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THE IRIS. 
Jessica, blue and purple. 
La Tendresse, white. 
La Beaute, white, with red and vioiet spots. 
Lustre, blue and purple. 
Lord Brougham, cherry and dark blue. 
Lord John Russell, white, with red and 
violet spots. 
Maria Louisa, white, with red and violet 
spots. 
Matilda, white, with red and violet spots. 
Ne plus ultra, white, with red and violet 
spots. 
Nonsuch, blue and purple. 
Orion, blue and purple. 
Osman, blue and purple. 
Pamela, white, with red and violet spots. 
Paris, white with red and violet spots. 
Penelope, cherry and dark blue. 
Pigeon, white. 
Priam, white, with red and violet spots. 
Priam, blue and purple. 
Ponvpeius Magnus, white, with red and 
violet spots. 
Proserpine, blue and purple. 
Princess Royal, white. 
Queen Esther, white and rose. 
Queen of France, white and rose. 
Queen, of Scots, blue and purple. 
Rebecca, blue and purple. 
Reform, blue and purple. 
Robin Mood, cherry and dark blue. 
Rosubelle, white and rose. 
Rosinante, blue and purple. 
Sir J. Broughton, white, with red and 
violet spots. 
Sir J. Seabright, cherry and dark blue. 
Spotted Lion, white, with red and violet 
spots. 
Taglioni, white and rose. 
Thesvulda, cherry and dark blue. 
Tricolor, blue and purple. 
Triumph, cherry and dark blue. 
Typhon, cherry and dark blue. 
Ulysses, blue and purple. 
Veronica, blue and purple. 
White Wolf, white. 
William Tell, cherry and dark blue. 
Besides the varieties of Iris Xiphium and 
I. xiphioides, which are treated as florists' 
flowers, there are other species of this family 
of very distinct and different habits of growth. 
Thus, for instance, there is the small Persian 
Iris, which is best adapted for pot culture in 
this country, on account of its somewhat ten- 
der habit and small size : the strong growing 
herbaceous kinds, such as I. germanica and 
I. sambucina, prefer rather moist situations, 
and are adapted for shrubbery borders : the 
less vigorous of the herbaceous kinds, together 
with one or two which are somewhat tender 
in cultivation, require positions as favourable 
as a garden affords, in respect to soil and 
climate ; that is to say, they require a position 
where the soil is well drained, and where they 
Iris xiphioides. 
will experience the melioration of climate 
which this circumstance secures. There are 
one or two green-house species. Then, again, 
there are some few aquatic kinds which should 
be planted near or in water. 
THE PERSIAN IRIS. 
The Persian Iris (I. persica) is to be 
obtained in the seed-shops along with other 
bulbs : they should be procured as early as 
possible in the autumn, for, as they bloom at 
an early period of the spring, it is important 
to get them planted as soon as can be done, in 
order that they may become well established 
at the root, previously to expending their 
energies in the production and development of 
flowers. The manner of securing this is nearly 
the same with all the class of bulbs, which 
are potted annually, and may be briefly 
stated thus : — When the roots are potted (the 
manner of doing which will be noticed pre- 
sently.) the pots should be taken to a cool, dry, 
shady place, (a cool frame is the best place,) 
and there plunged in some cool porous material, 
such as coal ashes, old spent tanners' bark, 
coarse sand, or, in fact, anything of this nature 
which will serve to keep the soil and roots not 
only cool and unacted on by atmospheric 
changes, but which, from being moderately 
damp, will not abstract moisture from the root, 
bnt keep it also uniformly and evenly moist- 
ened. What is meant by moistened in this 
place, is not the presence of water, in visible 
