and in my garden are planted in dry sandy soil, flourishing and pro- 
ducing in May quantities of lilac flowers 2 inches across, the whole 
plant only four inches in height. Although it is a most dainty Uttle 
plant, it has not the decorative value of the first two, Tectorum and 
Gracilipes. 
Any one who will try these exquisitely beautiful plants will be 
amply rewarded by their new friends in the Iris family. A few blos- 
soms of Gracilipes or Tectrum Alba in a shallow bowl on the table will 
excite the keenest admiration and wonder. 
Iris Tectorum and Tectorum Alba can be obtained from Bertram 
H. Farr, Wyomissing, Penna.; and Sunnybrook Iris Farm, Eaton 
Town, N. J. 
Iris Gracilipes from Henry Dreer, Philadelphia, Sunnybrook 
Farm, and Clarence Lown, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 
Iris Cristata and Iris Lacustris from Charles H. Totty, Madison, 
N. J., Dreer, Farr, and Sunnybrook Farm. 
Exhibition of Natxire Studies of the 
Chicago Chapter of the Wild Flower 
Preservation Society of America 
Frances K. Hutchinson, Lake Geneva Garden Club 
The Chicago Chapter of the Wild Flower Preservation Society 
of America held its Second Annual Exhibition of Nature Studies at 
the Art Institute from the 6th to the 22nd of January. These studies 
were collected by members and friends of the Society and were so 
varied in character that most persons entering the East Galleries 
found something stimulating and enjoyable. 
It was amusing to see the casual \dsitor with that perfunctory 
"Museum" look on his face, which hundreds of pictures almost 
invariably produce, stop at the entrance in amused surprise as he 
exclaimed, "Wild Flowers!" Yes, Wild Flowers, in photographs, in 
water colors, in etchings, in blue prints! He or she discovered the so- 
called weeds of childhood, smiled at special favorites, read with glee 
oftimes forgotten names and stood in amazement before the pictorial 
possibiHties of the dandehon or the tumble-weed. 
An appreciative visitor from Texas remarked; "Why, they're 
mighty pretty. We've got lots of wild flowers in Texas, but I never 
paid no attention to 'em. " Upon being questioned as to their names 
she said, "I don't know their names; they're just wild." Before she 
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