DWARF BEARDED IRIS, AND LARGE BEARDED FLAG IRIS. 
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DWARF IRIS, INCLUDING PUMILA, OLBIENSIS, Etc. 
Charming Iris, growing 6 to 12 inches high, and flowering during March, April, and May. They succeed 
in almost any soil and situation, and are valuable for groups in mixed borders, and as edgings. 
1039 10 each 12 varieties 
1040 5 „ 12 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS. 
s. d. 8. 
21s. & 30 o I 1041 3 each 12 varieties 9*. 6d. 8c 12 
12 s. 6 d . & 17 o I 1042 1 ,, 12 ,, 4s. 6d. & 7 
each—#, d. 
3043 Pumlla, S. purple-red , F. dark purple-red o 9 
1044 ,, atro- vlolacea , S. and F. rich, purple o 6 
1045 „ bicolor, S. white, F. purple 1 o 
1046 ,, celestis maculata, S. skv-blue, 
F. bronze-purple o 9 
1047 ,, ccerulea, S. and F. rich clear blue o 6 
1048 ,, lutea, S. and F. primrose, reti- 
culated bronze at base o 6 
1049 ,, luteo-maculata, S. primrose, F. 
brown, edged yellow o 9 
1050 Biflorus, S. violet-purple , F. crimson- 
1051 ,, gracilis, S. creamy white, F. sul- 
phur, fragrant 
per 100, ioj. 6d. ; per doz., 2s. o 3 
1052 ,, purpurea, 5. violet-purple, F. purple o 6 
1053 , , , , minor, S. rich purple, 
F. claret-purple , flowers Spring and 
Autumn o 6 
1054 Cenglaltl, a beautiful new species, with the 
same fine blue flowers of Pallida dalmatica 1 6 
each — #. 
1065 Chamseirls, S. violet, F. deep violet o 
1066 ,, lutea , S. and F. fine yellow... o 
1057 ,, ,, grandiflora, S. and F, 
fine yellow 1 
1058 ,, ,, marmorata ,S. full yel- 
low, F. bronze-yellow., o 
1069 ,, sulpburea grandiflora, S. and 
F.full sulphur o 
1060 Erratica, S. sulphur yellow, F. full yellow, 
frag7 ant o 
1061 Nudicaulis, S. purple , F. crimson-purple o 
1062 Olbiensis, S. claret, F. claret-purple o 
1063 ,, alba, whitish o 
1064 f> atro-purpurea, S. blue, F. 
deep blue-purple o 
1065 ,, ccerulea, 5. dark blue , F. 
purple-blue o 
1066 ,, sulphurea grandiflora, S. and 
F. fine yellow o 
1067 Virescens, F. mottled purple and sulphur, 
S. bluish white o 
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IRIS BARBATA, THE BEARDED IRIS, COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN OR PLAG IRIS. 
Our collection of Bearded Iris is the most complete 
in Europe, and in The Florist and Pomologist of 
December, 1884, a lengthened, classified, and descrip- 
tive list is given of the varieties we flowered the preced- 
ing summer. Those enumerated in this list are selected 
from upwards of 200 varieties. The better to understand 
our descriptions, we furnish a woodcut, and it will be 
observed from it that three petals are erect — these are 
called Standards ; three are drooping — these are called 
Falls. The small tongued parts of the flower (St) are 
the petaloid stigmas, under which run the “ beard” (B). 
The flowers in this Section 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 frequently 
enhance the general effect by a contrast in colour. We 
furnish these important particulars to make our descrip- 
tions the better understood, seeing we have not attempted 
to take in all the individual points, but to deal with the 
colours which strike the eye on first looking at the flower. 
There is no flower, however, that so improves by exami- 
nation. Its beauty at first sight rivals the Orchid, but, 
on closer examination, we have no hesitation in saying 
there are points of interest surpassing the finest of the 
Orchids. In colours there are the richest yellows, the 
intensest purples, the most delicate blues, the softest 
mauves, and the most beautiful claret-reds. There are 
whites, and primroses, and bronzes of every imaginable 
shade— indeed, language fails us in picturing all the 
beauties of this flower ; and our descriptions in conse- 
quence fall far short of the reality ; and this will be 
readily understood when we state that there may be 
found in almost any one of the flowers from 10 to 20 
different shades harmonising and blending in such a 
manner as to make one perfectly enthusiastic. Those 
who have not used this Iris for surrounding artificial 
lakes and ponds, or cultivated it in the flower borders, 
shrubberies, woodland walks, and wild gardens, should 
do so It is also most valuable wherever a large quantity of cut flowers are required, from May to July, as plants 
when established, will, with good cultivation, increase in size annually till they attain large proportions, each 
plant yielding 50 to 100 spikes of bloom. 
B3T In the description S. is used to signify Standards , or the erect petals ; F. Falls, or the drooping petals. 
8. d. 
1074 Choice mixed varieties, p. 100. 21 s. ; p.doz. 3 
1075 Fine mixed varieties „ 12/6 ,, 2 
6 1076 Mixed from Neglecta and Pallida vars. ,, 3 
o 1077 Mixed Squalens varieties ,, 3 
1078 Mixed yellow varieties .1 5 
1079 Blue Flag Iris per 100, 15*.; >. 2 
We have arranged the Iris Barbata in natural groups, to facilitate amateurs in making selections. Each 
group has a distinctive characteristic. Germanica flowers first, and is represented by the blue, purple, and white 
King Street, Covent Garden, 1886.] 
1068 50 in 50 most superb varieties 35 
1069 25 in 25 ,, ,, 18 
1070 12 in 12 ,, ,, 10 
107 L 50 in 50 very fine varieties 25 
1072 25 in 25 ,, ,, 13 
1073 12 in 12 ,, ,, 6 s. and 7 
