THE IRIS. 
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Iris graminea. (The grass-leaved Iris.) — 
A hardy herbaceous perennial, growing about 
a. foot and a half high, rather slender, with 
narrow sword-like leaves, and moderate-sized 
purplish lilac flowers, the three outer petals 
being whitish, streaked with blue ; they are 
scented like fresh plums. It flowers from May 
to July. Native of Austria. 
Iris Giddenstadtii. (Guldenstadt's Iris.) 
— A hardy herbaceous perennial, growing two 
feet high. It blooms with yellow flowers in 
April and May. Native of Siberia. 
Iris Soo fieri. (Hooker's Iris.) — A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, a foot and a half in 
height, and producing purple flowers in May 
and June. Native of North America. 
Iris Humei. (Sir A. Hume's Iris.) — A 
hardy herbaceous perennial, growing two or 
three feet high, and flowering in April and 
May. The flowers are blue. Native of Nepal. 
Called also I. nepalensis. 
Iris humilis. (The low Iris.) — A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, growing about a foot 
high. It flowers in April and May, producing 
blue flowers. Native of the Caucasus. 
Iris fvungarica. (The Hungary Iris.) — 
A hardy herbaceous perennial, of moderate 
size, with short rather broad leaves, and com- 
pact, violaceous-coloured flowers; the three 
outer segments are reddish purple, and reflexed; 
the other three erect, and bluish violet, varie- 
gated with pale veinings in the centre. Jt 
flowers in April and May, and is a native of 
Hungary. 
Iris iberica. (The Iberian Iris.) — A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, growing a foot and a 
half high, and producing reddish flowers in 
May and June. Native of Iberia. 
Iris imbricata. (The imbricated Iris.) — 
A hardy herbaceous perennial, of the larger 
growing class. It has large, pure, pale lemon- 
coloured flowers, which appear about the end 
of May. It is very near /. squalens, and is 
possibly a variety of that kind.- It has been 
recently flowered by the Dean of Manchester. 
Iris laevigata. (The smooth Iris.) — This 
name is recorded in the catalogues, without 
any descriptions. 
Iris livida. (The livid Iris.) — A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, growing a foot and a 
half high. The flowers are of a livid colour, 
and are produced in April and May. Native 
of the Levant. 
Iris longijiora. (The long-flowered Iris.) 
— A hardy herbaceous perennial, but little 
known. It grows two feet high, and Sowers 
from April to June. 
Iris longifolia. (The long-leaved Iris.) — 
A hardy tuberous-rooted plant, attaining about 
nine inches in height. It has purple and 
greenish flowers in April. Native of Naples. 
Iris longispatka. (The long-sheathed Iris.) 
— A hardy herbaceous perennial, of moderate 
size, but growing three feet high. The leaves 
are very long ; the three outer recurved petals 
of the flowers are white, tinged with yellow, 
and beautifully veined with blue ; the three 
inner ones are erect, and dark violet-coloured. 
It flowers in June and July, and is native of 
Siberia. 
Iris luricla. (The dingy Iris.)— A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, growing about a foot 
and a half high. The leaves are broad ; the 
flowers rather above medium size ; the outer 
petals of which are dark dingy purple, with 
whitish streaks at the base ; the inner ones, a 
livid purplish yellow. Flowers in May and 
June. Native of the southern parts of Europe. 
Iris lusitanica. (The Portuguese Iris.) — 
A hardy bulbous-rooted species, growing from 
two to three feet high. The leaves are chan- 
nelled ; the flowers are large, yellow, and lilac- 
blue; in some varieties pure yellow. It flowers 
in June and July, and is found on rocky hills, 
near the Tagus, above Lisbon. 
Iris lutescens. (The yellowish Iris.) — A 
hardy herbaceous perennial, growing six inches 
high, and flowering in April and May. The 
flowers are pale yellow. Native of Germany. 
Iris Monnieri. (Le Monnier's Iris.) — A 
hardy herbaceous perennial, growing six inches 
high, with yellow flowers, in May and June. 
Native of Greece. 
Iris ncglecta. (Homeman'slris.) — A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, growing two feet high. 
The leaves are broad ; the flowers are of me- 
dium size, purple and blue, and agreeably 
scented. Flowers from May to July. Native 
country unknown. 
Iris nepalensis. (The Nepal Iris.) — A 
half-hardy evergreen herbaceous perennial, 
growinga foot and a half high. The flowers are 
blue, borne in April and May. Native of Nepal. 
Iris nertchinskia. (The Nertchinsk Iris.) 
— A hardy herbaceous. perennial, of mode- 
rate growth, with narrow leaves, and large 
blue flowers, variegated in the centre with 
pcncillings of red and yellow ground. It is a 
native of Nertchinsk in Siberia, on the border 
of China. Flowers in April and May. 
Iris notha. (The bastard Iris.) — A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, growing a foot and a 
half high. The flowers are purplish blue. 
Blooms in June and July. Native of Italy. 
Iris nudicaidis. (The naked-stalked Iris.) 
— A hardy herbaceous perennial, growing 
about a foot in height. The leaves are rather 
narrow. The flowers rather greyish white, 
striped and streaked with blue. It flowers in 
May and June. There are two varieties : — 
Sirertii, with greyish white flowers ; and 
plicata, with white and blue striped flowers. 
Supposed to be from Portugal. The flowers 
smell like those of the orange tree. 
