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The Garden Magazine, June, 1921 
Many charming shrubs and trees offer themselves as a back- 
ground for the Iris borders. 1 have long enjoyed the splendid 
effect of Iris pallida dalmatica against Paul’s Scarlet (crimson) 
Thorn; of another tall pallida Iris, Juniata perhaps, reaching 
upward toward the golden pendent chains of the common 
Laburnum; of I. florentina just clearing the pink skirts of 
Malus ioensis (Bechtel s Double-flowering American Crab), with 
Tulip Pride of Haarlem in the offing. The pale yellow Inter- 
mediates are lovely against Persian Lilacs, whose pinky-purple 
blooms sweep from top to toe of the bushes; the purple german- 
icas glow against snowy wreaths of Spiraea Vanhouttei with 
sparks of orange colored Tulips near by; and besides these we 
have white Hawthorn, the many fine forms of Philadelphus, 
Deutzia, and Weigela, Rhodotypus kerrioides, Golden Privet, 
purple Barbary — fine as a back-ground for some of the light pink 
Irises, Box and other Evergreens; and for the June flowering 
sorts in particular, such free-growing Roses as Madame Plantier, 
Harisoni, and Stanwell’s Perpetual. 
The best time for planting and transplanting most Irises is 
during July and August, immediately after the flowering season 
is over and before the new rhizomes form; spaces may be left 
among them for the later setting of the other plants and shrubs. 
PLANTING PLAN FOR A GARDEN WHERE IRISES REIGN 
All sorts of fascinating possibilities are here presented which may be worked out wholly or in part depending upon the individual 
taste of the planter, the space, and the amount of material at his, or her, disposal. The various plantings are in every case 
arranged to accent the dominance of the Iris and only such associates selected as fittingly “play up” to this queen of blooms 
