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IRIS KjEMPFERI, DWARF IRIS, AND BEARDED FLAG IRIS. 
1007 
1008 
1009 
1010 
1011 
1012 
1013 
1014 
1016 
1016 
1017 
1018 
1019 
1020 
1021 
Iris Kjempferi —continued. ‘each— « d 
Ossian , pure white j g 
Princess Mary, duplex, crimson, shaded violet, yellcrw at base of petal, surrounded with a violet halo 3 6 
Princess of Wales, duplex, white, tinged violet, petaloid stigma, white stained violet 2 6 
Prince of Wales, duplex, white, reticulated and veined, yellow spot at base of petal .................... 2 6 
Prince Henry , deep violet-purple, yellow at base of petal x 0 
Prince George Of Wales, white, reticulated light violet, and stained crimson at base, petaloid stigma 
white, tinged rose 2 5 
Purple King, rich violet-purple, spot at base yellow, petaloid stigma deep purple 1 6 
Princess of Battenberg, duplex, delicate pink, speckled and pencilled white, yellow at base 2 6 
Quillto, white, heavily feathered violet-purple throughout, yellow spot at base 1 o 
Queen of Beauty, white, conspicuously margined deep rose, petaloid stigma white edged violet ... ...... 2 6 
Sambo, crimson shaded velvety black, bright yellow at base of petal x 6 
The Bride, pure white, yellow spot at base of petal, petaloid stigma creamy white 1 6 
The Franchise, rich claret-red, yellow at base of petal, surrounded with violet halo 1 0 
William the First, duplex, violet shading to claret-purple, with yellow at base of petal 2 6 
Wimpina, duplex, small white flower, yellow at base of petal I....!....!!”! 1 o 
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. 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS. 
1022 10 each 12 vaiieties 21 s. & 30 o 
1023 s ,, 12 ,, i2j. 6d. & 17 o 
each — a. d. 
1026 Pumila, .S’, purple-red , F. dark purple-red o 9 
1027 ,. bicolor, S. white, F. purple 1 o 
1028 ,, ccerulea, S. and F. rich clear blue o 6 
1029 ,, lutea maculata, S. primrose, F. 
brown, edged yellow o 9 
1030 Biflorus, S. violet-purple, F. crimson- 
purple per doz. 3 s. 6 d. o 4 
1031 ,, gracilis, 5. creamy white, F. sul- 
phur, fragrant, 
per 100, ior. 6d . ; per doz., 2 s. o 3 
1032 ,, purpurea, S. violet-purple, F. purple o 6 
1033 ,, ,, minor, *.S. rich purple. 
F. claret-purple, flowers Spring and 
Autumn o 6 
1034 Cenglalti, a beautiful new species, with the 
same fine blue flowers of Pal- 
lida dalmatica 1 6 
1024 
1025 
1035 
1036 
1037 
1038 
1039 
1040 
1041 
1042 
1043 
1044 
1045 
3 each r 2 varieties 9 *. 6d. & j 2 
1 ,, 12 4 s. 6 d. & 7 
each — a. 
Cham as iris, S. violet, F. deep violet o 
,, aurea, -S’, and F. full-yellow , 
fragrant o 
,, lutea, S. and F. fine yeltow... o 
,, ,, grandiflora, S. and F. 
fine yellow o 
Nudicaulis, S. purple , F. crimson-purple o 
Olbiensis, S. claret, F. claret-purple o 
,, alba, whitish o 
,, atro-purpurea, S. blue, F. 
deep blue-purple o 
,, ccerulea, S. dark blue, F. 
purple-blue o 
, , purpurea, S. purple , F. crim- 
son, sweet scented o 
,, sulphurea grandiflora, 5. and 
F. fine yellow o 
6 
6 
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6 
9 
9 
9 
4 
9 
6 
6 
6 
6 
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IRIS BARBATA, THE BEARDED IRIS, COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN OR FLAG IRIS. 
Our collection of Bearded Iris is the most complete 
in Europe, and in The Flokist 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 contiast 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 
intenses t 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 harm mising 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 
[Barr and Son , 
