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NEW GIANT EARLY XIPHIUM IRISES. 
This new race of Irises was raised by Mr. C. G. Van Tubergen, by crossing Iris tingitana, 
Iris Boissieri, and other Xiphium Irises, and during the last ten years they have been carefully 
selected and improved upon. They differ from the Spanish Irises in flowering a fortnight earlier 
(commencing to bloom about end of May), and having larger flowers of greater substance, while 
the foliage is very broad and glaucous. They will be found valuable in giving a decoration in the 
garden in the period intervening between the late Cottage Tulips and the Spanish Irises. Their 
colours are bright and attractive. In very cold districts they should be given slight protection from 
frost during winter. 
Barr’s Selections 3 each of 6 beautiful named varieties 9/- 
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Queen of Blues, very large handsome flower with long standards of a brilliant blue, falls very 
long, soft azure with large golden blotch, a grand variety each 1/6 
VARIOUS BEAUTIFUL 
BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED IRISES. 
These Iris Species are all hardy and beautiful, flowering one after the other from November to 
June. The dwarf early species will be more enjoyed if planted on rockwork, where the flowers have a little 
protection from heavy rains. A lata, Reticulata var. Histrio and Histrioides , and Vartani are charming 
Winter-flowering species, followed in February by I, reticulata, with its lovely violet-scented blossoms, 
the sweet-scented /. persica, Bakeriana, Danfordia, and the beautiful species /. Rosenbachiana and 
Smdpers. Next in succession come the interesting Bucharica, Caucasica, Orchioides, Warleyensis, 
Willmottiana, the curious Snakeshead Iris tuberosa, and the species I. Sindjarensis. The pretty Peacock 
Iris (/. pavonia) and Iris davissima flower in May, and are followed in June by Irises iuncea, Boissieri, 
lusitanica, and tivg^itana. 
The Irises marked | belong to the Juno section, and thrive best planted in rich light or sandy 
soil with a light dressing of old manure. As they are mostly winter and early spring-flowering species 
give them a position protected from the early morning sun. 
I®" S. is used to signify Standards, or the erect petals ; F. Falls, or the drooping petals. each— i 
I Alata (Scorpion Iris), a pretty winter- 
blooming Iris with flowers varying in shades 
of blue and purple-blue with golden keel on 
falls ; suitable for pot-culture in cold green- 
house or for sunny sheltered positions out-of- 
doors, ht. ft. I’l.int early. Strong selected 
bulbs per 100, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 o 
t Alata alba, a beautiful and rare variety, 
flowers white shaded pale pearly blue, ht. ^ ft. 5 
Arenaria. See page 94. 
Boissieri, S. and F. rich purple, with 
golden-yellow blotch, June-flowering, ht. 9 in. i 
} Bucharica, a beautiful new bulbous Iris 
with large satiny white flowers, the falls having 
a delicate canary-yellow lip, ht. I ft. First- 
Class Certificate K.Il.S per doz. 15/- i 
IRIS ALATA. 
^ Caucasica, primrose-coloured flowers, 
with silver-margined foliage, ht. i ft. 
per doz. 7/6 o 
Cristata. See Hardy Plant Catalogue. 
Darrfordise (syn. BornmUlleri), a lovely flower resembling I. reticulata, but flowers 
bright golden, produced in February, ht. 3 in. ; it delights in dry nooks on rockwork 
per 100, 50/- ; per doz. 7/6 o 
Filifblia. See Xiphium praecox. 
Fimbriata. See Japonica,, page Flavissima Bloudovii. Seepage 
J Fumosa. See Novelty List, page 14 per doz. 7/6 o 
t Heidreichii {syn. stenophylla), a mo.st beautiful Iris resembling in form I. persica, but 
having large flowers of a lovely lavender shade, with velvety violet falls reticulated white 
on the upper part, and with yellow crest, ht. 4 in. First-Class Certificate R.H.S. 
This lovely Iris should be freely grown in pots and pans for indoor decoration, as well as in 
the rock garden, associated with the Winter Aconite, etc per doz. 15/- i 
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