TRIS TAU'RICA. 
TAURTAN IRIS. 
Class. Order. 
TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
IRIDACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Tauria. 
6 inches. 
April, IVIay. 
Perennial. 
in 1826. 
No. 736. 
The derivation of the name will be remembered. 
The Taurian Iris was raised by the Messrs. 
Loddiges of Hackney, from seeds, which they 
received from the garden of St. Petersburg. It is 
very distinct from all others, but has not the showy 
colours of many of the more common species. This, 
however, is not indispensable in every flower that 
we cultivate; variety gives a charm, and directs 
the mind, as an excellent man and poet says, from 
joy to joy— 
Nature never did betray 
The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege 
Through all the years of this our life, to lead 
From joy to joy; for she can so inform 
The mind that is within us, so impress 
With quietness and beauty, and so feed 
With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, 
Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, 
Shall e’er prevail against us, or disturb 
Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold 
Is full of blessings. wordsworth. 
The Iris Taurica is as hardy as most of its con- 
geners, and may be increased by division. 
Loddiges’ Bot. Cab. 1506. 
