12, King Street, Covent Garden, 1877.] 
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LILIUM — continued. each— s. d. 
3079 Speclosum punctaturn, white, spotted delicate pink, anthers yellow, a distinct species, 3 ft. per dor. 15/ 1 6 
3080 tt „ album novum, pure white, yellow anthers, 3 ft 10 6 
3081 „ „ fasclatum, white, spotted pink, very floriferous, 3 ft 3 6 
3082 „ roseum, white, suffused and spotted rose, 3 ft. ...per doz. 7/6, 12/, & 15/ ; each /g, 1/3, & 1 6 
3083 „ „ verum, white, suffused asid spotted rose, green stem, 3 ft ; 1 6 
3084 „ „ extra ( typical Speciosum), white, suffused and spotted rose, having a clearly 
defined white edge to the segments 0/ the perianth, 3 ft 2 6 
3085 „ ,, fasclatum, white, suffused and spotted rose, very floriferous, 3 ft 2 6 
3086 „ „ multlflorum, white, suffused and spotted rose, very beautiful, 3 ft., per doz. 15/ 1 6 
3087 „ fine mixed, from Roseum and Rubrum,yi?r beds and borders, per 100, 30/ ; per doz. 7/6 
3088 „ choice mixed „ „ ,, for beds and borders ,, 80/ ; ,, 12/ 
The Tiguinum varieties in the conservatory are princely plants. Sinense is the oldest and best known; 
Japonicum is a little taller, and flowers about a week later ; £ rectum is a perfectly distinct species, the flowers 
are erect , and the segments roll back, thus showing the centre of the flower, it is in bloom with Sinense ; 
Fortunei is characterised by its extremely woolly stems, and it flowers from a week to ten days after Japonicum ; 
Fortunei flore pleyto has magnificent double flowers ; and Splendens is distinguished by its dark polished stem 
and noble aspect ; it flowers later than Fortunei, and is more floriferous. Jucundum , Maximowiczii, or Lishmanni; 
whether these three names represent one plant or three plants has not yet been decided, but is believed there is 
but one plant to represent the three names. It is a distinct beautiful species without leaf-axils, and flowers the 
last of this group. 
3089 Tlgrinum sinense, rich orange-scarlet, freely spotted crimson-brown, 3 ft. ; per 100, 21/ ; per doz. 3/6 o 4 
3090 „ Japonicum, rich orange-scarlet, freely spotted crimson-brown, 4 ft ,, 5/6 o 6 
3091 „ erectum, rich orange-scarlet, moderately spotted, 2 £ ft 2 6 
3092 || Fortunei, rich orange-scarlet, spotted crimson, 4 ft per doz. 7/6 o 9 
3093 „ 1, flore pleno, rich orange-scarlet, very double, 4 ft 2/6 & 3 6 
3094 ,1 ,| major, rich orange-scarlet, freely spotted 2/6 & 3 6 
3095 „ ,1 ,, flore pleno, rich orange-scarlet, very double, 4 ft 2/6, 3/6 to 5 6 
3096 „ jucundum (Maximowiczii or Lishmanni), fine cinnabar-red, freely spotted, a beautiful 
?iew species, continuing in flower for many weeks, 3 ft 5/6 & 7 6 
3097 „ splendens, bright orange-scarlet, covered with large crimson spots, 6 ft 2/6, 3/6, & 5 6 
IRIS BARBATA, THE BEARDED IRIS, COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN OR FLAG IRIS. 
Our collection of this Section of Iris has been pronounced the most complete in England, and in “The 
Garden" of Aug. 29th, 1874, a lengthened, classified, and descrip- 
tive list is given of the varieties we have flowered. Those we enume- 
rate in this list are a selection from upwards of 200 varieties. 
The better to understand our descriptions, we furnish a woodcut, 
and it will be observed from it that three of the petals are 
erect — these are called standards ; the other three droop— these 
are called falls. The small tongued parts of the flower are 
the petaloid stigmas, under which run the “beards.” The flowers 
in this Section are all large and very handsome, more or less 
beautifully mottled in the standards, and reticulated in the falls ; 
the beards ranging from delicate primrose to orange, and the petaloid 
stigmas frequently enhancing the general effect by their contrast of 
colour. We furnish these important particulars that our descrip- 
tions may be the better understood, as we have not attempted 
to take in these 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 examination. At first 
sight its beauty is equal to the Orchid, but, on closer examination, 
we have no hesitation in saying it possesses points of interest 
surpassing the finest Orchid. 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 the beauties of this flower ; and, 
consequently our descriptions 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 harmonizing 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 grown it in the flower borders, shrubberies, and woodland walks, 
should do so ; for wherever a large quantity of cut flowers is required from May to July, these 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. 
j. G. Baker, Esq., of the Royal Herbarium at Kew, in a series of papers published in the “ Gardeners' 
Chronicle," commencing April, 1876, gives a Monograph of the genus Iris. In the "Garden," a valuable 
illustrated weekly journal, which devotes much space to hardy plants, a condensed Monograph is given, on the 2nd 
December, 1876, of the genus Iris, by W» B. Hcmsley, Esq., accompanied by a coloured plate of the beautiful 
Ir is Iber ica. 
lag- In the descriptions S. is used to signify Standards, or the erect petals ; F., Falls , or the drooping petals. 
See Woodcut above. 
s. d. 
3098 50 in 50 most superb varieties of Iris 42 o 
3099 25 in 25 „ ,, ,, 21 o 
3100 12 in 12 ,, ,, ,, ........ 12 o 
3101 50 in 50 very fine varieties ,, 30 o 
3102 25 in 25 „ „ ,, 15 o 
3103 12 in 12 ,, ,, 6 s. and 9 o 
s. d. 
3104 Choice mixed varieties per ioo, 401. to 5° 0 
3105 „ „ „ per doz., 4.1. 6 d. to 5 6 
3106 Fine mixed varieties per 100, 2or. to 30 o 
3107 ,, ,, per doz, 3-r. to 4 o 
3108 Mixed blue and white varieties per doz. 4 6 
3109 Mixed bronze varieties ,, 46 
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 
Flag Iris of our gardens ; they flower at the same time, and are extremely decorative in May. Aphylla 
