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BEARDLESS SPECIES OF FLAG IRIS AND IXIAS. 
Beardless Flag Iris — continued. 
Cristata forms a tuft where it is happy, and in such a place we have seen in May, a mass about a square yard, 
covered with hundreds of flowers and flower buds, forming a dense carpet of the richest amethystine-blue 
flowers, surpassing any sight of the kind we had ever before seen. Stylosa prefers a somewhat dry situation, 
and established plants have been in flower with us at Tooting from January to April. Tuberosa, the snake’s-head 
Iris, is perhaps the most fantastic flower which March produces. Ruthenica is remarkable for its fan-like dwarf 
growth and elegant blue flowers in July ; Versicolor and Virginica are very beautiful ; Orientalis is a splendid 
form of Sibirica, but with larger flowers, and more decided colour, which in refinement is unsurpassed. Notha 
is as remarkable as it is beautiful ; Longipetala and Breviflora are charming ; Graminea latifolia has remark- 
ably graceful foliage, and flowers as distinct as they are beautiful. ». d. 
1221 Acorns gramineus, fol. variegatis, £ f t each o 9 
1222 Aurea, golden-yellow , a noble species , 4 ft M 2 6 
1223 Bastardl, canary-yellow, 3 ft M 16 
1224 Cristata, rich amethyst-biue, spotted deep blue , and striped orange, charming, £ ft., per doz. 5/6 ,, 06 
1225 Cuprea, S. and F. orange, a most remarkable flower resembling a small Day lily, 2 ft ,, o 9 
1226 Foetidisslma, the scarlet-berried seed vessels are prized for Christmas decoration, lift. p. doz. 7/6 ,, 09 
1227 Oramlnea, blue and purple, 1 ft per doz. c, 6 .. 06 
1228 ,, latifoUa, blue a?id purple, ft 
1229 Humllls, S. purple, F. purple, reticulated white ; this is a very distinct species ; it has leaves 
about 2 feet long, while the flowers are produced close to the ground 
1230 Iberica, a dwarf species of great beauty, with large pure satiny-white flowers, lower petals rich 
brown-purple, spotted black, 1 ft 1/0 & ,, 1 6 
1231 Longipetala, S, lavender , F. white, reticulated blue , 2 ft ,, 1 o 
1232 ,, breviflora ; this species appears, from the foliage and the similarity in colour of 
flower , to be a variety of Longipetala ; it is very handsome , 2 ft 
1233 Monnieril, S. and F. golden-yellow, a splendid species 
1234 Notba (Spuria major), *S. rich purple, F. blue, spotted yellow, very handsome, 2 ft." 
1235 Ochroleuca, S. pure white, F. white and yellow, 3 ft per doz. 
1236 „ gigantea, 5. pure white, F. white and yellow ,, 
1237 Orientalis (sangulnea), S. and F. velvety blue, very beautiful, 3 ft „ 
1238 Fseudo-Acorus, yellow, for planting in marshes and water courses, 3 ft ,, 
1239 ,, Japonicus fol. variegatis, a beautifully variegated foliage plant, 3 ft. . 
1240 ,, pallldus, delicate primrose, 3 ft 
1241 Reich enbachiana, 5. and F. rich purple-blue, 2 ft 
1242 Ruthenica, blue, a pretty miniature species, with a distinctive fan-like foliage, ^ ft 
1243 Sibirica, 5. bright blue, F. blue, reticulated white, 3 ft per doz., 3/6 
' tn/L/L acuta, S. and F. blue, reticulated white, 1 ^ ft ,, * 3/6 
alba, S. white, F. mottled purple, 3 ft 4/6 
atro-purpurea, S. and F. purple, very fine , 3 ft 
grandiflora, S. bright blue, F. blue , reticulated white per doz, 
grandiflora praacox, 5. purple, F. blue-purple, reticulated white, 3 ft 
grandis, 5. violet, F. blue, reticulated white 
hgematophylla, S. violet, F. blue, reticulated white per doz., 3/6 
lactea, 5. milky white, F. while, reticulated broion, 3 ft. ,, 4/6 
minor, S. blue, F. blue , reticulated white, 2 ft ,, 4/6 
1253 Spuria, S. and F. blue, 3 ft ... 
1254 ,, stenogyna, S. and F. whitish, 3 ft 
1255 Stylosa, S. and F. beautiful light blue, winter-flowering, 1 ft 
1256 Suslana, blush, tinted brown, and netted with dark lines, a grand species, ft. ...per doz. 4/6 
1257 Tectorum syn. tomlolopha, lovely blue crested flowers, beautifully spotted, 1 ^ ft 
1258 Tolmeana, S. and F. rich lilac, with yellow spot, very handsome, 2 ft 
1259 Tuberosa (Snakeshead), violet and green, % ft per doz. 2 16 
1260 Versicolor kermesina, S. red-lilac , F. rose-purple, 1 ft 
1261 Virginica, S. lilac, F. rich purple with white spot, 3 ft per doz. 5/6 
1262 „ column®, 5. and F. lilac, 3 ft 
1263 ,, Hansonl, 5. blue, F. lilac, with conspicuous yellow spot, 3 ft 
1264 ,, pulchella, S. and F. red-lilac , 3 ft 
1265 ,, major, S. pale lilac, F. red-lilac, with white spot, 3 ft per doz. 7/6 
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IXIAS, MORPHIXIAS, SPARAXIS, TRITONIAS, AND BABIANAS. 
Culture In-Doors. — From September to December plant in a four or five-inch pot five or six bulbs, 
using a compost of turfy loam, leaf soil, and silver sand. Make the soil firm about the bulbs, then plunge 
the pots in ashes in a cold pit or frame, and withhold water till the plants appear, then at first give sparingly. 
Except during wet or frosty weather, the lights should be left off. Early in February, the plants having made 
sufficient growth, remove them to the greenhouse, and carefully attend to the watering. 
Culture Out-Doors. — Plant from October to January, at a depth of three to four inches, and two to 
three inches apart, in a prepared light loamy soil, thoroughly drained, the bed raised six inches above the 
general level, with a due south aspect. Should the earlier plantings make foliage in autumn, protection must be 
given during severe frost, and this is best done by hooping the beds over, and, when necessary, covering with 
mats ; or Tiffany may be used, and can remain on till the danger from severe frost has passed. The plantings 
made in December and January need no protection beyond a little fern, which gradually remove in spring as the 
plants spear through it ] as these late plantings will flower later in summer than the earlier ones, select a situation 
for them where the sun’s rays will be somewhat broken, and the blooming period will thereby be prolonged. 
IXIAS. 
The Ixia is a slender graceful growing plant, with long loose spikes of bloom. The colours are rich, 
varied, and beautiful, the centre always differing in colour from the other parts of the flower, so that the 
blossoms expanding in the sun’s rays, present a picture of gorgeous beauty. 
The descriptions refer to the flowers whe?t open ; when closed, most of the yellows and the whites have the 
outside of the petals red or purple ; thus, the more brilliant display is in the expanded flowers. 
d. 
1266 3 each of 30 splendid varieties 21 o 
1267 3 each of 20 ,, 10/6 & 15 o 
1268 3 each of 10 ,, 5/6 & 7 6 
1269 1 each of 12 splendid varieties 2/6 & 3 1 
1270 Choice mixed per 100, 7/6 ; per doz. 1 1 
1271 Fine mixed per 100, 5/6 ; 1 
[ Barr and Son, 
