as to command universal admiration ; the Palls are mostly maroon and madder-brown shades. 
A. F. Barron per doz. 7/6 o 9 I Britannia p. doz. 7/6 o 9 I Murat 
Arnols ,, 7/6 o 9I La Prestieuse ... ,, 5/6 o 6 | Lord Grey 
IRIS VARIEGATA VARIETIES, with Standards running from primrose to deep golden-yellow, and Falls 
velvety purple to crimson-brown. 
Darius per doz. 13/ 1 
Edward Simmons .”. 1 
Favourite o 
Gracchus, 1st Cl. Cert. R.H. S. 1 
Honorable o 
Mrs. A. F. Barron o 
VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL BEARDED FLAG IRISES. 
albicans Princess of Wales 1 o I flavescens per doz. 7/6 o 
Ciengialtl Loppio p. doz. 7/6 o 9I ,, Munite o 
12 and 13 King St., Cavent Garden, 1894.] 
Orphee 
Prince of Orange 
Rigolette 
florentlna per doz. 5/6 
sambucina Le Vesuve 
0 6 
1 o 
1 o 
o 9 
o 9 
o 9 
6 
9 
o 
6 
9 
