I RIS NEGLECTA. 
horneman’s iris. 
Class. Order. 
TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
IRIDE&. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Uncertain. 
2 feet. 
May, June. 
Perennial. 
in 1820. 
No. 519. 
The word Iris, which is the Greek name of the 
rainbow, and the Egyptian name of the eye, ap- 
pears to claim, in its respective applications, the 
honour of standing sponsor to our present favourite 
genus of plants. Where uncertainty reigns, differ- 
ence of opinion must exist. Professor Horneman, 
the Danish botanist, first noticed the plant before 
us as a distinct species ; and, we presume, called it 
neglecta, from its having been in cultivation with- 
out botanical notice. To this circumstance may be 
traced our deficiency of information regarding its 
native country. 
It would be needless to say this is a handsome 
species; the assertion would in no degree charac- 
terize it from others of its genus; but when we men- 
tion it as a pleasantly scented one, it may claim 
a trifling preeminence. It does not increase rap- 
idly, but although it may not require division, it 
will be advantageous to its luxuriance that it be 
transplanted every second or third year. 
The Iris is of so distinct and attractive a char- 
acter, whether met in the garden of the cottage or 
the mansion, that we can but recommend its more 
