blue, violet blue Ciengialti and Rhein Nixie or Thorhecke, white with 
pale purple and black-violet falls respectively, complete a dozen 
standard sorts from which there will be few discards and no one of 
which costs more than fifty cents per root — some less. 
Preference for yellows would add the soft chrome of Aureay the 
deepening yellow of Sherwin Wright, the old-gold and calliopsis 
crimson of Iris King and the pale buff and raisin purple of gleeful 
Lorelei. Love of "pinks" would squeeze in Trautlieb and Mrs. Alan 
Gray somehow; while preference for mauves and purples and lavenders 
would want Leonidas, Lohengrin and Violaceae Grandiflora. 
Among the newer and less widely known varieties "making good" 
in my North New Jersey garden and listed at from $i.oo to $5.00 
per root are Archeveque, in the richest purple; creamy Dawn; ivory 
La Neige; Delila in palest flesh and almost crimson velvet; warm- 
toned Prosper Laugier, and Oriflamme in huge blue purple. 
In taller growth is giant purple-bronzed Alcazar; Edouard Michel 
with wide-spread ruJQ&ed petals in rich red wine; pale Ulac-pink Aurora; 
Crusader in fine " blues, " and Lord of June, noble in carriage and paler 
in tone than Crusader. 
Isoline's lack of grace and poor foliage after flowering is forgiven 
for its color in tones of pink and auburn and deep rose. To Kashmir 
White and to Caterina, tall aristocrats in white and pale blue-lavender, 
many of us will take the trouble to give the sun- warmed corner, well 
drained and rich in lime, in return for the exquisite bloom and happy 
response in growth. L. A. Williamson, dark and rich, out of the West, 
brings the highest credentials, as does yellow Virginia Moore, just 
introduced. A dozen of the newer varieties, some not yet Hsted in 
this country, others making their first bow — all alluring in descrip- 
tion, some large in price — names to watch for at shows — are pale 
yellow Shekinah of Pallida form; lavender Queen Caterina; pink 
toned Avalon; Tom-Tit small free violet self; Sweet Lavender and 
Phyllis Bliss in tones of rosy lavender; Dominion with falls of indigo- 
purple velvet; Ambassadeur tail and late in velvety dark reddish- 
violet; Magnifica huge in blossom of hght and deep mauve-purple; 
Souvenir de Mad. Guadichau rich velvety purple; Mile. Schwartz 
tall in palest mauve, and Seminole in deep claret. 
In this brief sketch only the late May or June flowering Irises are 
included — those that make of our gardens, between tuUp time and 
rose time, "a field which the Lord hath blessed." 
Cultural Culturally, bearded Iris demand sunshine, good drainage, and lime 
Notes in the soil. Annual appHcations of lime in quantity to perceptibly 
whiten the soil are not too much where there is a deficiency of this 
element; for Iris there usually is a deficiency. EstabHshed plantings 
are best Hmed in late fall or winter, while new beds should be thor- 
oughly limed before planting. 
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