I'RIS GRAMI'NEA. 
GRASS-LEAVED IRIS. 
Class. 
TRIANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNI A. 
Natural Order. 
IRIDACBjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Austria. 
9 inches. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1597. 
No. 1244. 
The meaning of the word has been explained. 
This is a showy, free-flowering Iris, of upright 
growth, requiring no peculiarity of management ; 
indeed nearly all the hardy Irises hold care and 
cultivation in contempt. Having once their roots 
fixed in earth, — whether black or red, light or 
heavy, is of little moment, they live, and grow, and 
flower, and creep, more on, than in, the soil ; and 
somewhat Diogenes-like, ask only that hoes and 
rakes be kept from between the sun and them. 
Several amateur as well as professional cultiva- 
tors, have brought together very many of the species 
of Iris ; and the interest excited by such collections 
may be imagined, when it is recollected that nearly 
a hundred species have been introduced to this 
country. Also, that if it be desired to extend a 
collection, nearly an additional hundred hand- 
some varieties of the bulbous species Xiphioides, 
raised by the Dutch, may be obtained from dealers 
in bulbs. 
As several species have narrow leaves, errors 
often exist in their names. Our figure of the true 
species will assist in their correction. 
